. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . a total of 500,000 pounds of fresh fruitreceived at Butte, Mont., up to November 1,1887, 253,430 pounds were fromBoise Valley, the remainder being from California, the Missouri RiverValley, Utah and Portland. From November 1st, up to which date theabove figures were given, an additional 150,000 pounds of apples wereshipped to Butte from this vattey, making in all 400,000 pounds of fruitcontributed by Boise Valley to the single mining camp of Butte in oneseason. A recent writer,
. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . a total of 500,000 pounds of fresh fruitreceived at Butte, Mont., up to November 1,1887, 253,430 pounds were fromBoise Valley, the remainder being from California, the Missouri RiverValley, Utah and Portland. From November 1st, up to which date theabove figures were given, an additional 150,000 pounds of apples wereshipped to Butte from this vattey, making in all 400,000 pounds of fruitcontributed by Boise Valley to the single mining camp of Butte in oneseason. A recent writer, in reference to the profits of fruit farm of Mr. ThomasDavis, near Boise City, says:— Preparatory to shipment, the apples are packed in fifty-pound readily find a market in all parts of Idaho and adjoining States andTerritories. No less than 250,000 pounds of this fruit have airady beensent by rail to various parts of the Northwest, and Mr. Davis still has asmany stored away in the three-story building, spec/ illy prepared for thepurpose, and shipments continue to be made almost daily. Apples boxed. 108 IDAHO. and shipped net about$ per 100 pounds, so we may safely calculate thatthe fruit already disposed of and that yet in store will bring Mr. Davis aclear $6,250. Besides this he has 150 barrels of vinegar, 20,000 pounds ofchoice dried apples, and a considerable quantity of pears and cider. Alto-gether this year, the net profit derived from this sample orchard will reachthe handsome sum of $10,000. This is only a sample of what Idaho Is doingin the way of producing fruit, which is everywhere pronounced of superiorquality and delicious flavor. As indicative to some extent of the long, mild growing seasons in valleys of Idaho, we note the fact that the second crop of berries andother fruits is not infrequently picked the same year. Says the BoiseStatesman, of October, 1888:— Dr. E. Smith showed us samples of a second crop of apples on one ofthe trees
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