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Title: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: United States Department of the Interior
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dy for marketin advance of the same varieties from other localities. Strawberriesripen every month in the year in the Salt River Valley. One growerin this section reports having gathered this year 2 tons of berries fromless than half an acre of ground. The home market has thus farabsorbed nearly all the crop. There is room for growing strawberriesfor shipment to distant markets. Figs grow luxuriantly throughoutthe southern part of the Territory, and wherever there is a sufficientsupply of water given them they bear profusely. A number of varie-ties have been grown, and many of them do well. The Japanese plumscontinue to lead in productiveness, and they are of good quality. Theyescape late frosts better than other strains. Melons.—Watermelons are ready for market earlier in Arizona thanin any other part of the coast region, and the abundance of sunlightand the rich, sandy soil contribute toward making them superior inquality. Nearly all kinds of garden vegetables are grown with ease,
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Cereus giganteus. TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. 265 and many of them may be grown to be ready for market at almost anyseason of the year. FARM ORNAMENTATION. The adornment of the farm home by making beautiful the dooryardis a feature not so neglected as one would expect to find in so new aeouutry. Among decorative plants the palm is conspicuous in south-ern Arizona and the pine in the north. The eucalyptus, so prominentin southern California landscape, has been tried, and out of a score ofspecies experimented with three have been found that do well in thesouthern section. The pepper tree, one of the most beautiful of orna-mental trees, grows luxuriantly and is a conspicuous ornament. Anative white ash (Fraxinus velutina) and the Arizona black walnut arealso valuable shade trees. The cotton wood is found along all watercourses, and the mesquite in the valleys and upon the less arid mesas.Many other native and introduced species, both deciduous and ever-green, thrive and are valuable ornamental

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