The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-10-02
GARRETT COUNTY PRODUCTS.
The Attention of the People Generally
Turning to This Section of Maryland.

! The Attention of the People Generally
Turning to This Section of Maryland.
/ Baltimore sun.
docs the soil of Garrett county on
the top of the Allegheny Mountains
possess any fertility?'' This question
is often asked and when propounded
( to me l always answer in the affirma-
tive, but to give suitable explanatory
responses hereafter to the question
and in order to fortify myself visited
the establishment of Messrs. H. Weber
Il Sons, florists and originators of new
carnations. This visit and an inter
view with member of the firm con-
Yinced me that the soil of Garrett
county here on the rIonntain top is
not only exceedingly fertile, but pos
sesses properties of much value to the
agriculturist.
The firm consists of H. Weber, H.
/ P. Weber, W. Weber and &. B. Weber
and the establishment is located i'm
mediately on the line of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad between Mountain
Lake Park and Oakland, the county
seat of Garrett county. The ground
embraces 400 acres and is divided by
the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio.
1t was purchased by the firm April
II, 1888, and, that part of the land
lying contiguous to the railroad be-
ing swampy in character, ditching
and draining by the pipes was under
taken, and father and sons worked at
it increasingly until the draining was
completed.
Then hot houses were erected for
the propagation of roses, carnations
and chrysanthemums and today
everything produced is of a very high
order.
Mr.. Weber said: AT Lehmann's
Hall, in Baltimore, last fall we re-
ceived number of prizes for excel
lence in carnations and chrysanthe-
NUNS. We ship them to the princi-
pal cities-New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, In
dianapolis and Kansas City-and our
exhibition of carnations always takes
a prize Every flower we exhibit was
grown here on top of the mountain.
Our business, however, is that of
wholesale shipping of carnations and
chrysanthemums, and these are
shipped principally to Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York.
I'VE are now engaged in raising
new varieties of carnations from the
seed, with the view of bringing them
to higher state of perfection than
has hitherto been possible, and we
have already disseminated several
varieties raised from seed. The first
carnation we raised in this manner
and sent out we gave the name of
Genevieve Lord (now Mrs. A. Marshall
BelD, daughter of Mr.. G. X. Lord,
president of the Consolidation Coal
Company.
aside from the flowers we raise a
high grade of celery, which we ship
to the Eastern markets, and on ac-
count of its excellence good prices are
obtained. 1t is invariably pronounced
superior to the famous celery of Kali
amazoo, Mich. Caulitlower we also
raise and our firm is giving it close
attention to bring it to a high state
of perfection. Our cauliflower is
shipped to New York for the Eastern
section and Cincinnati for the West
ern section, and to all points of i'm
portance between those places. For
quick shipments to distant points we
use the fast trains of the Baltimore
and Ohio, all of which stop at Oak
land. We can put celery and caull-
flower in the express car of No.
train, leaving Oakland at midnight,
reaching Baltimore the next morning
at 7.55 o'clock and Philadelphia and
New York two to four hours later in
fine condition. Our hothouses con-
sumo 1000 tons of bituminous coal
every year. The business is increas-
ing to such an extent that an enlarge
ment of our plant will be in order
next year. We have recently added
a large cold storage room for cut
flowers to supplement the one in use.
l think you will be perfectly safe in
saying that our soil is excellent. We
would not have remained here all
these years if we had not found it to