Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-26
What the klondike Straw
berry Offers to Mt.
Olive.
The Only Berry That Can Be Sold Un-
der Contract in Advance, Elimi-
mating the Uncertainties Of
q FIuctuating Market.

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the man who usually makes more !:
money every year growing strawber- i
ries and truck than the Governors 4
salary, and therefore, as he facetious- Il
ly told an aggregation Of colored peo- /,
pie at big meeting in this city somel 3
years ago, he could not afford to go D
into politics, even If he could be made u
governor, for he makes more clear :
money on his farm than the Cover b
nor out of his Office" 5
Calvin Brock is not only philoso L
pher, but he is a public spirited citi- J
zen, a man who takes as much inter- y
est in the development and prosperity |
of his section as any man in 1t. b
Everybody who knows Calvin respects f
him, because he merits their respect. N
He respects himself, and while always 5
manifesting deep interest in every G
thing that trnds for uplift, he is mod
est and retiring, and only by persua-
sion can he be prevailed upon to talk.
but when he does talk he always says
something worth while.
We had the opportunity this week
of interviewing Calvin on his straw
berry crop this year. Having heard
that he had realized on his berries on
the shipping platform at Mount Olive,
every day during the strawberry sea-
son, almost double what the berries
Of other local growers sold for, We
> asked him if such report were true.
He admitted, in his quiet way. that |
he had realized considerably more
L | e.,
: paid to other growers. And then, as
usual, in his characteristic modesty
he attributed it to the fine soil of the
" particular farm he rents Che farms
: on rented land), the unusually fine
% climate that smiles around Mount
If Olive, and to the special variety of
J. berry he grows-the "Klondike."
j. Quoting Calvin in as near his own
IT language as possible, in account
,e ing for his success, and attrib-
1s uting it to the special variety Of
n berry he grows, he said: "You know,
%, Mr.. Editor, this is progressive age.
Iv There are many efforts being made to
a. improve all field crops. There is no
no variety of strawberry equal to the
at Klondike. 1t sells anywhere from SO
oe to 100 per cent. higher on all the mar
go kets than any other variety of berry.
Many states in the Union grow the
Klondike almost exclusive of any 9th
er berry One man in the state of
Mississippi grows 400 acres under
90 contract. Many farmers in different
states are growing the Klondike un-
der contract 1t is the only berry that
rt, buyers are willing to contract for
ou. The Klondike berry this season has
~, made its mark at Chadbourn, N. G..
a. grown by Mr.. J. A. Brown, as well as
~, at Mount Olive. 1t sold on both mar
kets at nearly 100 per cent. more thar
other varieties"
Ter What Calvin said to us in regard tG
Id the Klondike berry is sustained by
,h- what others from Mount Olive have
Y. told us. In fact, the concensus o.
opinion among farmers and buyers
no down there is that they could not SET
how any Improvement could be made
on the berries grown by Calvin Brocl
'e" this year. He made bountiful crol
and sold them readily on the loca
the market to shippers at from 81 to s.
ntv per crate as long as the season lasted
,ou the fluctuations on the Northern mar
rio. kets cutting no ice'' as to the deman'
isit and the price LOT CaiVlns Derries
rn, one OF the reasons TOT tnls Is, tha1 III
Klondike is the only berry that is
reliable re-shipper. That is why it
. ta so largely grown under contract, a
above noted in Calvin's interview.
We asked Calvin that if the Klor
and dixie is such a safe shipper and sue
ual reliable re-shipper and such a read
Ina seller at fancy prices, why all th
Jity berry growers of Mount Olive did NJ
abandon all other varieties and gro
only the Klondike.
why, sir" said Calvin, sit woul
FED be the biggest thing that could hal
pen for Mount Olive. The grove
ana. wouldn't have to take the risk
shipping a single crate. They cou
sell them right there on the platfor
to shippers and thesvo1ume of mon
are paid out in that community in a Sc
ar son would be doubled and all the Pc
leon ple the growers, the pickers, the me
ant jchants-everybod dy-would feel the {
igel. feet of the increased volume OF mon
,aled thus put in circulation.
train Asked if he could supply plants
rest ease the growers of that secti
au- should decide to make the change,
> de- said that he could supply a reason
,ular BILE amount of plants this season a
ac- it would not be long before the gro
ers could supply themselves.
we're Calvin has six acres of you
with Klondike berries to grow stock fro
was and he says he expects to greatly G
: his large his crop for next years ms
lame ket.
1t seems to us, in the face OF
these facts in favor of the Klondi
berry, that the Mount Olive sscti
. BIZ should speedily adopt its general CT
foot ture and become noted for and ri
II tn for the growth OF this ALWAYS rea