The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-10-05

i The fact that we aid mission 70
flflH and was not merely travelling
for our health even Il we did go %
the famous Berkeley spring did not.
however, reteuts us from notine
naSv ming ofdnterest some Of which
we shaII touch on brie fly. and making
many mental comparisons.
Fhe trip over the mountains Is
worth while for the sake Of the views
we get OF the Switzerland OF Ameri-
ca It would be waste of time TO de
scribe it as most of our readers have
made the trip over the mountains
and those who nave not would not
care to admit it.
One thing that struck as. as re-
mnrkable is the way in which the
geological strata Is broken up and
turned topsy turvy. All the country
east OF the CONTAINS is in that condi-
ton. We are sorry to say we never
studied geology but 10 a student Of
that interesting science that country
would surely be of much interest. AS
surediy at some remote age there has
Ibeen commissions of Terra ftrma along
the east side of the Alleghanies that
in comparison would make Messina
or Mt. Pelee seem Hike a pink tea par
Ity
the staple of business and commerce
is peaches. Orchards of thousand
trees or more are SO common that the
on1v kind OF an orchard that would
canse comment would be those OF tenn
OF thousands of trees. Soil and eli.
mate seem emminently fitted for peach
production and, the whole region will
Undoubtedly continue to be famous
source of supply for this deleetable
fruit. Tine 'tyellows." however, is get
ting to be the scourge of the peach
growers and will put damper on the
faint hearted until some means of con-
troll is discovered.
In Morgan county the main
business is tomato growing and can
ming the Berkeley Springs region be
in gas famous for its canned tomatoes
as is Hampshire county for peaches
There are perhaps twenty-five or t1tr
ty canneries in Morgan county, each
varying in capacity from three or Jour
carloads per season to carload per
day, and the combined output being
several million cans yearly. Morgan
county also produces some fine mel
ons. cantaloupes and other truck.
Now with this little explanation lei
us tackle what we started out to ssy,
We saw mo place like home" and
that is not jingofsm nor mere locat
pride; 1t is the truth as we observed
III. 1t is true we cannot produce
peaches with Hampshire county and
vet the nigh ground back from the
river having an altitude in some
places of 1900 to 1000 feet in Win
field district adjoining Monongalia.
and Taylor counties would surely pro-
duce nicely colored fruits IL properly
cared for. Even here near the river
we can grow lots of nice peaches tae
writer growing this year some So or
40 bushel and a single tree with hve
busheI on, but they don't color up SO
well owing to smoke and fog.
AS to tomatoes We believe truly.
That we can grow tomatoes of a SIZE
quality and quantity equaled by few
and surpassed by probably none
After seeing tomatoes by the thou
sands OF bushels for week we re-
turned to find growing at home and
ON our own table finer tomatoes than
we had seen in all our wanderings,
and of unsurpassed excellence.
Now the truth is there is not a re-
sion anywhere in West virginia waere
1.-The possibilities from trucking stand
point hre greater. We say this ad-
visedly. We have thought 1t for a
long time but meeting in Berkeley
Springs Prof. A. L. Dacy, Assistant
Horttculturist of the Experiment Sta
ton. who is carrying on there some
Fertilizer experiments with tomatoes,
4 we struck on our pet hobby, small
fruits and trucking and Mr.. Dacy as
sured us that the possibilities OF the
region surrounding Fatrmont for hor-
ItlcuIturai pursuits was unsurpassed
Mr.. Dacy WINS raised in New England
and has followed mis- chosen vocation
in ohio and other States unless we
mistake and speaking on this theme
he assured us that the thing that
struck him in going about in the State
is the wonderful possibilities to make
money at trucking and fruit growing,
and he added that what was true OF