The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-01
GO TO WORK.
A Splendid Chance for City ldlers to
Make Money-Large Rev ards offered
to Fruit Raisers-NO Competition
North with Early Fruit Raised Here.

Not many years since the little State of
Delaware was famous only for the courage
OF the blue hens chickens u in the RevOlu
tionary war, and for ''the Bayards" and
"Claytons who nobly represented her in
the national Senate. Her soil is little more
than sand, broken by two hills, Iron and
Chestnut Hill, and one was panied to travel
for weary miles through sterile tracts utterly
bare, or Overgrown by sickly dwarf pines,
the mute witnesses of decay and desolatlon.
Water melons, sweet potatoes, fish and oys-
tiers were the staple commodities, although
| the better families lived in ease and plenty,
and were noted for their kindness and re-
tinement but it was the "dOlce far niente"
life of the Old enthusiastically pleasant,
but not altogether profitable.
1t was observed at last that the peaches
grown in this seemingly WORKOUT soil were
very large, Of exquisite flavor, and great va
riety. and that the spontaneous crop was
heavy, and many of the trees were large and
old, yet thrifty bearers. These hints from
nature We're not disregarded, and on Il small
scale peach growing was begun and was
quite a success. This encouraged other and
| larger operations, and from year to year ii
has grown until now steamboats, on the Del
aware laden with peaches are Il daily specta-
Gle during the season, and The business is
enormous and constantly increasing, anG
is very profitable.
'.The Raybolds' have made fortunes in
peach raising. We know of a gentleman
who, a few years ago, purchased a small
peach farm near Camden, in Delaware, and
expects this year to harvest $1,000 worth of
| this fruit. But it is not only by marketing
ripe fruit, but by selling trees and by can
| ming peaches, that the profits are made.
The amount of capital invested in these es-
adjustments is large, and they give en-
ployment to many laborers and mechanics.
and distribute their admirably prepared
fruit through the North and West.
| Now, why can Louisiana not follow the
example of Delaware, and awaking from
her vain dream of natural advantages, turn
her attention to artificial advantages
Are not Louisiana peaches as delicious
as any that grow in Delawarei Are not the
trees as large, as long-liyed, and as thrifty
bearers !! And have we not capital markets
by river and rail-our own city, the whole
North who has no early fruit at all, except
that which we send her, for our ripe fruit,
and an immense market, even here in New
! Orleans, for our canned fruit.
Our soil and climate are perfectly adapted
to this pursuit. Our spring is early, sum-
mer and autumn long, and trees are not
wnter-killed, and the soil so genial as to
almost have passed into proverb. The
business is one of great simplicity, and can
be fairly commenced with very moderate
capital. Select the very best fruit trees
and in three years you will have IA bearing
orchard that will pay you fairly, and in an
other year will be the very best investment
| you ever made in any legitimate business.
1t is not an unusual sight in our State to
see the peach trees crushed by their own
| fragrant and luscious burden. Does rot
| this tell us, in the richest language, what
can be done in this pursuits In Delaware,
good land is scarce, and mari and composts
| are freely used, while here the choicest land
is abundant and will require no fertilizers
for years to come. If some of our farmer
friends could see the bank account of
/, Delaware peach-raiser, they would need no
further argument on the subject. There is
money in the business, great deal of ready
money, and we earnestly urge those farmers
who live in the reliable peach regions of our
State to try it.