FRUIT REPORTS. 
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Nearly all varieties are hardy here, strawberries need a winter covering to 
keep the ground from freezing and thawing. Raspberries and blackberries 
are generally hardy. 
NEW MEXICO. 
L. BRADFORD. PRINCE, SANTA FE, CHAIRMAN, REPORT BY PARKER 
EARLE. ROSWELL. 
1. All of the upper portion of the Pecos valley where irrigation can be 
commanded i. e., from McMillan to Roswell. ‘ About Roswell and Hagerman 
there are nearly fifteen hundred acres in orchard — mainly in apples. 
2. The soil of this region is a strong clay loam quite rich in lime, potash 
and phosphoric acid. The elevation is about thirty-six hundred feet. Orchard 
lands with water rights can be bought at about $40.00 per acre. Bearing 
orchards are not often sold. They are a valuable investment as they will pay 
interest on a large sum— two or three thousand dollars per acre. 
3. Ben Davis, Jonathan, Missouri Pippin, Winesap, Rome Beauty, Ralls 
Genet and Yellow Bellflower are among the varieties that give good satisfac- 
tion. All succeed admirably and can carry whole clusters of stars. 
4. Crops are not generally grown in orchards, which are well cultivated. 
5. Winter crops are not needed. 
6. Fertilizers are not used. 
7. No promising new variety. 
8. No insects or diseases. We leave these little matters to our eastern 
friends, who consider New Mexico as a desert and the home of savages. 
9. Irrigation indispensable — Springs, artesian wells and reservoirs. 
10. The largest orchard is five hundred acres, four years old, just coming 
into bearing. 
Fruits must be sold f. o. b. at about ten cents a bushel to repay cost of grow- 
ing, but this does not cover cost of packages or of harvesting. 
Apples sell to net about one dollar per bushel, to date. Not many orchards 
in bearing yet. The few old ones pay well, individual trees sometimes yield- 
ing from $10.00 to $25.00 in a season. 
11. No evaporation. 
12. All species and varieties are hardy. The only losses are from spring 
frosts. Apricots and Japan plums rarely bear. Peaches fail three years out 
of four. All late blooming kinds are sure croppers. 
Finally. This is, probably, everything considered, soil, climate, freedom 
from insects, absolute security from blights, scabs, mildews and other fungi; 
as well ag from geographical situation and easy distance to export points, the 
most valuable apple region in America. 
NEW YORK. 
BY PROF. WENDELL PADDOCK, GENEVA. 
1. Central and western part, especially on borders of Great Lakes and 
around inland lakes, the Hudson River region, and Lake Champlain apple 
region. 
