The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-04-26

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Ing lawyers OF The state, HAVING 90,
Cupied l0r q Term Oi years Ihe position ol
ulslflot ludBe III noflnetn leAhti ne nhs NY
his enterprise ana industry aocuinulaleu
splendid property, anu u eVeryWu rsooH-
nized AZ one OF tue most lar-seelnB ano en-
terprlsing citizens OF our state John y,
Cannon, formerly engaged ~ banking ~ THIS
city and now cashier OF the Exchange BANK
OF Denton, Is the treasurer ana secretary Oh
the company, and A. Lennon, one OF tne
finest practical nurserymen In the south,
is the general manager, and has the imme-
date control ana direction Oh inc propasat-
me department.
The selling department is under the sn-
pervlsion OF "A. Nj. York, oi Denton; ana H.
Il. Chenault, recently OF Stanford. KY. as
sisted by n. s. Cl2rdy, who has had twenty
years experience in the business, and d. J.
Eddleman, the gentleman already named,
together with Mr.. Rogers, of this city, one
of the solid men of Dallas constitute the
stockholders.
The personnel of the company is unex-
ceptional. They are all men of the highest
business integrity and possessed OF ample
means to develop their business TO any de-
sired extent. In addition TO the growing
and selling of nursery stock they have de-
termined to open canning establishment
at Denton and have already taken steps TO
re-charter their company with a paid up
capital of $50, 600.
1t is Impossible TO over estimate the adj
vantage OF such an establishment. There
is not grocery store in the country that
does not handle canned goods, and every
family Is consumer. Now our canned
fruits and vegetables come from California
Baltimore and New England. With one
of the finest fruit sections on earth, We have
not a canning establishment in our state
The opening of this establishment will
furnish home market for fruits from Red
River TO the Gulf, and add ANNUALLY to the
development OF the fruit industry Of our
state.
This is already an established fact and il
will he in operation in time to handle next
year crop.
A few plain facts will enable our
readers to form something
of an idea of the magnitude to which this
industry can be carried. Last year the
sales OF this company aggregated $4,000,
and their sales extended over a section OF
country extending from Red River to Aus
tin. Their sales tor next falls delivery
already reach S75 900. and the selling seas-
on has only fairly opened. They have six
ty-fiye statesmen in this state, and are oper-
ating in nearly every agricultural county
in Texas. The sales for the present season
are expected to reach about $l5O,OOO. The
company have exercised great care in the
selection of their statesmen. They are al
most entirely citizens of our state, and have
a direct interest in the success of this bust
ness that affords employment for such a
large number. The basis, of course, of
this business is the propagating department,
and a visit to their extensive grounds
enabled us to better understand the source
of the vast supply of stock to fiji their or.
Iders.
The packing grounds and residence OF
the manager, Mr.. Lennon, is situated in
tie CITY and covers eight acres of land,
principally set out in shrubbery, orna.
mental and the finest variety of fruit trees.
Our attention was especially called to a
magnificent block of pears, plums and ounce
and we noticed the famous lie Compile pear
was one of the most numerous of the diff
ferept varieties they have in stock. We
next visited a fifty acre field about one
mile north of the city, known as the
Daugherty tract upon which they have
els Of peach seed, the young seedlings
being about ten inches high and will be
ready to receive the buds by June 1st.
That block contains not less than 500 600
Seeding peaches, all in splendid condition.
We went next to three extensive
blocks of grapes on what is known as the
Rell tract about ope.half mile east of the
first named tract. This block contains about
900 600 grape roots including nearly one
hundred varieties, and they conld not pos
sihlv have been in a better condition. We
can safely saw that there is not a more ex-
tensiye grape nursery in the
United States, and the soil
npon which they are growing is exactly
suited to grape culture, being deep sandy
loan. Adjoining this field is the Clardy
tract containing about 200 900 young peach
trees i'm md and grated, block of peach
seedlings containing about 400, 900 for bud
ding the present season, fine block of
apple trees that will be two years old this
| fail and an extensive block of apple gratis
| ON another block we found pears, cherries,
crabs. and other fruit. There was on the
Mace also large supply of small
trnits Including the famous
Texas hybrid blackberry and
shade and ornamental trees, from there we
visited the Eddleman & Erwin fruit farm
consistin,, of one hundred and twenty
acres nearly adjoining the Clardy t. act
Abont SO acres of the tract are
nlanted ont to orchard and furnishes
sInnlv of buds and scions for budding and
qraitine. The stock on all the several tracts
| was in the finest possible condition, the
grounds free from weeds, and grass show
| Ing a high state of cultivation. They en-
niov regularlv ten handsin this department
which number will be largely increased
when me budding season opens. The TO-
| tai plant of trees, grapes, shrubs, ETC., will
| n LARGE sLock left for the wholesale trade
after filling their retail orders. Another
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