Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-08-29
The Largest Peach Orchard In the
World.

1t having been announced in the In
dec that party of fruit growers from
Kansas City would visit the Olden
Fruit Farm Tuesday, the Goth, few
OF our citizens decided to join them in
a days pleasure and invite them to
spend day in Willow Springs. Ac-
cordingly a little party of twenty-five.
and the chief quill driver of the Inder,
boarded the $50 train for the fruit
farm. We hardly had time to get
S ettled in our seats before the train
slowed up and the familiar voice of
Harry Hahn es, the faithful conductor
who run the first train over the Mem
phis extension of the Gulf, cried out
Golden Fruit Farm"
We then learned to the regret of all
that the Kansas City excurs1onists had
failed to put in their appearance.
Mr.. q. w. Gano, the gerial and bust
ness-like uperintendento of the farm, in
formed us that business was to rush.
ing to permit him to spend the day
with us, but bid US hearty welcome to
the farm and its fruits, and the little
party soon took formal possession of
the domain.
When the party arrived at fifty
acre lot of peaches that had not been
picked, the screams and shouts of de-
light were almost deafening. The trees
were loaded with the red ami yellow
peaches, the largest ever seen, and as
far as the eye could see it was one
continuous cluster of fruit, which
made the most beautiful picture the
eye ever beheld.
Every few hundred yards was crew
of hands picking, packing in boxes and
teams were hauling them to the depot
where they were beirg loaded into
large palace express fruit car for ship
ment.
About noon the party all reached the
farmhouse, which is situated on slight
elevation and surrounded with four
acre lawn sodded with beautiful grass,
fringed with lovely flowers of every
hue, aud shaded with "a number OF state
ly forest trees with rich, dense foliage,
from which were suspended swings and
hammocks, and Mrs. Henry Day, the
klnd-hearted and affabie lady who pre-
sides over the farmhouse filled the
shaded lawn with easy chairs and rock
ers, and babe us welcome. A picnic
dinner was then spread, consisting OF
every good thing known to the palate
of man and grand feast ensued.
The ladies having seen enough of the
farm to satisfy them, the afternoon
was spent by them in games, music,
and swinging in the beautiful shady
lawn, while the masculine portion of
the party strolled over hundreds of
acres of fruit and drank in the beauti-
full scenery.
Mr.. Gano, the superintendent, was
found in the afternoon, and put through
a series of questions by the Inde1 re-
porter. From him it was learned that
the Olden Fruit Company now have
invested there little over eighty |
thousand dollars. They have twenty
body, eight hundred acres of which are |
now planted in fruit. They have sixty
five thousand peach trees, about TWEEN |
ty-five thousand Of which are bearing
this season. A bout thirty thousand
more will come into bearing next year,
and nearly fifteen thousand of the apple
trees will also come into bearing next
year. They have now all told about
one hundred and eighteen thousand
trees, and forty acres of berries.
They began shipping pFaches, this
on the goth of June. On the
10Th of July they began shipping by
he car load, since which time they
nave shipped car nearly every day
IF the week except Saturdays, and
will continue to do so until the last of
or October. They put from
seven 10 twelve hundred boxes in a
,sr. The prices yielded them this sea-
IN, so far, has been from 81, 20 to 81 90
per bushel. They shipped this season
llso, one thousand five hundred crates
If berries. They will continue to plant
each fall and spring, until the entire
;wenty-six hundred acres are planted
Two other firms are clearing and plant
ng large farms adjoining them. Their
ruit is the finest and sells more readi-
y at fancy prices than any fruit put
Upon the market. California fruits
stand poor show in the market when
South Missouri fruit can be obtained.
Our citizens were delighted with
heir visit, and all express their graft
ude for their kind treatment WILLOW
Springs IndeI.
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