, 1877-09-21
Capacities of the State tor Fruit.
Growing.
The Subject Exlnustively Troated
by MIR. Gibbs.
About The Best Place for Northorn Man
to Settle to Raise Fruit,
| Quantity Of Statistical Information to Prsrt
t}is PesitisR.
Sp-esni Correspondence Of 1.As frfount.

has visited tho State and acEn tho quantity OF
fruit grown with hut lttto care, embracing np-
Pics pears. peaches, plums, nectatiucs, apricots,
grapes, strawf.csrics, rsspberrics, blnckbcrrEce,
and other small fruits, must admit that in the
production Of fruit her locaton climate. md soil
giyo decided advantage ovrr States farther
north. 1 reached the City OF Little Kock lust
in time 10 eee tho collection which Col.
Eescx, the Land Commissioner Of tho ~. Louis
& Iron Mountain Railroad, Was preparing to
send to the Fair mud Exposition now In progrcss
at St. Louis, and must say shat WIS aatotlisl,ed
It the very ane display of Afkansas-grurn
fruits which he had In his collection, Including
pcars Weighing twenty-five ounces, apples from
twelve 10 fourteen ounces, rcschcs as large as
an average baseball and other fruits In proper.
ton.
hut It is not particularly OF Tho variety and
quality OF the fruits whicl, may be grown in this
State that propose to write, but Of
TIE PROFITS
TO be derived from their growth and shipment
10 tho Northern markets, IS business for
Northern men to engage In instead OF general
farung, or tn connection with Il, II is only
within tho past twn years that my fruits
havo been shipped North from tlita State, Or
tho discovery bccn made TINT they ct'uli be
grown and shipped at profit. Col. William
tHAEIlEt Uk x1ubLlut Il lUNU Uu tuG iFUusMQuIl-
tain Road about thirty miles north Of Little
Rock, IL. as fur as can learn, the rf1ticer in
this movement, and IS the result Of his expert
mcnts IN fruitshippfng has led his neighbours to
turn their attention largely to frutt-groWlng a.
bustnese, visited the placo whAe 1t waa bust
lifted to furnish mc facts In regard to tic bust.
mesa of any other locality In the State.
AUSTIN
Is struggling commercial village, an old one
before the building Of thu raIizoad, and Is about
d mile from the railroad station of tho sa,nu
name. It has sono quite neat un0 tasty rusi-
denccs, supports two Or tllFce churches, several
stores and machlne.shops, nstl q public school
ten months Ia tho year. Col. slurr'li, who IS u
ilnc representative Of Tho old typo OF Southern
gentleman. is purtly, lll,nI1ed, Ecnlal gentle
ll,atl, now W Jcars Of are. lilo cintgrutcd from
Tennessee with Ills family md slavss in 1901,
with lin great m ~ vars.y S't ot tho Sest it stse%s
which grew in his old home, which
he planted for houc supply. After the
compIettY,l r., OF tho road conacyting St. Louls
Witil Ltttls Rpsk, hsyins more Of some varieties
az MI experiment, he shipped few boxes to st.
Louis. The rcturus fron, them were 50 eatIs-
factory that he continued to ship all he could
spare' .s his nsighDor. % doiuE the some, aud from
planting and propagation OF carly fruit for tho
81. Louis markets. In the meantime, to meet
tho dettiand for trees and pIauts which Ut onco
sprank up nt thls and other tonts Ills son, Mr.
George L. Murrill, who Is q born hntttcuturlst,
engaged iu tho nursery business ~ connection
with ills lrultgrowing, 80 u tu BIO able to supply
stock from varieties Which, had been thoroughly
tcstcd In the State, md escape tho lmposttions
Of itincrant trce-ventlcFs.
THH AMOUNT or rNufT dRowN AND sHirPED,
and tho returns from the same, 50 far exceeded
my expectations thAt Instead Of yeuturLng to
gye general r. !, statements ; prefer to give Tug
shipments md rc:op.s taken iu ali casss frotn ID
thur shipping. g.books, showing their daily ship
ments ass! grosa aud net rerctpts.
Before dolnR 80, will say TINT up to Tho prcs-
ont time, strawberries arc about tho only fruit
eeav for Of as ters as
NOT yet becn ttmo Tor tcoches aud other trees
planted since TUG business opened to como into
bearing. With tho cxeoptton ot faw peach
dnrng @ seaso Az os
years ago simply for homo supply. Next
season great lnaDy peach and some
other trees Will como into bearing,
nsla5s vast!s; taat matuEs from %ee 70
sarl!cst peach yet shipped
la "i it tse q 4fs s,rsxScrfes s
commenced about the b OF May, and tho seasou
openct about tho lst Of Juno and lasted TIL .ho
1ruft from Southern Illinois brought prices
down below point where they would 'pay
profit. Ihe following arc
pOM6 " TIE biAEkMkHEo
taken from tho books ot tic growers nnd shlp-
pcts:
HcorEc +. Murrtll lad one mere IN 8tFawbe.-
Etes; yielded 600 quarts netting over all cx-
pcnscs ot picking, boxing, freight, unl commits
sions, 1lN ceuta per box, Of total Ut $3J7S7.
John s. Cats Ind one aero and etx rods IN
straw wbcrrica. uross receipts, $050; net over
p4eking, boxing, freight, aud commissions,
$5S0.W.
William Saunders, from four Square rods Of
ground nctted SIS Several tfees OF June
apples nctted SIS. Full-grown peach-trccs
nettcd 8 per tres.
A. l.. ektilcsn had half On acre Of Strawberries
between rows VI young pcarit-trscs, no straW-
berries bcin. set In thu run; ncttcd 500
DF. II. L. Skinner. from ono third Ut au aero
In Strawberries, nettod *05; besides. three crates
Of twenty. four quarts easl,, from, which no rot
no returns. J. q. Paine nrtted 81 Der tree from
4-ycar-ol4 trees Of Halls Early peaches j. 4.
LaukforL uettcl over 500 from ono-funrth Of
an acre in Strawberries, Col, William Murriil
from one.thlr4 Of an sero Melted $llO,6U;
shipped 4S3 boxes peaches, 43 OF early applcs.
Isl OF pears, and N u OF Wild.gouse
plums. flis plu1ns aud peaches netteI IS
per trco for all sold up to JULY 70.
w. g. I}rpwn fran o11a ncrc liza Inn rtuls ..,t,l