Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-08-05

y
Times. We trust that farmers and
other men who are interested IN
welfare Of the county will read it
closely and not stop at this but
investigate further. There is no
reason whatever for the people Of
this county and state not to raise
and can the enormous amount of
''can goods" that we consume
yearly here in the South. We
believe the time will come and is
not far distant when this will he
done and we would insist that our
turn their attention more
to truck raising than has i,een the.
pust,m in the past. Listen TO Mr.,
1.-TWO years ago, when |
arrived n stranger at BAY Minette
to engage in commercial peach
growing, you asked me for an
expression. through your columns
Of my reasons for selecting Bay
Minette as a favOrite location. MY
answer ut that. time was that
preferred to keep quiet and answer
yeu aNacr, when the result of our
planting justified any statements
might make on this subject.
These were my principal reasons
for choosing Bay Minette: As il
was free from scale and yellows,
had good clay subsoil, impregnated
with iron, rolling, enough, and on
trunk line Of railroad; earliest
available location, being ten days
ahead Of Fort Valley, (ia., which
gives us time to have the bulk 81
our Elberias on tho market agains,
their earlier varieties, which are
clingstones and less profitable. Il
peaches grew in every fence corner
without care or attention, the,
wonld he Of 10 commercial valu,
on account Of their abundance
Difficulties, which. may be over
come by the knowing and careful
orclardist, have been my lif,
study.
First, as to short life, il is eitl,e
from some wanting condition, O
the depredations of insects, which
must he destroyed. No more cal
we expect to have a long live,
peach tree without feeding than j
is possible to grow corn or cotton
from year to year without fertilizer
one or two heavy crops heinz
sufficient to exhaust the soil .
necessary plant food.
Space will tn't permit me Il
enter into detail as to how we ovei
come all these drawbacks. but til
Alabama orchardist, in my opinion
has an opportunity equal to, if no
better than, any other localit,
known to me for success, and an
gratifed that our results mr.
coming fully upto my expectation
We adopt the bush method, II
the fruit is more eaisly gathered
and can he sprayed to bette
advantage TO prevent wormy fruit
In brief, might add that the busl
method Of training is The only wa,
10 succeed, as the shade protcct
the hunk Of the tree from til,
direct rays Of the sun, avoidin,
scalding Of the trunk on the soutl
side and preventing decay Of thu
trunk.
Less than half the soil in an,
locality Is well adapted tn CROWN,
peaches. 1t should be well drained
and approaching deep hollows Of
rayines, allowing the early sprin.
frosts to settle into these low
places. Next in Importance are
good railroad lacilitirst to norther,,
markets. Canning should always
be,rcsorted To in connection with
the business in order to can small
and over.ripe fruit, which should
always be kept of the market
Who ever heard of the market
being overlooked with choice
fruif? The grower only breaks his
own neck by trying TO force in,
ferior friit on the consumers, and
cram down their throats what be
would not eat himself. They
simply .will not do it and pay the
erowrr u proG. tor that kind Of
fruit, hut it is all right when taken
fresh from the trees and put into
cans. When will our Southern
penple awake to the fact that
peaches can he canned here as
cheap as Mt Baltimore, Nd, and
not only peaches hut corn,
tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, etc
and erect cannrries and supply the
South, the same as Anne Arundel
County, Maryland, supplies the
world? The manufacturing o,
crates and baskets for shipping,
and boxes for canned goods, as we'll
AS the cans themselves. 10 -an
immense business ~ .sMd around
Baltimore. supported by truckcsr
and uit-gnAwers clo>e by.
Our orch .r,l is now % months
~ -.