NECTARINES— NEVADA 



1395 



PRODUCT 



Cider 



Vinegar 



Wine and grape juice 



Dried fruits 



Nectarines 



Farms reporting, 1909 



Number 



2,736 



1,722 



1,327 



435 



The nectarine is a smooth-skinned 

 peach, formerly regarded as a separate 

 species but now known to belong to the 

 peach, Prunus persica. It may be pro- 

 duced from the seed of the peach, or by 

 bud variation; or the peach may be pro- 

 duced from the seed of the nectarine, or 

 by bud variation. (See Darwin's Ani- 

 mals and Plants under Domestication.) 



The nectarine is not largely grown for 

 commercial purposes, but in California it 

 is more largely grown than in any other 

 state in the Union. There it is pro- 

 duced mostly for canning or drying, but 

 in all particulars is considered inferior 

 to the peach. 



It can be grown anywhere that the 

 peach will flourish. 



The varieties grown most commonly in 

 this country are Advance, Boston, Down- 

 town, Early Newington, Elruge, Hum- 

 boldt, Lord Napier, Orange, Stanwick. 



Granville Lowther 



NECTARINE DISEASES AND PESTS 



The nectarine is attacked by the same 

 diseases and pests as the apricot and 

 peach, which see. 



Per cent of 

 all farms 



2.1 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 0.3 



Quantity produced 



Unit 



Gals 

 Gals 

 Gals 

 Lbs. 



1909 



255,886 



109,593 



47,703 



17,793 



1899 



164,178 

 68,134 

 38,789 

 30,240 



Nevada 



The northern portion of Nevada lies 

 in what is often called the Great Ameri- 

 can Basin between the Sierra Nevada 

 mountains on the west and the Wah- 

 satch mountains on the east. This basin 

 forms a plateau 4,000 feet above the sea. 

 There are numerous parallel ranges from 

 20 to 50 miles apart running north and 

 south broken by passes and valleys. In 

 the southwestern portion are immense de- 

 posits of alkali. Buttes and mountains 

 rise above these alkali plains, making a 

 kind of weird appearance. Wheeler peak 

 is the highest mountain in the state with 

 an elevation of 13,058 feet. The drainage 

 system of Nevada is peculiar in this, that 

 the streams generally empty into lakes 

 that have no outlets, unless it be a sub- 

 terranean system, or the evaporation 

 which is considerable in that dry and 

 arid climate. 



The chief fruit sections are along the 

 eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada moun- 

 tains. There is much lime, potash and 

 iron in the soil of Nevada, and these, to- 

 gether with the bright sunshine and cold 

 nights, give a fine color to the fruit. 

 Some of the semi-tropical fruits are 

 grown in the extreme south, and fruit 

 growing of this character may become 

 profitable in this state. 



Granville Lowther 



HORTICULTURE IN NEVADA 



P. B. Kennedy 

 Nevada might be considered as a state 

 whose horticultural conditions on a 

 commercial scale are but little known, yet 

 her possibilities for some kinds of fruit 

 growing are very promising. She is a lav- 

 ish purchaser of fruits from California. 

 Much of this fruit could and will be grown 

 in Nevada in the future. There are very 



