Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-05-18
Plant an Apple Orchard
this Year.

ards IN all the older States
The old trees, once so bounti-
jul, are bearing less and dying
every year. On many farms no
successors are provided for
We have occasionally a surplus
of apples, as in 1874, when the
orchard does not pay much
But there is a compensation to
the fruit grower, even in these
years Of exceptional abundance.
The cheapness of apples intro
duces them into many families
where they are generally used
as a luxury. They are so
wholesome and enjoyable that
they become a necessity, and
are more largely purchased in
subsequent years, when they
bring double prices. In 1874,
apples sold for $1.50 per barrel.
In 1875, they sold for 81 q bar
rel. We know of u case in
which a family laid in, in 1874,
sixteen barrels; in 1875, the
price being so much higher, the
same sum being allowed for aps
pies, the supply was but six bar
rels. If apples can be raised
at a dollar barrel and pay ex-
penses, the farmer who fur
nished this family made So in
his trade Of 1874, and SIS the
past season. Thrifty families
soon become accustomed to APP
pies, and they take their place
with flour, meat and butter, a.
mong the necessary family sup
plies, and the whole crop is ia
ken, even in abundant years, at
prices that pay something
This is what the grower wants,
steady paying prices for all that
he eau raise every year, rather
than extravagant profits, which
will induce everybody to rush
into his speciality. Apples are,
on the whole, as likely to be
profitable as any fruit q farmer
can invest in at the present time.
with the prospect of making
money out of them for the next
thirty years. They keep bet
ter than almost any other fruit,
and in all the northern half of
the country they can be had,
in the fresh state, with very lit
tie difficulty, every day in the
year. Our soil and climate are
admirably adapted to this fruit.
1t grows in the greatest beauty
and perfection, and American
apples command very high pri-
ces in the English markets.
They are already a profitable
article of export, and this bust
ness has as substantial a basis
for increase as the export Of A.
merican cheese. to European
markets. The idea that our
climate has changed is a fiction.
Apples grow in our older States
in as great perfection as they
ever did, if the orchards are
properly cared for. They will
not grow so well on WORKOUT
pastures as on virgin soil. But
we find, to-day, on soils that
are fed and cultivated, apple
trees so vigorous and fruitful
that nothing more can be asked.
Nor do We take any stock in
the idea that the old varieties
are running out. The Roxbury
Russell has been in the country
from very near its first settle
ment, and in the East the trees
are as vigorous and hardy and
the fruit as perfect as they ever
were. As along-keeping stand
ard variety, there is no better
selection for this region. Plant
ans orchard this year. Plant
only standard varieties that are
known to do well in your neigh
borhood, and let the varieties be
few, and nine-tenths of them
the long keepers. Late winter
apples can be sold eight months
in the year. They almost al
ways bring extra prices in the
Spring. We know of farmers
who have never lost faith in
this crop, and are reaping gold
en- haryests from orchards plan
ted twenty years ago. First,
plant an orchard; second, take /
care of it.-Cor. Ame1TcaR Ag-
riculturiSt.
Cure for HvdroDhObia.