NEVADA— HORTICULTURE IN NEVADA 



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are hay and stock growers are loath to 

 change to a business that they know 

 and care little about. Mr. Lewers is 

 the only fruit grower in the state that 

 I know of who grades and packs his 

 apples. All the fruit raised is of excel- 

 lent quality and superb in coloring. The 

 soil is a rich black granite loam abund- 

 antly supplied with potash. Forty-two 

 varieties are to be found in the orchard. 

 Of these, "Wagener, Jonathan, New- 

 town Pippin, White and Blue Pearmain, 

 Pewankee, Smith Cider, Winesap and 

 York Imperial are his chief market va- 

 rieties. The variety Baldwin in this lo- 

 cality is subject to black spot, both in 

 the fruit and limbs. 



Pears 



There are only a few trees including 

 the following varieties: Bartlett, G-loux 

 Marceau, Seckel, Sugar, Flemish Beau- 

 ty, Duchess of Anjouleme, and Winter 

 Nelis. 



Plums, prunes, cherries and peaches 

 are not grown extensively enough to be 

 considered commercially. Grapes seldom 

 produce fruit, the variety Isabella is the 

 most promising. 



There are no extensive plantings of 

 any one variety of apples throughout the 

 entire Sierra section, but the number of 

 varieties represented is unusually large. 



The varieties that might be recom- 

 mended for planting where little or no 

 smudging is carried on are Rome Beau- 

 ty, Ben Davis, Ralls, Jonathan and York 

 imperial. 



A small collection of apples from the 

 Truckee valley were exhibited at the 

 New York State College of Agriculture 

 exhibit in November, 1912. The follow- 

 ing received prizes: Beach, Collins, 

 Chicago, Walbridge, White Pearmain, 

 Willow Twig, Hoover, Green Newtown 

 and Smith Cider. 



The Humboldt River Section 



This includes the valleys lying on the 

 east and west side of a high range of 

 mountains extending for about 100 miles 

 north and south in the eastern part of the 

 state, the Ruby or East Humboldt moun- 

 tains. The Humboldt river with its tribu- 



taries supplies water to ranches extend- 

 ing over a territory of 300 miles or more. 



There are numerous small orchards in 

 this section which produce fruit more or 

 less irregularly but definite information 

 regarding them is not at hand. The ma- 

 jority of them are simply planted and af- 

 ter that left to care for themselves. The 

 numerous canyons coming down from 

 these mountains furnish at their mouths 

 excellent soil as well as good atmos- 

 pheric drainage and water, and when in- 

 vestigated may prove excellent localities 

 for fruit growing. Land is plentiful and 

 can be secured at a very reasonable figure. 



In both the Sierra and Humboldt sec- 

 tions the water right is secured at the 

 time of purchasing the land and is pertin- 

 ent to it. 



The Southern and Semi-tropical Section 



In this section we include the south- 

 ern part of the state as represented in 

 Nye, Lincoln and Clark counties. The 

 truly semi-tropical part of the section is 

 located in Clark county, which is the 

 southern half of what was until a few 

 years ago part of Lincoln county. The 

 chief horticultural districts are in the 

 Muddy or Moapa valley, and in the Las 

 Vegas, Pahrump and Pahranagat valleys. 

 The soil of the Moapa valley is capable of 

 producing large crops of alfalfa, grains, 

 vegetables and fruits. A branch rail- 

 road through the valley connects with 

 the transcontinental line from Los An- 

 geles to Salt Lake. 



The water in the lower valley is con- 

 trolled by a co-operative corporation. 

 The claimants assigned to the Moapa Ir- 

 rigation Company all water rights and 

 received shares in proportion to water 

 turned in, also forfeiting all rights of 

 priority. The water is divided into pre- 

 ferred and common stock. A share of 

 preferred stock entitles the holder to 

 three acre-feet of water from May 1st to 

 October 1st, and one-half acre-foot per 

 month for the remaining seven months, 

 October 1st to May 1st. The preferred 

 stock has preference over common stock 

 during the time they both draw water. 

 The assessments are limited by the stock- 

 holders and made to cover all expenses, 



