. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page 6'j Arcadia Irrigated Orchards The Largest Irrigated Orchard Project in the Northwest Arcadia is located twenty-two miles from Spokane. Our soil is rich and deep, entirely free from gravel, rock and alkali. Gravity irrigation, excellent transportation, ideal climate, no dust or sand storms. OUR PLAN: We plant, cultivate, irrigate, spray, prune and care for the orchard for four years. Water free. Real estate taxes paid for five years. Over 4,000 acres is now planted to winter apples. You may remain at your present occupation while your orcha
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. igii BETTER FRUIT Page 6'j Arcadia Irrigated Orchards The Largest Irrigated Orchard Project in the Northwest Arcadia is located twenty-two miles from Spokane. Our soil is rich and deep, entirely free from gravel, rock and alkali. Gravity irrigation, excellent transportation, ideal climate, no dust or sand storms. OUR PLAN: We plant, cultivate, irrigate, spray, prune and care for the orchard for four years. Water free. Real estate taxes paid for five years. Over 4,000 acres is now planted to winter apples. You may remain at your present occupation while your orchard is brought to bearing, or, if desired, move onto the land at once. TERMS: $ first payment secures five acres; $ first payment secures ten acres; balance monthly. Eight years in which to pay for your orchard. Write for literature. ARCADIA ORCHARDS COMPANY, Spokane, Washington has increased greatly in that time. The increase of population alone in the last fifteen years could eat the entire apple crop of 1909 and not have one bar- rel each, while the other 60,000,000 people of the United States would not get a single apple. That the over- production of good apples is near at hand nobody need have any fear. There will always be a market for the best apples, and that is what Montana can grow. As the population increases so does the demand increase, and the available orchard land proportionately decreases. Factors necessary for a fruit section are climate, soil, water, transportation facilities and freedom from pests. Fruit has been grown in Montana for fifty years, hence the experimental stage was passed long ago. The orchard sections of Montana well deserve the title, "The home of ; The beautiful mountain scenery, the life-giving atmosphere, the purest of water and soil unex- celled in fertility, which develops an orchard in five years' time that is a The apple is the king of fruits. Our apples are kings of apples. We are apple specialists. We
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