The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
Apple Culture
In Virginia

3. W Jones. OF Spottsvilie. Va. writing
in the American and Nut Journal. says:
We believe that the vast opportunities
for apple culture in virginia have never
been hallway considered or appreciated
even by the most sanguine fruit culturists
of the State. At no distant day tho Gull
ture Of the apple. FOR commercial pur-
poses. Will become a most important and
lucrative industry in am parts OF Virginia :
but II Will come without same radical
changes from tho system OF culture now
pursued.
The best localities for market apple
ia virginia are tho mountainous belts
and the Piedmont hills. The soil ana the
climate alike NJ the mountain regions
seem TO favor the production of super
lative grade OF apples for winter trade.
Hence the ambitious apple culturiEt. op-
Grating on a scale commensurate with
tho capital 20 be invested. viii not bs
likely 20 ignore the famous mountain
region.
shut apples for the winter trade IS not
the whole. OF the half. OF profitable ap-
Pie culture Apples are wanted for many
other purposes. and at other seasons than
winter-for evaporating. for canning. for
cldcr-ma6lng. for the local trade. for
nome uses. and Tor early fruit or the CITY
markets For an those PURPOSES mo
eastern half OF the state, including tie
whole OF Tidewater end the fine and
salubrious plains forahng the next geo
logical belt Is just AS good as any region
or TINS or any other State Here for
three centuries. tile apple has fiourIshed
IN perfection OF beauty and aroma and
sweetness. Hundreds of variefies-.arl,-
late. and intermediate-have thriven. ana
continue 10 thrive here. I'm fun conplete-
ness of every quality that goes TO make
a desirable fruit
And b. IS only In the eastern half ~
the state that early apples can be grown
ior the market In this line. Easter.
virginia has no competitor The favores
l''nds near the ocean. and around the
DAYS and rivers. tempered by subtropica,
winds whore tho soil IS light. warm
and genial a region rendered almost inn
mune from the touch OF late spring
Trosts. IS by nature specially adapted
10 growing an the early fruits The
whole or this region. extending bacl,
to the head Of Tidewater seems to have
been designed for one vast fruit garden
Here the strawberry * ripe by the first
OF May and the early apple IS ut for
culinary use by the first or tenth o.
June
The opportunities are enucing and w,
expect To see the future fruit kings Of
Virginia wing with tho present pea
nut kings for the possession OF the fav-
ored levels. and slopes. and sandy ridges.
and ailuvial bottoms. for the locus ami
nursing-place of their chosen industry.
All conditions that can materially cffcc-
apple culture in this State. are found
20 he OF the most favorable nature. Everv
variety Of the apple. the earliest an 3
the latest. may bee grown in the limits
of the state. and for any and an Dur-
poses. Fcrmented and unfermcntcd cider
cider beer. cider wine. vinegar, apple
butter evap0rated apples. apples canned.
early apples. and late apples for the
trade. Nothing need be lost. Even the
winifalls are valuable for the PIGS.
There IS money I'm apples; and for tho
best apples. the future buyer VIII co1.e
to Virginia.