NEW MEXICO 



1411 



ported from San Miguel county: Early — 

 Maiden's Blush. Late — Ben Davis, and 

 Northern Spy. 



Gkoxtp VIII. Satisfactory varieties re- 

 ported from Santa Fe and Rio Arriba 

 counties: Early — Maiden's Blush, Early 

 Harvest, and Red June. Late — ^Ben 

 Davis, Winesap, Jonathan, Gano, Rome 

 Beauty, Mammoth Black Twig, Missouri 

 Pippin, Chenango, and Arkansas Black. 



Group IX. Satisfactory varieties re- 

 ported from Taos county. Early — Early 

 Harvest, Strawberry, and Yellow Trans- 

 parent. Late— Ben Davis, Jonathan, W. 

 W. Pearmain, Rome Beauty, Stayman 

 Winesap and Limber Twig. 



Group X. Satisfactory varieties re- 

 ported from San Juan county. Early — 

 Red June and Maiden's Blush. Late — 

 Ben Davis, Winesap, Jonathan, Grimes 



Golden, Rome Beauty, W. W. Pearmain 

 and Janet. 



Group XI. Varieties most widely 

 grown in New Mexico. Early — ^Maiden's 

 Blush, Yellow Transparent, Red June 

 and Early Harvest Late — Ben Davis, 

 Mammoth, Black Twig, Gano, Winesap, 

 Jonathan, W. W. Pearmain, Arkansas 

 Black, Rome Beauty and Missouri Pip- 

 pin. 



Group XII. New varieties that are 

 giving satisfactory results wherever they 

 have been planted. Black Ben Davis, 

 Paragon, Delicious and Senator. 



A great many of the newer varieties, 

 such as the Raspberry, Ingram, Cham- 

 pion, Red Akin, King David, Ben Hur, 

 Bismarck, Stayman Winesap, Stark, 

 Springdale, are now being planted in 

 New Mexico, but it is yet too early to 

 say anything definite about their adapt- 

 ability to this section. 



Frosts and Precipitation in New Mexico 



Station 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First ^ 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Aztec 



Santa Fe . . . . 

 Fort Union . . 



Albert 



Ft. Wingate. 

 Albuquerque 



Roswell 



Ft. Bayard . . 

 Mesilla Park 



Oct. 2 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 5 



Oct. 23 



Oct. 2 



Oct. 22 



Oct. 22 



Oct. 19 



Oct. 26 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



May 4 



Apr. 15 



May 20 



Apr. 16 



May 12 



Apr. 8 



Apr. 15 



Apr. 27 



Apr. 22 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Sept. 19 



Sept. 25 



Oct. 11 



Oct. 13 



Sept. 12 



Sept. 17 



Oct. 14 



Oct. 3 



Oct. 20 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



May 20 



May 18 



June 4 



May 3 



May 27 



Apr. 23 



Apr. 30 



May 4 



May 22 



Precipitation 



Annual 

 inches 



8.1 

 14.2 

 lo. 2t 

 15.7 

 13.9 



7.2 

 15.8 

 13.8 



Production of Fmits in Hew Mexico 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to small 

 fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Strawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries . 

 Raspberries and loganberries. 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



54 



54 



50 



74 



125 



1 



4 



Acres 



1909 



(1) 



66 

 20 

 10 

 12 

 7 

 17 



1899 



48 

 9 

 3 

 9 



10 

 12 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



76,532 



35,634 



10.089 



10,222 



5,523 



14.800 



96 



168 



Value 

 1909 



4,086 



1,698 



1,681 



691 



1,348 



10 



21 



1 Less than 1 acre. 



2 Reported in small fractions. 



