The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-27
HOME OF THE BIG
LUSCIOUS PEACH
Is Found on The Big Four North
OF Cairo
TRAINS ARE DELAYED
Because Of Heavy Shipments Of the
Juicy Fruit--Demand is Good
and Prices High.
BY a staff Correspondent.

BY Staff Correspondent.
Only those acquainted with the
country north of Cairo on the line Of
the Big Four railroad have any idea
of the amount of fruit grown in this
section of the country and perhaps
very few OF those who are considered
well posted realize the adaptability OF
the soil to peach growing and the
enormous quantities OF this luscious
fruit that are being daily shipped from
stations on the Big Four.
A Bulletin representative paid a
visit to this section one day last
week and was surprised to find the
station platforms along the line piled
high with crates of the finest quality
of peaches to be found anywhere. The
work of loading this fruit consumed
considerable time and delayed the
train several minutes at every station
between and including Grand Chain
and Stonefort. Among the heaviest
shipping points are Belknap, REDEEM
hover, Vienna, Bloomfield, Tunnel
Hill, New Burnsdes and Stonefort.
Situated as they are ON the range of
the Ozarks, which boasts of a fine
loamy soil especially adapted to the
growing of fruit, there is little wonder
that the finest fruit Is shipped from
this section and that the demand can
not be supplied. The superior quality
color and flavor Of the peaches grown
In this belt have attracted attention
from New York, Cincinnati Louis,
willie, Cleveland, Omaha, Chicago, In.
dianapolis and many other cities and
the buyers in these places have made
demands that cannot be supplied, even
though the prices are the highest.
The peach crop this year was the
best in years and the fruit growers
are reaping a big reward for their
lime spent and money invested in
growing orchards. Only the finest OF
the fruit is being shipped and some
of the growers are turning their hogs
into the orchards to eat the smaller
and more undesirable fruit which Is
left on the ground. Others have open.
ed their orchards to neighbors and al.
lowed them to haul the fruit away by
the wagon load Passengers on the
trains are beseiged by small boys who
meet the trains and sell the fruit for
whatever they can get.
AT Belknap there are several grow
ers among them being Charles Mar.
shall, W. w. Keistler, Frank Lewis. |
and Henry Buddenbaum. The favorite |
variety seems to be the White Heath |
H. Lewis and w. W. Owens are grow
ers at Carrier Mills and j. T. Motley |
and F. X. Johnston are the fruit men |
at Vienna, while Harry Beauman owns
extensive orchards near Tunnel Hill |
The Bulletin representative paid Wis
Il to the orchards OF w. J. Caspar at
New Burnsides and was treated 10
some of the fine fruit found there,
The liberia peach is the favorite
here and Heaton Bros. and p. G. Nc.
5voy are extensive growers. The
Rinesap apple and Ives black grape
ire also grown here. At Stonefort
4. J. Grau, w. Il. Chitwood. w. F.
leak, John Young, j. w. Buckner and
1. r. Deaton are the principal grow.
RS.
1t is well worth any persons time
o spend day in any one of the or
'hards named above and the owners
ire all obliging and courteous gentle
men who take especial delight in
moving visitors the kind of fruit
Irown in their orchards and their
nethods of caring for same