Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-25

in this section are United States Senator
Clay who ships each season ss Al, about u.oh h
OF Judge Gober. in Cobb, Cherokee and
Pickens counties have more than SOo,eO
trees.
The prettiest orchard in the state is
on the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
and is the property of state Senator
Richard Dobbs. a resident Of Marietta.
1t cont aims 125 acres, in a perfect square,
with trees placed twenty-five feet apart
In the spring. after every tree has been
properly trimmed and sprayed and every
branch was loaded with innumerable bios
SONS Of delicate pink. with background
Of delicate light green leaves. it presents
a picture never to be forgotten. and COM
parable only to the land of Nippon during
its season of cherry blossoms. The pref
erence is in favor of Georgia, as the
delicate pink and green of the Georgia
peach blossom and foliage is less glazing
to the occidental eye than the dead white
and deep green of the cherry blossom
landscape of Japan.
Another fruit belt recently opened up by
Col. John P. Fort. is in the northeastern
section of the state. on the ridges between
Cornelia and Mt Airy Mt Airy is the
highest point on the Southern railway be-
tween Atlanta and Washington, and from
the surrounding hills one may look across
into North and South Carolina and Tennes-
see. Col Fort planted his first orchard
success attracted other Georgia fruit men.
Hearing of the success of fruit growing
In this section, Mr.. T. r. Lombard,
native of New York. but then living in
California. came to Georgia in 1903 bring
ing with him Mr.. A. NJ. Kitchen of Ne
braska. These gentlemen associated other
northern and western growers with them
and have gone into the business extern
sively.
Some Flourishing Orchards.
Mr.. E. A. Benson of Omaha. Neb.: Mr..
D. N Graves Of Boston. Mass: Mr. Ethan
Philbrick of Illinois, Mr.. Charles Starr Of
New Jersey, Mr.. Black of Wisconsin. Col.
l. c. Wade of North Dakota. Mr.. Don
Farmsworth Of Chicago. Mr.. Hamlin of
Minnesota. Capt. Colburn of San Diego,
Cal; Mr.. E. o. Whealor of Winnipeg.
Man; Col ]. ". Burch. editor Of the
American Sheep Breeder. Chicago, and
Mr.. John A. Manley of British Columbia
all now have f1ourishing orchards of peach
or apple trees in the section The largest
orchard in the territory contains about
10000 trees, but Mr.. W. B. Hunter Of New
York is now putting out $1,000 trees.
The commercial peach orchards Of
Georgia now contain upward of 20.0NOOO
trees. with 5000. 900 to 1s,OOO.OOO in bear
ing. and the yield of normal season Is
approximately 5000 600 bushels. valued
at about $7.OOO.OO0.
The Georgia peach is shipped all over
the United States. and plans looking to
Its export to England and France are
now on foot. headed by no less a per-
sonage than Sir Thomas Upton. who
promises to place the luscious Elbertas
on the fruit stalls of Paris and in CO.
cop rlr
The Georgia orchard has not yet
reached an appreciation of the cannery
adjunct. the only cannertes IN the state De-
ing at Dallas. Fort Valley. Marietta. JEFF
great savers to the peach men, the fac
tories being able to use the culls more
profitably than shipping them.
Forests on Once Cultivated Land.
In the SOUTH before the civil war, vast
areas of land were in cultivation which
have since been allowed to return to for
est. Many thousands of acres were often
included within single plantation. mostly
cleared and growing splendid crops OF
cotton, corn. tobacco and other valuable
farm products. 1t is common today In
certain sections OF the south to see old
plantations Of great extent growing up
with loblolly. or. as 1t is generally called.
slaves these immense plantations could
no longer be managed and the land was
abandoned Farmers now point out splen-
did stands OF pine. already large enough
to be numbered, on land they once cult
waited. Growth has been phenomenal. the
trees being often twelve to fourteen inches
in diameter at an age of twenty to twen-
ty-five years.
Loblolly pine bears seed prolifically
nearly every year, and. being light. these
seeds are carried long distances by the
wind. The open fields offer ideal places
for the young trees to start. The ground
has been worked many years and there
is no young oak brush to interfere with
their growth as in the case Of the stump
or cut-over lands. The loblolly. however.
is most aggressive in taking possession OF
abandoned lands, and deserves its pOpu-
lar name of old field pine
Through this natural refOrestation ma
tur. has freely furnished a source of
income from land that would have been
unproductive all these years Yet it has
not been until recently that the old field
There were forests of long-leaf pine every
where close at hand. and that wood was
much superior for every purpose. Fence
rails made from the long-leaf pine last
many years. but loblolly rails soon decay
and must frequently be replaced. Rail
roadn through the pine country would
accept nothing but long-leaf pine for ties.
So the old fields were allowed to grow
up and remain untouched. except that
occasionally the owner would cut down
few trees to prevent their encroaching
into his very dooryard But the long
leaf pine is disappearing from the land.
and there are few young trees to take
the place of the old. Necessity for future
wood material has resulted in many in
vestigations and experiments with in
feriol kinds of wood. The old field pine
has been found to be exceedingly dura-
BILE when impregnated with creosote. This
has given 1t new value. and today
thousands of railroad ties are cut near
the railroads and shipped to treating
plants to be creosoted. Small portable
mills are easily and cheaply located and
many of these are now cutting the best
trees in these old field stands for lumber
to be used locally among the farmers.
The future numbering will be carried on
extensively in these secondgrowth stands
of old field pine.
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