Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-27
A GROWING INDUSTRY.

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visit the Knoxville Nurseries, Bird
Dew & Co. proprietore, situated eight
miles northwest OF the city, on the
loves Ferry road. 1t is one OF our
industries that has made rapid ad-
vancement within the past two or
three years. Mr.. G. w. Bird is prac'
tical nurseryman of twenty years ex-
perience, though he carried on the
business on rather small scale until
recently. Seeing that thousands OF
dollars were being sent out of this sec-
ton of the country every year for
fruit trees that ought 20 be grown at
home, and which trees, when received.
in many Instances did not turn out TO
be what they were represented to be,
he undertook TO supply The demand.
About three years ago Mr.. Joseph
Dew, then of Jacksboro' who was
taking a great deal of Interest in the
fruit growing business took an intel
est with Mr.. Bird, and subsequently
Mr.. Robert Parker one of Knox c1uu-
| TVS live farmers, also became y part
ner. Since then The business has been
/ ENLARGED until now it is enc OF the
most extensive nurseries IN the South.
They have about twenty five acres
planted in peach and apple trees, a
large proportion of which will be
ready for market this fall. They have
between fifty and seventy-five thou
sand apple trees now ready for market
including almost every known variety.
they have been selected with great
care, the grating having been done
by and under the Immediate
supervision Of Mr. Bird.
Their large supply OF peach trees have
al. o been selected witlr care, the bud
ding having been done BY and under
the supervision of SIR. Bird, go that
persons purchasing from them may
re- Y upon their fruit being what they
represent it to be. They have almost
every variety Of peach, from the Early
Alexander, which ripens early in
June, 10 the ateat peach ripenipg in
October.
Besides these, they have cherries,
p!ums, raspb-rrses. apricots, strawber-
ries, grapes, a:c. Their selection of
grapes is al excellent one. Their vines
are fine, thrifty ones, including all the
! best varieties adapted to this climate.
Any one wishing to start first class
vIney ard, on a large or small scale,
will fiud ia these nurseries just what
is wan e,;.
Such an enterprise deserves en-
enlargement. We have been sending
too much money out of East Tennes-
see for fruit trees since the war, AMI
these gentlemen have undertaken to
supply want that has been sorely
felt. They will sell trees az cheap as
they can be had from Nurseries out
side the State, and their trees, having
been grown in our climate, will prove
o be what they are purchased for.
The have agents travelling in several
counties in East Tennessee and are
meeting with Fl tteTing success, One
of them has jus returned from one Of
the upper Ea t Tennessee counties,
where, IN short time, he has sold
trees amounting TO more than enc
thousand dollars. Other SCENTS have
been as successful.
While at the Nursery we took 0c-
sion to visit the fue peach orchard Of
John Chumlea, Esq, near by, the
trees III which came from the Nursery
OF watch we are speaking. He has
about one hundred Early Aiexanders,
planted two years ago last spring, and
which are now full of the finest
peaches. He and Mr.. BirG have had
them in market several days, aud our
peOpls know what they are. The
| orchard, with its luscious, TipeDing
| fruit, is "a picture worth beholding.
Esquire ChumIea shows his apprecia.
| ton of a good orchard BY carefully
| cultivatiug his trees and the result is
they pay him well. From many of
| them he will sell peaches this season
to the amount of five dollars per tree.
The orchard is situated on an emil
renee, on the north side Of Beaver
Ridge, from whence a grand view of
the Beaver creek valley is presented.
The fine farms of NJ. A, Parker, Rob
ert Parker, @. NJ. Cannon, Thos Col
lier and others may be seen. covered
with wheat fields from which a splen-
did crop has just been harvested and
which shine in the distance like so
much gold, and which Ia reality are
| more profitable than the average gold
mine. The wonder to US is why some
good woman does not capture Esquire
| Chumlea and thus take a life interest
in his fine orchard. Il was some de-
gree of regre. that we turned our face
homeward in company with DIR. w
n. Carson of this place, but after a de-
! ligh .ful afternoon drive we returned
home feeling fully satisfied with our
brief visit TO this growing enterprise.
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HUNTERS.