Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-25
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GROWS fine APPLES.
RENT nouNTs1N. ROANOKE CO.
COMING TO THE rnoNT.
THE ALBEMARLE PIPPIN.
How !. is Grown, and Its Value :"
tho anr,c,-o,her Fine Varieties
ola orchards May DC Restored.
: ALBEMARLE PIPPlN,
THE
uav ~ /. crown. and ~. Value ;"
80 o.c,,ra. May nc Restored.

,rSq, MOUNTAIN, VA, October
,c.,acio, ,--Bent Mountain. IN. hoai'oh.
x-;~.,nia. eighteen mics south"es'
- .ne city Of Roanoke Is rapidly 'o.'...,''
,,o front as, one of the best apple o a.,a
So. ,,ortions OF the State Inc syn ,,,Ic
climate, appear to be es,eclai's 20 owl
far The production OF TINS IL -. .,aos
-. econ, the number OF secohhS -
49, f" ,,,cn, bearing excellent aPI'l,s'
49, a,, scattered throughout
sI..a,as land and occasionally in lhe 10.
sec In this locality the Aioe,haiie ~
min grows to great perIecaioii ~. or
rro,,n+ain stones. and. taking aoNs
81, favoral bic environment iahu-o" -
have sci out thousands oi ~ Ses sn,,
3ustiv celebrated apple, winch ~ me
years viii enrich those VINO p"i .s.a,,st,v
,,,,s;,.ess of apple growing with 2'ioss"
and intelligence nc first
.l,,,,rocjate The value of Bent Mouil'aiii
,a,ss for The growing of apples. anu ne
;,s NOW on his plantation OF o'oo. a.
,n ooo Alocrnaric pippin trees. ana WIZ ~
,fn,;a 10 plant this variety as laploiS %
nc can get land cleared ana READY tot
young trees. ,,,Dp,S
The albeln,rle pippin is OF SLOW sfo"tii'
~ y
.;n,e il is sci out until II comes h'eo iu
,1aarin.- The investment. however, 10
.bose Who can aord il, is profitable. An
acre of ground. the trees beng paine"
forty feet apart, will contain twentH-seNet,
trees In order to secure the qulche9. az NV.
,,est results the trees must he, cared lot
.s.se,.y. year but when they arrive al ii'a-
s.r,ty ii is not uncommon Tor eacn .se
a,,,od,,ca from SIS 10 "a. worth of pipplns
~. n
from 200 bearing trees some OF Whicn
we're not in full bearing, sold over s4'"V
worth of pippins the most O. winch Were
exported 10 Europe.
4 pinpfn orchard of thirty trees, 10 years
old, in the same neighborhood- yleloeu Inc
same wear $3.50 worth of apples. Inc iaiia
occ,pied by these trees scarcely eNceedeu
m acre. This orchard has been neglected
Tor many wears until the few apples borne
IN the trees had become valueless
Other varieties OF APPLES. besides the
sspp,n. such as Johnsons Fine Winter,
York Imperial. and Wipesap. are also sue
ressfully grown on Bent Mountain.
VALUE OF LAND INCREASING.
As a matter of course the impetus given
10 apple-g growing in this section OF the
Blue Ridge is enhancing the value Of land.
For example, an eighty-acre farm belong
ing TO J. w. Chambers. near Bent Noun
tain poStofiice. has recently peen Dough-
by a joint stock company, composed OF
prominent Roanoke business men. for
s5,0JJ cash The same company, known az
the Bent Mountain Apple and Cold Stor-
age Company, has likewise bought 12o
acres of the Woodrum pippin orchard, at
the foot of Bent Mountain, on the road
leading from Roa. .olle to Floyd Court
house. and near this orchard they are
erecting a cold storage warehouse. in
which they propose to store farm produce,
chiefly apples. which may be hauled when
the roads are good. and held until the
market price justifies their sale.
OLD ORCHARDS MAY BE REVIVED.
There are many old apple orchards, all
over the State. which have been practi-
cally abandoned as worthless, but which
by pruning. cultivation and spraying with
Bordeaux mixture, Paris green and other
insecticides. can be restored to almost
their pristine vigor, and made to yield
abundantly.
The Agricultural Bureau Of the State
and the Polytechnic School at BlacEsburs
are doing essential service in awakening
the farmers of Virginia to the possibilities
of their lands for fruit-growinS, and it is
safe TO predict that in twenty years Nir-
GINA VIII be the leader in this branch of
horticulture