The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-15
Dhe Mrssr1wer,
APPLES ESPECIALLY, BUT OTHER
FRUITS.

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neglect the fruit crops, as is the case.
TIM apple alone promises great reward
20 h man who is skilled to grow them,
In handle them, to ship them. In this
gr0l1y state, in perhaps every county,
the best of apples nave been grown.
We have been eating New York state
E1ppIns and other apples for more than
Mgry-five years. We record it here that
fhe very best favored apples we have
=yer eaten were grown in North Caro-
Ina, and in Granville county. We
do not know how 1T is in that county
now, but the best pears, apples and
native grapes we ever ate were grown
there. It produces a. delightful Soup
gernongs as We ever saw, unless we ex-
Gepf Halifax, Warren and Franklin
counties. That North Carolina fruits
can equal the best we do not question.
The thing to do is to go into an extern
z{ve cultivation of all kinds, especially
those that are indigenous. But it has
Exssn proven and lately that the north
Urn apple can be grown to as much
perfection. or ever to a greater per-
Fiction, when tried, in this state than
IN its native state. The largest apples
we have ever seen were grown in West
ern Carolina not remote from Ashe-
VILE, we think All over the state, from
Cnrrftuck to the extreme west, fine,
appetiZing fruits may be grown and
szre grown, but not i'm great abundance.
ESr- Dnorla IN o1pooct oil tho +pUrpS are
dependent upon the northern market
gor apples and other fruits.
Yrh Virginians boast of their "Albe-
marie pippins' as Of delightful flavor
and perfection. They might be tried
In our state, and we doubt not with the
the best results. The Richmond Times
mad the other day an editorial on Viz
gfnia Apples" OF the profitableness
Df apple growing it said:
~Ia has been absolutely established
that in many sections of Virginia a
~fyOurishing apple richard will yield
more money than can be obtained from
the same quantity of land otherwise
titled, and the apples are produced al
nominal cost TO Cne DldlleT.
Tanville, Va, is but two miles from
tFne North Carolina border, and is in
Pntsylvania county. Patrick county
ssdjoins it. Very fine "Albemarles' are
syrown in Patrick, and there is no rea-
son why they may not be grown
In abundance and excellency in Pittsyl-
vania. If they are grown in Patrick,
they would flourish in the counties AID
Tacent in North Carolina, for climate,
soil and people are very much alike.
Rut there is one objection, it appears
TO the AQbemarle variety that it is
worth noting, but a remedy has been
gCaInd. The Times says:
THE trouble with the Albemarle pip
min is that it is addicted to Speck rot.
NTr- VIA says that in order to make the
test for himself he grated a few Smal
Seeding trees witt sciOnS OF AIDemarle
pippin with results entirely ~satlstac-
Tory All of these trees were 50 heavily
yadfsn with large apples, he says that
She limbs broke under the burde OF
rYvff. and the specimens produced were
perfect in their kind
We learn that the finest variety of
, the winesap grown luxuriantly IN
Patrick. That apple will grow in amy
tyF the northern counties of North Caro-
VIVA. and perhaps in many others. one
NJ the two best of apples We ever ate,
ryferred to above. was the Wlnesap.
fsls it was a very different apple in ex-
eeIlence of flavor and size from other
specimens we have tried bearing that
rlan1e.
Hhy.the people of Virginia and
North Carolina have not gone into the
TruSt business or a great scale We DO
vv,s pretend to understand. 1t cannot
Fe for fear of failure or inability to
xyrrxiuce excellent fruit and find sale.
,FYoe apples will find ready sale, bu
eh. handling of them on the tree and
packing for market must be Thoroughly
transferred. There is much money in tine
41ryde crop, as there lis in other fruit
. 1zru,ps. We knew a farmer in CaSWeN
IN 1868. who had 200 varieties of the
ryy-ar alone. We knew a farmer II
Granville in 1858, hat had twenty-five
varieties of the pear, and n surpassed
ANY pear that we. ever tasted. Iht
TSGTses says:
We have repeatedly expressed TIT
ss,psaion in these columns that a first
x-8nss apple orchard in Virginia will, ii
the long run, pay or h investmen
syuTfe@ as large profits as an orang'
grove under like conditions in Florida
xx.a-a is money in virginia fruit, ant
ysr are delighted to see that the farm
: exs are gradually finding 1t out.
Let our North Carolina inteligen
Ard wide-a-aweke Farmers give specaa
attention to fruits. 1t will reward then
EEell for all labor and skill bestowed.
Apples sell very high now in this city
an they fetch excellent prices in tn
zHefion of the state where they ar
Erown to a much greater extent THAI