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THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
[Vor. XXXIV. 
CULTIVATED PLANTS OF SALT RIVER VALLEY AND THE 
MESILLA VALLEY. 
SALT River VALLEY. 
MzsiLLA VALLEY. 
PLANT. (Minimum winter temperature, | (Minimum winter temperature, 
gaa FY) 9° F.) 
Date palm. Does well. Cannot stand the winter cold. 
Washingtonia palm. ditto. ditto. 
Olive. itto. ditto 
Orange. Does well at the sides of the ditto 
valley. 
Almond. Will bear a good crop if| Cannot escape the frost in 
protected by smudges. spring. 
Peach. Does well. -| Does well. 
Pear. ditto. itto 
Apple. Climate too hot and dry in| ditt 
summer. 
Fig. Tree grows well without pro- | Killed to the ground in ex- 
tection, but not successful| posed places; grows well 
| asacropon account of the| and fruits abundantly when 
dryness. protected by four walls. 
Pomegranate. Does well; much used for Small plants growing in pro- 
edges. tected situations 
Grape. Wine grapes do well. 
Oleander. 
Pepper tree(Schinus). 
Sorghum. 
Alfalfa. 
Sugar beet. 
Irish potato. 
Raisin and wine grapes do 
well. 
Does well. 
` ditto. 
ditto. 
Does well, but summers rather 
too hot and a 
Can be grown in the cool part 
of the year, Feb.-May. 
Can be grown fairly well from 
Feb.-May. 
Winter too cold. 
Not tried; winter doubtless 
Grows to perfection. 
Summers probably too: hot 
for best results; Feb.-May 
too cold. 
Summers too hot; Feb.-May 
too co 
lands are under ditch. 
In the cold weather the cold air settles 
in the lower lands, leaving the sides of the valley relatively 
warm, and hence it is that oranges can be cultivated with great 
success in the region about Ingleside, while they do not suc- 
_1 From the observations made by Mr. W. G. Burns of the Weather Bureau at 
Phoenix it appears that the lowest temperature at that paz in n January, 1900, was 
34° F., but on Feb. 7, 1899, the mercury fell as low as 24° 
