The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-03-09
FRUIT CULTURE. {
A Nurseryman Tells How to Have Ear.
~ and Late Fruits.
To the Editor of The Sentinel. i

/ To the Editor of The Sentinel.l
DEAR SIR:-So many persons who
wish TO engage in fruit culture are
asking for my experience as to loca-
tion, exposure, ETC., for planting trees,
vines and plants, I will just say that
here in North Carolina our soil is SO
well adapted to fruits, with every de-
| sirable situation as to exposures, ETC.,
| that we can plant to raise early or
| late fruits for market or home use.
We plant our grapes, Strawberries,
/ peaches, early cherries, early varieties
of apples and pears, or any fruits that
we wish for early market or for home
| use, on our NEST favored Southern ex-
| posures, but if we wish very late
grapes we plant on Northern expos
ure. The same variety on Northern
: exposure will ripen at least two to
| three weeks later than those on a
Southern exposure. On our grounds
we have grown the Concord grape and
other early ripening varieties at the
foot of a steep Northern hillside,
where shaded from the sun, very near
all through the summer; and the last
of October and first of November we
as fine quality as any one would wish
| to eat. We may mention that cher
ries, apples and pears ripen much lat
er on a Northern exposure. Straw
berries are very sensitive to warm
Southern exposure, ripening at least
| two weeks in advance. of Northern
exposure. We are speaking of only
gentle slopes to the North or South.
If grown Oh steep hill-sideS, as before
stated, there is a great difference in
time of ripening, the Northern expos
ure extending the time for market
growers or for home use to consid-
cradle time.
Our late peaches, such as golden
cling, heath cling, Crawford's late,
and many others, hang long on the
trees on Northern exposure after the
fruit on Southern exposed trees is
ripened and gone. 1t applies to all
vegetable growths. To grow our ear
hest corn for market, the driest, well
drained land, with full Southern ex-
posture is chosen.
Our advantages as a fruit-growing
and vegetable growing country is not
half appreciated by our land owners
All Of our land that is well drained
is suitable for one or another kind of
fruit. What the South needs is to
plant more fruits and take more in
terest in the production of vegetables
and fruits, establish more canning
factories and supply the deficiency in
those goods throughout the world
Our young men are moving Alright in
that direction. They are planting in
earnest, and the inquiry now is what
strawberry is the most productive and
sells best in the markets what peach
is the best market peach or the best
canning peach what pear is the best
market and canning pear? and the
same inquiry as to the apple, what
apple sells best and what apple keeps
best? Such inquiries daily come to
me and show plainly that greater
interest is being taken in fruit cul-
ture as well for market asfor home sup
ply. To answer many questions, we
say: Plant fruits, manure heavily,
plow shallow about your trees and
vines and plants, but cultivate well,
and a rich reward can be expected for
the trouble, in. those beautiful clus-
tiers of grapes, those tempting, blush
ing pears and peaches, with the apple,
the world renowned fruit.
n. w. CRAFT,
Cedar Cove Nurseries, Shore, N. c..