Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-10
A MAMMOTH ORCHARD.
Corporation Formed to Plant Half Mil
lion Peach Trees in Georgia.

Ameri Ga-The Bagley-GOber
/ Orchard Company has initiated move
ment which means more for southern
Georgia and Southern Alabama than
any operations of like nature under
taken in many months. The company
is making active preparations for the
planting of 100000 peach trees.
The company already owns 1000
acres of magnificent red level land,
comprising the Bagley, Ray and Ling
ston plantations Experts pronounce
this land peculiarly adapted to fruit
culture Two lines of railroad traverse
this tract. The town of Bagley, named
in honor of Capt. II. C. Bagley, will be
established with all facilities for hand
ling fruit shipments. which will include
a large refrigerating plant.
The contract for half million peach
trees, and for their planting, has al
ready been let. This mammoth orchard
will be located within two miles of
Americas, on the Central Georgia rail-
road.
The Bagley- Gober Orchard Company
is capitalized at 100000, and of this
amount one-quarter has actually been
paid in. The personnel of the company,
however, affords a stronger guarantee
of the success of the undertaking than
the money in sight or in pros pect.
Captain H. c. Bagley, of Atlanta,
Judge George f. Gober, of Marietta, N.
A. Ray and others, compose the COM
pany. These gentlemen make strong
combination.
Captain Bagley is from southern
Georgia family, which has for many
years engaged in cotton growing.
Judge George F. Gober is one Of the
pioneers in this section. Altho on the
bench all the time. he has probably
done more for his section in the past
ten years in a quiet way than any ex-
perenced horticulturist.. He has all
ways been interested in development
| work. In several sections where peach
es were formerly not profitable, thru
the attention Judge Gober has given
there are now large orchards
In the neighborhood of Elliiay. the
mountain sides are covered with young
peach orchards now coming into bear
| ing. the results Of Judge Gober's work.
The first crop of some orchards in the
Blue Ridge range have proven that
that section is especially adapted to
fruit raising.
Judge Gober owns several orchards
| in north Georgia, in the Marietta dis
trict, which aggregate 100000 trees. He
has accumulated something like $780,
| 900 which is sufficient demonstration Of
his great success, on the financial side
of the question.
The secret of Judge Gober's triuinphs
as promoter lies in this fact: En-
couraged by observing the success of
peach growers in Central Georgia and
especially the experiments OF men like
Frank Summerour, OF Dalton, he made
the cultivation OF peaches a life study.
The result has been. the encourage
ment Judge Gober has given to peach
| growing enterprises has been the means
Of raising the value OF lands thru the
greater part Of the state from Is to 100
per cent.
The growing OF peaches in the Sec
ton around Americas has always been
considered out of the question hereto
fore. The aggressive movement under
taken by the Bagley- Gober Co., is an
experiment, therefore, which demon
strates the possession Of abundant faith
| in this country on the part OF the pro-
moters, which, if successful, will render
4 thousands of acres of land available for
fruit culture and will raise the value
Of all land in that section.