Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-11-04
Fruits and Vegetables.


Perhaps no part Of Tennessee is
more favorably adapted to the success
full growth Of fruit and vegetables than
Warren county. What may be said of
Warren, may be said of large portions
of Cannon, DeKalb, Putnam, White,
Van Duran, Grundy and Coffee Coun-
ties. Many portions ofnearly all these
counties are well adapted to many
kinds Of vegetables and fruits from the
blackberry, growing spontaneously all
over the country, to the finest apples,
peaches and pears to be found in any
country, Nearly all our lands that
will not produce apples pro6tably will,
when properly managed, grow the very
finest vegetables and small fruits While
much of oar lands are too billy and
rough to cultivate in grain and grass,
these same rough, rocky bill sides pro-
duce the very finest apples At this
time some of our people in these coun-
ties have the very finest apples in the
country. In fact many of our noun
tain orchards not only produce the Rn-
est quality of fruit, but they nearly al
: ways hit or bear every year. Such or,
chards can be mude to pay handsome
profits. Many Of our large fruit grow
ers are rich, if they would only manage
their orchards in way to realize the
greatest possible value of their fruit.
The business Of distlIing fruits, which
has been followed for long time, by
many of our very best business men,
has not proved always the most pro,
ftable. There is so much expense con-
nected with the distillation of fruit, and
so much taxes to be paid, that for ma.
ny years there has not been much clear
money realized in making brandy. If
the Hon. H. l.. W. Hill, John G..
Hughes, Adam Nunley and many 9th.
er large fruit growers in this county,
and other counties, could manage to
realize 20 cents per bushel for their ap.
pies every year, it would beat distilling
very much we think. BY the proper
use of suitable evaporators, every bush.
ell we believe can be made to bring 25
cents after paying MI expense of gath
ering, pairing and handling. Where
these evap0rators haye been used in
Tennessee this season, they have beer
success. If they have been a success
in sections of country where the fruit i.
tar inferior in every respect to the fruit
OF this county, We can see no reason
why our people should hesitate to taxi
hold of the business of evaporating
While parts Of our county are not vel
adapted to apples and peaches, sucl
lands may be made to produce the yer,
finest vegetables Of various kinds. No
only the Irish potato crop will pay well
but many other vegetables, such as on
ions, cabbage and the early corn Sinai
fruits may be grown to advantage, sue
as strawberries, raspberries, plums an,
cherries. Nearly all these fruit an,
vegetable crops may be made to ia
exceed our grain crops IN value. w
believe our people should turn their at
tention TO these things and give Their
careful test. Other localities less ia
vorable, are making these things pa
well and we can sec no good reason VIII
Warren, White, Van Buren,, Grund
and other counties around us can ne
make their crops pay well. Let us tr
them on a small scale until fully teste
and then if we find they will do "
can 60 into them more extensively
We are anxious to see our people haI
py and prosperous, and there is no pc,
pie on this green earth. who are hal
pier and enjoy themselves better, tina
the honest, industrious and prosperol
farmers, who make good living b
the sweat of the brow. These are n,
only the happiest, but they are gene
ally the best people on earth.