The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-19


amor OF q 10O-acre fruit orchard
breo miles south of Tulsa. and said
80 bo one OF the most successful
rorticulturlsts in the southwest.
.Tbls state compares in many re-
y,ccts to the great peace belts OF
,he south" continues Mr.. Barrow,
and no state can raise peaches of n
tlghor quality and flavor than Okla
hnn,a and no county in this state can
rroduce better peaches than Tulsa
Tbc Barrows fruit farm has given
oklahoma and Tulsa county a ma
,ion.yldo reputation for producing
ncachcs that command premium
rricss wherever offered for sale.
In addition to peaches, MIR. Bar
row saws that other fruits do well in
oklahoma. About the other fruits
New York state never produced
finer grapes and cherries than Tulsa
county can produce, when it comes
N either looks or quality. Sour
cherries do exceedingly well. Sweet
cherries, like in all other parts OF
the country, are erratic, doing well
on this side of the road. while on the
opposite side for reasons unknown
they will not thrive as they should.
"Nany varieties OF apples do well
in Oklahoma and there is no reason.
except lack of effort, as to why the
northern countries should not, with
proper care, grow varieties of apples
suitable to this climate and latitude
In sufficient quantities to supply all
the local needs. In Tulsa alone
there is a market for at least $40
acres OF apples. What must 1t be
for Sapulpa, Ponca City. Enid and
the other towns and cities of the
northern countries?
"There are many varieties OF ap-
pies that do we'll in Oklahoma and
would he money makers for the man
who will go into the game and care
for his orchard as an orchard should
he cared for. Today Tulsa imports
every apple it eats. The summer,
fall and winter apples all find a
ready market az good prices. and
the amount that is sent out of town
for apples in this city is but a small
portion of the amount Tulsa would
spend for apples were they grown
locally and could be mad at a price
at which the average family could
afford to use them"
Mr.. Barrow's remarks were made
ter he had made n survey of the
-Slit growing possibilities of Tulsa
county and other northeastern Okla
homa counties for the Junior Cham
her of Commerce of Tulsa. He
found that Tulsa and many other
counties imported 90 per cent of the
fruit that they consumed. but that
the majority OF these counties pos
sessed soil and climate suitable to
supply their own needs and the sur
rounding markets. Not only that,
he said, but they could grow
enough for their own citizens to can
and preserve some each season. And
IL our counties are to be developed
as they should be the development
OF our fruit growing possibilities will
yield a greater return than any other
class of farming"
The necessity for Oklahomans to
grow their own apples, not only for
Individual consumption, but also for
the surrounding markets, Mr.. Bar
row said, is explained somewhat by
Z. II. Favor. managing editor OF
American Fruit Grower, setting
forth the fact that there are 10000
900 fewer bearing fruit trees in the
corn belt region of the country than
10 years ago, and As per cent fewer
nonbearing trees on which to pro-
duce the crops for the coming gem
Grafton.
Crap apples do well in Oklahoma
and for preserving and jellies they
are unexcelled. They begin to bear
young and barring frost will yield
politically. The crab apples that
Tulsa and northern Oklahoma towns
bought last year were shipped from
The northwest. a goodly portion
coming from Canada.
Some varieties of apricots do well
in this state, as do nectarines. Both
are liable to loss IL just about ripen-
ing time. after a dry period, they
are given a soaking rain, or II the
season is too wet. Under average
conditions they will repay for plant
ing and care.
Most varieties of berries do well
In Oklahoma although few are
raised commercially. Here IN Tulsa
there is a market for l60 acres of
berries and It will be a market that
will come to the growers door, for
Oklahoma is berry hungry all the
time. Only a limited amount is
shipped in each year.
Many varieties of strawberries do
well in Oklahoma, but none TO
speak OF are raised and the demand
Is only partially served each year.
While northeastern Oklahoma is the
natural home of the blackberry and
deWberry, both growing wild, it goes
without saying that the cultivated
varieties yield splendid returns.
oooseberries of one variety thrive
and yield good dividends, while all
eether varieties are failures. Red and
hlack raspberries do well under GER
@ln conditions and the handsome
prices they bring justify the venture
OF planting them in suitable soils
and localities.
Mr. Barrow says that the numer-
Gus little valleys nestled among the
Usage, Creek, Cherokee and other
NUS OF the state, near streams that
llow into the Arkansas, Cimarron
ana Canadian rivers, are ideal spots
Ior berry farms on a commercial
scale.
FOR the best fruit tree soil there
no exact knowledge available, but
on the sandy ridges rolling back from
@s rivers that traverse the state,
shu the higher the better. This
rage is readily distinguished for it
nas tho sandy loan soil with a red
LAY suosoil in many places 40 feet
Yep that may have been covered
"Nh growth Of large oak or hick-
"S trees. The soil that nature in-