The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-16

ent kind are also grown, mostly
the winter variety though the IA
apple is by no means neglected. An
there is always money in them a
they are gathered en- masse and hun
ried of TO market without loss. Tn
proprietor expected $1,000 bushel
from this season 5 yield and hoped 4
sell them on the trees and have moth
ing to do with the gathering. Tn
trees are trimmed each spring and thu
land Of the orchard Is kept in highes
state Of cultivation. On the day o
my visit all hands were busy sowing
peas, and | noticed that in other pOr
tions of the orchard fine cropof Grim
son or German clover had been har
vested The peas are TO be followed
next session by corn, and | am told
that the average yield Of that crop
was some 80 bushels 10 the acre. As
/ walked over this extensive orchard /
could but draw the contrast between
such a farm and a tobacco farm.
Where the tobacco grows nothing else
will grow, but here with the profta-
ble apple crop found the pea, clover
and apple crops and all profitable
crops too. And, then, how different
the manner of cultivating The trees
once planted need no more planting,
while tobacco planting, the hardest
work on the farm, comes with every
coming year. No poorly plant bed,
no cut worm, no killing, no cutting,
no hanging in barns, no smoking, no
stripping and no hauling to town.
The buyers come TO you, and when
they have come you have something
to do with the naming Of the prices
| wish there were more orchards in
Prince Edward and surrounding coun-
ties, more peas, more hay, more corn,
more chickens for these would mean
more money and less work.
l do not forget that the care Of an
orchard means something, but / have
yet 10 find any farm work that com
pareS in strenuOusness 10 that expend-
ed on the tobacco crop. At one time
were thick in this county
and the prOprietors bought largely Of
the fruit grown here, but most Of them
have been driven out Of business and |
the apples must go to the outside |
or be made into vinegar. /
EvapOrated fruit was at one time
quite an item here but that seems t
nave lost its hold.
The world must have apples, how
'ver, and the markets are not as vet
'verstOcked. The winesap, in my
opinion, is the very best apple known
n any market and do not forget the
Albemarle pippin. That may bring
more money in England but it
5 not SO tOOthsOme in America.
Peaches are not much grown here
hough up on the mountain sides they
re said to be very fine. Ii is ideal
ountry for grapes but they are not
luch looked after either. The more /
now Of Virginia the more am i'm
ressed with the fact that it is Goods
Ountry." No wonder that the ewes
the world are uTon us.
The FAIRY Stone" is quite fad
it'll the people Of this county and
me Of the good people / have met
it'll express surprise at my ignorance
the general subject. / confess that
hadn't so much as heard OF the
Fairy Stone" until now. They are
und. in great abundance on the ,
Ountan side, near Stuart, from
hich place | am writing, and some
the citizens Of the town have quite
collection of them.
| have just been examining some of
EN- with great interest. They are
out an inch in length on an average
, perhaps, half an inch in width.
ey vary in shape but many of them
m distinct cross and upon each of
em an outline Of cross can be dis
city traced. They are not cut into
cross shape but come from their
tural beds in that shape, and all
a have to do to expose the cross to
W is to work out the clay or other
t in which they are found. In -
ne instances they are thickly dotted
r rocky beds and are cut from their
orings. In reply to an inquiry as
he history Of the stone an old ciu
told me that tradition taught that
he time Of the crucifixiOn of our
d these mountains were occupied
Fairies and that these stones are
hing but their tears which were