The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-04-29
Fruit Growing in Garrett County, Md.

Fruit Growing in Garrett County, Md.
From the American Farmer.
About all variety of fruit and vege-
tables appear to do well in Garrett
county. In the way of apples. we
havea great many varieties, probably
two or three hundred. We know of
one orchard alone of over fifty varie-
ties. Some of our notable orchards
deserve mention. That of the Hon.
Austin Speicher, near Accident. be-
ing one of the finest in richness of
varieties in the county. Mr.. James
Rush, Joab Friend, Lewis Lininger
and others have fine orchards. Mr..
Joseph Dewitt, for long time one
ofour county officials, has fine peach
orchard which has proven very profit
able. Pears do we'll with intelligent
treatment. We have seen the Seek
ell, Duchess d'Angouleme, d'Anjout,
Bartlett, Buffum, Flemish Beauty
and Sheldon in bearing with others,
and we have no doubt that about all
varieties would do well. The writer
has over thirty varieties of the pear
growing successfully. Grapes do fair
ly well. We have vineyard near
Accident owned by German who
has in cultivation and bearing about
seven hundred to one thousand vines.
principally Concords.
OF the small fruits, whilst there are
many native varieties which flourish
in the fields, the status of small fruit
culture is far from high. Where a
proper amount of interest has been
manifested in the culture, small fiuits
do well. We are trying many new
kinds, and so far, with such abundant
success that we are encouraged to still
further invest. We haye many who
cannot turn a deaf ear to the bland
ishments of the fruit tree agent and
his highly colored plates and here
please allow me to say few words
to the credit of that much abused in
diyidual. l am always glad to see
them and feel like encouraging them
to the extent of my purse. venture
to assert that nine-tenths of al the
orchards in the State are due to the
efforts of persistent tree agents. Their
influence, as far as | have been able
to observe it, has invariably been for
the good of the community in every
respect.
Strawberries do well here under
cultivation. We get the crop late but
they are certainly the most Satisfac
tory Of all the crops the writer has
attempted to grow. We have never
missed having them in abundance.
Wilson, Green Prolific, Col. Cheney.
the best ; Sharpless, Glendale, Ken
lucky, etc, all do well. Your readers
will please excuse me for these ramb.
ling details. My justification is an
earnest desire to correct the prevalent
idea that we can raise neither grain,
fruit nor vegetables. We have a
number of large summer hotels along
the line of the B. & O. r. r. who look
anywhere but to Garrett county for
their supplies. The managers have
no faith in the ability of our farmers
to supply them with such articles as
fruit and vegetables. Even the res
pectable american AgricuLfutst a few
years ago mentioned the fact that an
effort was being made to raise vege-
tables in our climate by the gardeners
of the B. & O. r r., whilst at the
same time and fer years back the
large, well stocked kitchen garden
was deemed one of the essentials on
every place. large and small.
E. H. GLoTFELTY. M. d.