The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-24
LARGEST NURSERY LN
 COUNTRY M ALABAMA.

complete as 1t deserves as I was talk- ing to the Messrs. Chase, who conduct also large nurseries in the county, they told me with some enthusiasm that the biggest fruit growing place Ia Che United States was right there in Mau- lsnn.Cuunty owped ana o erated by the Huntsville Nnrsery Company and man, aged by Mir. Heikes found then that the other nurseryrnen were proud of th's fact. found further that there was q nne business spirit a spirit of cooperation between the numerous nurserymen of the county--a spiriL which buiit tue industry up to It's pres- ent magnificent pro- ortions
 An incident which illussFases the size and Importance of the business of growing fruit trees fin Madison County and which at the same time demon. strates the spirit of cooperation among the nurserymen occurred some two weeks ago when gentleman came te Huntsville to buy some trees to be set out on q bis fruit farm fn Mexico. near the City ef Mexico. The visitor expect- ed to be able to find only d portion of tho trees for the large order he had
 He wanted two ear loads of various trees. and while he expected to get q so,a ,ons,dsrasle portion ot them in Ma,li, his two car leads. But he found thas every tree nc wanted for the Mexicats orchard could De bought in Huntsviils. They could not all be bought from the same nurseryman. but he found on sn+ vestikAtion th4t what one nursery did not have another was certain to hays.
 So withont leaving Huntsville ana without locking further his two caf load order was filled to nis com Iete satisfaction and the Alabama grown trees. selected as the best in the coun- try. were shipped to make the his or ehard in Mexico. IL was said in Hunts. vlIlA that the Incident WAS not all uns usufi. that qu'te frequently buyers with oig cfeers came in and niIsd their ors oers no matter how large they were without leaving HuntsviIie, finding that wnlle one nurservman might nut hava exactly what they wanted some other rurseryman of Madison County was bound to have 1t.
 Among tta many things learned while looking into the business of rais'ng and selling fruit trees. wes the fact that In the opinion of the Madison County fruit tree growers, the best nisce in the t1n!tad States for raising neanhes was not in Georg,A. as Atlanta Is always adrrittips. nor in Alabama. Rs many reonle believe. nor yet in WarvIaId, which has the oldest fruii rerutetion of all, They Raid Colorado WIS fhe best fruit growin~ State of the ffnion This was odd. but they iseerceA- to know. These nursArvTr,en eaid that while the so'I and the climate of Alahapa was ne~tlcuiarly ada fed fo the produntion orsths vonng and ten. Ser fruit tree for trqnsrlant'n~ n the nreh@va. that th4 nea>hAs therAslvps iu fnicFa4o's esewIiar citrate did hatt~r states. I
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 eeesvai AT~"a~sr tvaftes of the uunssviilA whaiesafn Snraerv conpanv 's rot uHIsnaw~ n MantgerasFy. He svas down to fhe tsst sesston of fhe Aisharaa Le~lsla tuFe tn aesIsf in the ~saS~a~e of shat surerv'serv I4~'sIation 't-hs~h has Sans rsu-h t6 hulTa up the Nort'euifvrai interests ~ the EtatAAs. He rf+erded last veav snd 'resi4eA over 'hs Aei'hsrs tfans ~ vne Alahar4 For 'ie1itHral seeiafp, when Ff yvs@f In MNnt- ~aTearv. Ne iS stHt nvesisenf oe that a-~snsv@ fsoH ans vvFii rPessse over it's AessNevatgSh whsp it reete ir thA ra1. 'taI rtty in the ewst week of W@hrua~ ". Vt nn'vst he unentionea that Mfr Heikes 's the hrather of the famous niReon s's'll ir vrewp to ah hunters ef the tsnffed states. sf
 The nursery industry of which Mr, sssIlses is ma head is the pieneey in- apsfrv of Its .Jsi4d "a Mad'san County Vt be<an as far baek as 1872. There are now five nurseries in the eonutg a~a all in the neishborhood of Hunts- viIle.
 when our company inarsurases it's business here in 1873. # was nothing