Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-12
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was scarcely thought Of. Now, go where |
we msy, in any direction. and vegetable
farms Of greater or less magnitude meet
the eye on every side, while year by year
the number is growing steadily greater.
This is not surprising when the peculiar |
advantages offered for this industry in |
our section are considered Our climate |
and soil are admirably adapted to this |
kind Of farming, and as the farmers can,
by means of our railways and steamships, |
readily and rapidly transport their pro
ducts to every section of the country |
weeks aud months in advance Of |
the home Northern market, our vege-
table growers can rely on early |
shipments and satisfactory returns. |
This year We learn truck growing 10 |
this immediate section has proven very |
profitable. Our farmers were blessed |
with unusually good seasons as well as
fine crops, and in consequence have all
made money, and are enabled to prepare |
their lands and continue to devote them |
selves to this industry with even more |
announcement than heretofore.
We think we can see in this matter OF
The culture of early fruits and vegetables
for the Northern market the prospect OF |
tremendous future for this entire region,
but more especially for our immediate |
section of the State. Chatham county, |
for instance, should, and in compare |
lively short time viii, become one vast
vegetable garden and orchard. We have
a salubrious climate and good soil. emf
rently fitted for the production Of vege-
tables and certain kinds of fruit which
only need to be freely introduced
TO the Northern people to
cause them TO be sought after,
aud insure good profits. The county is
now intersected with rail and good
wagon roads, and nsvigable water ways
which render every portion of it accessi-
Die to this city, where rapid and safe
transportation facilities to the entire
North and West, both by land and water,
Are afforded shippers. Thousands of
acres, already more OF less cleared, can
even now be utilized in this way, while
the Cuyler swamp canal, now beng
dug. will, when completed. reclaim
thousands Of acres yet of rich land, sure
to bring wealth into the pockets of those
who will place it undercultivation. And
IS year by year the area devoted to early
vegetable production increases, so will
the farmer also gain additional expert
ence. aud at length, when experiment
hss taught him the best seed to plant,
and the amount of care necessary to be
bestowed upon his crop, he will be able
to count with certainty upon at least av
erage yields and satisfactory profits.
As We have said, 1t is not alone from
early vegetables that the farmer of this
section viii be able to derive liberal
profit, but there are many varieties of
fruit which here flourish abundantly and
which viii, sooner or later, be more gen
orally cultivated with advantage. Take
the item Of fresh figs for instance. That
IS fruit which can be sbundsntly pro-
/ duced here with little trouble, and which is
scarcely known in the North. let it is
one Of the most delicious and healthful
Of fruits, and only needs TO be intro
duced to the Northern consumer to be
appreciated and command high prices.
/ Heretofore our Northern friends have
been deprived Of this luxury, because it
has been claimed that the fruit would
! not bear transportation That. however,
is an objection which will not hold good
10 this day and generation. The same OBJ
lection was formerly urged against the
Florida orange, but in these days of
rapid transit, refrigerator cars, and such
ike convenience, we see the Florida
orange safely shipped to all sections Of
the country, and meeting with a ready
sale everywhere. So it will be with figs
and other semi-tropicsl fruits, which can
be 50 readily cultivated here, and we
predict that the time is not far distant
when such fruits will prove a mine of
wealth to those who devote themselves
to their culture.
What We here claim for Chatham
county. too, holds equally good for all
the counties Of this section, which enjoy
easy transportation facilities by means
Of railways and steamers to this
city, and when the subject under
consideration is duly reflected or,
It seems as If there should be no
limit to the profitable production
Of early fruits and vegetables. 1t may
be urged that such universal attention to
this branch Of business will tend to glut
the market and destroy profits. There
is. however, nothing substantial in such
az objection. The population Of the
country Is increasing year by year
with great rapidity, and for a month
OF six weeks each year our eli
mate gives US a monopoly of the
early vegetable trade in the North
There is no fear then that there will
not be purchasers for sill which can be
I produced, for the whole vast area of
country comprised by the North and
/ West viii furnish a market. Prices
mar not rule so high as if production
were less, but they will always rule suffi-
Gently high to insure ready sales at
remunerative figures.
We offer then in this section to
/ practical gardeners. farmers and fruit
/ growers q literal bonanza, and feel
satisfied that if the interest of the present
land owner or the immigrant be once en-
listed in this subject its success is certain
Il is not outside the range of probability,
therefore, that in a few years our now
neglected and uncultivable lands will be
taken up by a thrifty, industrious and
prosperous people, and that this entire
region viii be one vast blooming garden,
I each x-car adding n the material wealth