The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-16
FrIit-Growing and Fr,iii-prescryins

EEUIt-VfON1Rss iiiAu hsifia-FFpScfTInS,
Notwithstanding the immense quantities
Of fruit which arc being shipped yearly from
Delaware. Maryland, and Virginia to the
northern markets, it is evident tilt this great
business is really only in its infancy. The
rapid extension and consolidation of trans
portati0n lines, Offering unparalleled facilities
for reaching distant markets, Must necess;t-
riIy have the effect Of largely stimulating in
tie south the raising both of fruits and ycgc-
tables for northern shipment. and prove Il
.olrcr of great revenue to those who are Ell
ablcd to engage III it. 1t is 4 recognized fact
in Boston, New York. and Philadelphia that
very soon their truckers and gardeners will
hr largely "rln ont by The competition they
will meet from growers in the South, who can
put their products in market weeks earlier
than they can Uc raised near those cities. LII
Baltimore, for Instance, last spring, there
were green peas in the market thirty day
earlier than they were ever known before
the first supply coming from Florida, fol,
lowed in >llcrcsSi0n by crops raised near Su
vannh. Charleston, Wilmington, and Nor
folk. There is 10 reason why many vcgctu
hleS and fruits should moi be raised and mar
kctcd in this way. Peter Henderson, widely
known as m extensive and successful mar
kct-gardcncr near New York, expresses his
surprise that the business is NOT more larorly
engaged in, pointing ont the advantages
which growers in the South would enjoy and
the ease Of forwarding the productions OF
their gardens. especially those which are not
liable to injury 10y transportation. What i
trlie of vegetables is equally true ol fruits
and the immense extent of the peach trade
shows the prcticslility Of such operations
The transportation companies, GHding so
large Il source OF revenue in this traffic, arc
glad to make arrangements such as insure
certain and speedy conveyance for all the
fruit offering, and with view to this trade
new roads are constantly being projected and
built.
We do not recommend, Of course, any
large ventures in uncertain schemes. The
people Of the South are in no condition for
this, and the owners Of the soil are generally
an educated and readin" class, and too Scnsl-
bic, therefore, to be drawn into undertakings
the success of which il doubtful; but there
can bc no objections to experiments on
moderate scale which will demonstrate the
feasibility OF th. system OF Irllt culture anu
marketing we are now considering. When
individuals are not possessed on means sur
ticicnt for this, combinations can he entered
into which may be able to accomplish by CO.
operation what private means cannot rlicci.
An illustration OF what may he done i found
in the expressed belief OF Mr.. Saunders the
distinguished hOltirulturiSt, now in charge
of the Government gardens at Washington,
that Virginia is to he the great grnp"-grow'
ing region of this country IL soon H. it :apa.
bilitics and advantages of soil and climate are
understood and appreciated: and another in
the success of Mr.. Leighton, Il fruit-growcr
near Norfolk, whose pears, unsurpassed for
beauty, size, and flavor, are the wonder Of
pomologiSts, and are marketed and known
all over the North.-Anlcricdn Farmer.