The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-05

1IoSeng comes - tne trses srs NJ
set out.
And then there's scienos In the de-
tai1s--in the planting Of varied specte'
Of the peach. so that time Of maturit,
Of each variety II different xhus,. glut'
ting IL prevented. FOR the crop ripenl
not All together: Il 10 made easier II
the catherine and more economical
The peaches planted by Mr.. Winslow
are. in order of their ripening. the Car.
men. the SlAppy and Early Belle. the
Belle Of Georgia, and the liberia The
i've varieties comprise most Of tbs
peaches raised by Alabama growers
Varieties To Phnt.
The Carmen II tho flrst to come--s
white. sweet peach. OF the elingstons
variety. The Carmens are not usually
highly colored. but those raised by Mr.
Wfnslow this year were. for the great
err part. wildly coiored, probably the
reddest Carmens ever grown In the
State. Mr.. winsiow accounts for this
deep red. almost pufpie. tint Of the
about Thorsby contains iron ore. which
lends color to- the fruit. and that the
iron acetate used In the spray pos
sesses coloring property.
The white peach, OF which the Gar
men. the EARLY Belle and the Belle OF
Georgia are varieties. 10 becoming more
popular every year. says Mr.. Winslow,
and bids fair to eclipse. In some quar-
tiers. the demand for the creamy. vel
low Eiberta or slappy.
The Slappy - the second TO ripen.
rich. creamy peach, Of tho freestons
variety. The Early Belle. white
peach, ripens at about the same time.
The Elberta has been the fancy
peach, and. to some extent, the money
peach of the Alabama growers for
some time. but the tide Of popular ia
vor bids fair to turn to The white
peaches instead The Elberta II the
latest peach in>ripening.
In pruning the trees, another devel-
opment Of science p shown. Tha-trees
OF Mr.. Winsiow are all pruned 80 as
to be open In the midd1e--so that the
foliage Represents a thin girdle.
spreading upward and outward, and
leaving large open space in the csn-
ter of the tree.
This is done. says Mr. winsiow, to
arrange the growth so that every peach
catches the sun ali during the day.
And every one Of his peaches are
summed. and are coiored magnificently
under the influence Of the great ripen-
ing agent. This pruning, too. Is an
other cause of the vivid color Of the
Carmens. which every visitor to the
Pine Hill Fruit Farm has noticed.
Mr. Wfnslow says that It IL correct
to prune so az to prevent too rapid
growth.
There should not be too much
growth" he says. "for II the growth
In size is abated. then all the devef-
epment will go to the fruit. and its
preparations for the next season.
And then. too. I prevent. whenever
possible, the upward growth OF my
trees for another reason. I want 1t
to be so that every tree of my orchard
can be picked from the ground. and
without tie use of ladders to reach
into the topmost branches"
Mr.. Wfnsiow's trees are admirable
examples of this rule; not one of the
entire $4,000 but cannot be pluck ed
from the ground. In many cases. and
especially with the Elbertas, the
growth upward being hindered. has
given place to growth outward, SO
that the trees are short, ana thick in
foliage.
But. however thick the foliage may
seem, there is always the open space
In the middle. 80 that the sun can touch
every aspiring young peach, and aid
1t in It's growth and progress toward
maturity.
Cost of Crop.
In all, the peach crop Is a cheap
one. costing far less after the 1sst
rather expensive layout, than the
common agriculture pursuits. Little of
the labor IL done by hand. beyond the
moundnig in July for the bore worm,
for machinery does the rest. At least
the machinery IL utilized on Winslow's
orchard. with the disking and the
spraying.
And there is none Of the cost of the
fieid laborer. as diminishes the profits
of the cotton and corn grower.
A few cents to the tree Is all that
the sprays cost the grower. On Mr..
Winslow's place he drives the disk
fearful to trust the delicate
working of narrowing between the
rows of fruit trees to an inexperienced
negro plowman. &
There is the cost Of picking. wages
to the negroes who pluck the fruit. but
labor in Grating the fruit for shipment
is In itself small. nor. do the boxes
themselves amount to q great expense.
1t looks good, this peach proposition,
but there is the big item Of care ana
ttention-essential to the growing OF
q crop.
About Thorsby the fruit growing has
been undertaken for years. When the
Swede colony was established, by
Thorston and Peterson. the peaches
were established. Other fruit has been
planted and grown-strawberrie for
one example. One grower of strawber-
ries. Carlson. one of the Swedish i'm
migrants, has been highly successful
with the Strawberries. his crop netting
him last year. the sum Of $500 to the
three acres.
The Thorsby Fruit Growers Associa-
tfon has been established by the resi-
dents of the section. q local organiza-
ton which looks after the mark citing
of the crop, selects the most advan-
tageous market places. keeps tab on
the current prices. and prevents To-
cal quitting OF the market.
Then. too. the organization Of the
Georgia fruit growers during the past
year has been of untold benefit to all
Southern fruit growers. tells Mr.. Wins
low. even though most of the Ala
bamians do not belong to the organ
ization.
The Georgia association prevents
quitting Of the market. and there -
little danger. now, of failure to find q
place to sell the crop at any time OF
the brief fruit season.
Many Of the Swedes have left the
section Of Thorsby. having found that
the soil and its idiosyncracies was un-
familiar. But there are many who
nave remained. who have learned. and
who have become prosperous to a de-
gree.
1t is a prosperous country, with the
small farms and orchards. with hand
some dwellings. probably better. with