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Title: The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: New Mexico. Bureau of Immigration Frost, Max., 1873- , comp Walter, Paul A. F New Mexico. Board of managers for the Louisiana purchase exposition, 1904
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Publisher: Sante Fe, N.M., New Mexican printing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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a vast grape producing section. Thegrape-shipping season extends from about the 20th of Aug-ust till the last of September. This short season is due to thecommercial grapes being all midseason varieties. Early andlate ripening varieties need to be added to the large vineyardsin order to extend the shipping period. There were 1,180 acresin bearing vines in 1900 and 9,000 acres of young vines. Small fruit does well and jdelds big profits, especially cur-rants, raspberries and gooseberries, which obtain a size andllavor that are excelled nowhere, nearly all varieties flourishand yield good crops year in and j^ear out. Orchard Crops. There were 719,057 bearing fruit trees in 1900, which pro-duced 263,870 bushels of fruit. The value of all orchard pro-ducts in 1899 was estimated at §197,335. There is a noticeableincrease in the amount of dried and evaporated fruits, whichindicates that culls and marketable products are being moregenerally utilized. In the near future New Mexico will prob-
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THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. <5 ably be able to supply its own markets with jams, jellies,marmalades, etc., manufactured from such fruits as generallygo to waste, thus effecting a great saving. Where Agriculture Can be Pursued Successfully. There are many thousands of acres in New Mexico, asidefrom those already in use, which can be utilized for horticul-tural purposes. The portions of the Territory which aresuited to horticulture are the river bottoms or valleys and thesmaller valleys along the mountain streams. There are alsolarge areas, commonly known as the mesas or uplands, whichhave the finest soil, and which would produce good crops.The largest horticultural districts are the Rio Grande Valley,extending from Embudo to the Texas line, taking in portionsof the counties of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Sandoval, Bernalillo,Valencia, Socorro, Sierra and Dona Ana; the Pecos Valley,mostly in the counties of Chaves and Eddy, the Animas andthe San Juan Valleys in San Juan county and the MimbresVal

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