The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-16
PLACE TO PACK TREES
A House Being Erected in which to Pre-
pare Nursery Stock for Shipment

btoHHll uSiEh III Which ~ paGh Iutt
trees for shipment The packing
house is in front of the house of
Judge NJ. - Templeton and faces
Arlington avenue. 1t stands in lot
of about five acres and is one hundred
and fifty feet in size. The frame
work of the building Is up and the
carpenters We're putting on the roof
! yesterday The house is being built
| especially for storing and packing
nursery stock for shipment in any
kind of weather The walls are be-
ing single lined and the roof double
lined with builders paper. which
will afford perfect protection for the
trees during cold weather The build
ing will have a double deck floor the
full length OF each side On the
first floor there viii be stalls for all
the varieties of fruit trees, while on
the second floor will be stored moss
and other materials used in packing
There will be driveway through
the building which will permit
trees 10 be unloaded and loaded
at any OF the stalls. When
packing trees for shipment
each one must bear label
designating its variety. Thousands
Of labels viii be required for this
work and room will be especially
| arranged for them Pigeon holes
/ will be constructed around the walls
of the room where the labels can be
kept in alphabetical order Light
will be furnished by four large win
dows and six skyhghts
Mr. Mayhem now has some nursery
stock growing near the building.
which includes about 5000 roses.
figs California privet and other
ornamental shrubbery
At the beginning of this wear MIR
! Mayhew bought the nursery Of Mr.
G. L. Kidd in East End and gave to
his enterprise the name OF the Waxa-
hachie Nurseries. The purchase OF
the nursery included the lease on
about forty acres Of land which was
continued BY Mr. Navhew The stock
lnow growing there consists Of about
$50 600 trees. including different va
rieties Of peach. plum, pear apple
and mulberry, besides grape, black
berry and dew berry vines Mr. Kidd.
who is thorough nuFseryman. Will
remain in charge of the nursery
which la a guarantee that all trees
win be sent out this fall IN perfect
condition. Tue trees now growing
for the coming season = delivery are
large and healthy looking and have
attained an excellent growth
MIR. Mayhem expects 20 plant about
fifteen acres in peach seeds this fall.
This will require about ten thousand
seeds 20 the acre and will give him
"A total of t5o.0e3 seedlings next
spring
This is the first year anything
more than z local trade has been at
tempted from this nursery and Mr.
Mayhem expressed himself as being
we'll pleased wltht the showing made
The sales for I be coming seasons de
Ilivery already amount 20 about $12.-
GOO Most 81 these trees will so to
Ellis county people but Navarro.
Hili and Johnson counties have been
we'll worked Statesmen are now at
work in Bell county and good orders
} are coming in from there Next
, year SIR Mayhem expects TO extend
his sales 60 "a much wider territory.
Mr Mayhew is now the individual
} proprietor of the Waxahachie Nur-
series. bnt hp cOntemplates charter
Ing the enterprise this fall
He has great faith ia the enterprise
} and believes first class nursery in
/, WaNuhochir can be made "a paying
industry
Besides owning the WaNahachie
Nurseries. Mr Mayhem Is manager
} uf the sales department OF the Texas
, Nursery Company, an organization
owning extensive nurseries At Me
Kinney and sherman, All the sales
men af these nurseries are under the
ldireet supervision ot Mr. Mayhsw
I tie has bad ahout fifty men In the
field thls year. bat tt has been impos-
sihls faF them 90 cover anything ike
lhnlf the state Nj Mayhem said the
stock of The Mckinney and sherman
nurseries was doubled this year aud
that the sales for this falls delivery
would she@ an Increase ot about 10
per cent over last year The same
men who sell for the Mckinney and
sherman nurseries sell also for Mr.
Nat hew nursery here. and he
claims that this plan has Eirrn en-
tire satisfaction
NJ j " Tucker Nbo WAS former
lN in fhe oftsce II ths iloNeil Hard.
warv Company has charge IL Mr.
Mas he's office woFA Nj Mas
has an office IN the yard az ais resi-
teuce In Nsst Ead. and it iS admir-
abiy fitfea an for this class ~ woFk
The dufy ~ an office man here ls
Bo small 'AAk. as he handles all the
correspondence belse Mr.. Marhew
and hia agents Besides shia work
lali orders for stnsk oaae@ here and
vaeh wrfer must L. hsadlwa ag least
half auKwn times All shipping
i&HA nnaf h~ prepared here aud bes
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