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the land rises suddenly about 2.000 feet. On this tableland, apples, pears and 
plums, as well as sweet cherries, are very successful. In all parts small 
fruits are grown with great success. Good, unimproved orchard land can be 
purchased in the southern section at prices ranging from five dollars per 
acre to fifteen, according to distance from shipping points, schools and other 
conveniences. In the north, prices range higher, since the region is more 
thickly settled. In the southern section all cultivated land is under irrigation, 
while in the northern section only some narrow areas along the river beds 
are subject to irrigation. 
3. The list of fruits indorsed by the Idaho State Horticultural Society is 
as follows: Apples— Summer,' Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, Red June, 
Oldenburg, Early Harvest; Autumn, Gravenstein, Maiden Blush, Wealthy, 
Fameuse, Fall Pippin; Winter, Jonathan, Ben Davis, White Pearmain, 
Rome Beauty, Blue Pearmain, Winesap, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Yel- 
low Bellflower, Walbridge. Prunes— Italian, Agen ( French , Petite), Hungarian 
( Pond Seedling), German, Bulgarian, Silver. Pears— Bartlett, Winter Nelis, 
Anjou, Flemish Beauty, Idaho. Cherries — Early Richmond, English Morello, 
Black Republican, May Duke, Black Tartarian, Napoleon, Montmorency 
Large. Peaches— Early Crawford. Amsden, Late Crawford, Elberta, Foster, 
Lemon Cling. Plums— Bradshaw, Peach, Yellow Egg, Green Gage, Lombard. 
4. Most persons grow hoed crops, as corn, potatoes or beans in the young 
orchards until the trees arrive at bearing age. This is the custom of persons 
of limited means. Those able to afford it often give the ground clean culture 
without any crop, believing that it is not good policy to rob the land of its 
fertility at the expense of the growing trees. 
5. I have no knowledge of cover crops being used. 
6. Upon the rich, virgin soil of Idaho it has not been found necessary to 
resort to fertilizers of any kind. In reality too rank and heavy growth of 
wood is the complaint rather than the lack of it. 
8. San Jose scale and codling moth are the prevalent and most troublesome 
insects yet introduced and are quite prevalent in both sections of the State. 
For the scale, a vigorous application of sulphur, lime, salt and lye during 
the dormant season has been found effectual in its destruction, if taken 
before the insect has got too badly spread, but if very bad the ax and 
match are the best remedy. Idaho has an excellent inspection law with good 
police regulations under which this pest is- less dreaded than formerly. The 
codlin moth prevails wherever apples are grown, except in some of the 
newer sections in the more remote valleys where they have not yet obtained 
a foothold, but it is only a question of time as it is steadily but surely 
spreading. The plum curculio and the various borers are not yet in evidence. 
Aphides of all kinds are very common, but outside of the apple root louse, 
or woolly aphis, do not cause much injury. Careful inspection of nursery 
stock has greatly reduced the prevalence of this insect, so that it is not 
much feared. In the southern section few fungous diseases have manifested 
themselves, the black spot and shot hole fungus being occasionally seen, 
but not to any alarming extent. In northern Idaho, pear blight has, during 
the past three years, spread quite extensively and caused serious loss in many 
neighborhoods, particularly in the southern part of Latah county, where pear 
growing has become quite an important industry. 
9. That part of the State lying north of the central plateau and drained 
by Snake river and its tributaries is an arid region and no cultivation is 
