The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

per acre.
 The past season Mir. Rumph shipped a
 solid refrigerator car'. of "Slappey"
 peaches to. George W. Davisong & Co, . New Orleans, who will testify to the
 superiority of Southern Alabama grown l peaches compared to Georgia, California and other fruit growing sections of the country. It Is quite remarkable, yet true. that solid car loads of peaches were gathered from two year old trees in these orchards, which were planted in the spring of 1899.
 In this issue, is produced the splendid likeness of MT. Eugene M. Rumph, who was born and reared in Houston County, Ga., his father being the originator of
 the greatest industry in that State, that of commercial peach growing. shipping 40O cars of peaches from one small town there the past season, netting over a quarter million dollars to the growers.
 In connection with MT. Rumph's two
 large orchards in South Alabama, he was appointed on December. 18th, 1899, as horticultural agent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which position he has ably and successfully filled, working with untiring efforts in behalf of this
 industry, looking at all times to the ad- vancement of his employers, while in a
 genial, practical and courteous manner "S ARoS SSi NSu tHC pSopiC tAiS AAohko- vile and Nashville line. It can be said
 of MT. Ruph that everybody Is his friend. As a result of this work there will
 develop along the Louisville and Nash Vile Railroad a great enterprise that will prove to be very remunerative to the railroad as we'll as land owners. MT. Rumph owns one of the handsomest resi- l dences in South Alabama, a picture of
 which appears with this article. He has
 done a great deal for the advertising and
 upbuilding of Evergreen. Around his beautiful home can be seen lovely flowers
 of rare production, fruit and nut trees. While only S2 years old, MT. Rumph can
 safely be called the King of Horticulture
 in Alabama, having devoted a Iife's study
 to this industry and to industrial upbuild- ing of the South. He was Married to Miss Mamie Pharr of Macon, Ga., in 1893, they
 have no children. Their doors are open
 to their friends with a royal welcome always ready.
 Think what fortunes await the industri-
 ous fruit and truck growers in Alabama. Many advantages over California, near the large markets, superb transportation | facilities, low p.iced lands and cheap sup plies. labor and building material. While
 the lands are variable there are thou sands of acres of undeveloped lands ad- mirably adapted to peaches, fruits and vegetables. The cost for planting or- chards Is very light compared to profits
 to be derived therefrom.
 The commercial peach orchard should
 be set about TO trees to the acre of IS feet square-lands laid off in checks ac-
 cessable by cultivation both ways. Crops | of vegetables, cotton, peas, etc., can be
 grown between trees for the first three years, and after this keep the orchard free of grass and weeds. Trees one year
 old from bud should be planted, say two
 to four feet high set in large holes, fer tilized about a pound to a tree with good commercial fertilizer of potash and bone. Cut close to body all limbs when planting
 and cut top off 1-2 feet high. When | sprouts come out rub off all except four to six evenly distributed near top fore | head. An orchard properly cared for should. if climatic conditions be favor able, begin to bear a gallon to a tree the
 second season; at three years old one can
 easily expect a three-peck crate to a
 tree if of the Slappery, Elberta or Greens burg varieties. The product is usually | sold In Northern markets, bringing $250 | to $6 a crate. The average peach crop for
 Alabama is about three out of every five l years If cared for properly trees will l live and bear for twelve to twenty years. | It is well for all orchardists to take away | dirt from roots of bearing trees in win
 ter and let cold kill out the insects In
 March or April put an ounce of | potash and bone or phosphate around l each treet. One hundred dollars to $500
 per acre has been made the past season. i The best inv stment today is well cared | for peach orchard; it is no experiment in | Southern Alabama, but fact. MT. J. L. ! Mckinney, F. c. Sheppard S. B. Stern,
 R. R. Poole, o. P. Bartlett and others
 can testify that the proof of the pud-
 ding Is in eating thereof.