The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-09

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 The hill slopes of northern Alabama have sufficient fertility, rainfall and sun shine to produce as fine grapes as are grown in the far-famed vineyards of Cal ifornia. Washington and Oregon. few isolated examples among up-to-date farm ers reported to the United States de- partment of agriculture and coming un- der our own observation. prove this to | be a fact
 | The hIllsides can be properly terraced | to overcome all tendencies to wash, thus conserving the moisture and making an ideal vineyard arrangement. This, with deep blowing, would overcome all wash ing evils. Grapes command a high mar ket price, No better investment can be made than a vineyard, and certainly no crop can be brought to market with less expense than grapes, once the vine- yard is bearing. Is it not. then, plan worth considering-this planting worn out hiusides in vineyards? Although there are extensive markets for all kinds of fresh fruits in the southern states. with few exceptions they are supplied from distant regions. This fact should force the southern farmer to stop and renect-that with a slight diversihcation of his crops he could not only still pro- duce the staples that have great cash value, such as cotton, tobacco, corn, etc, but he could supply the demand for fresh fruits and thus keep in his own pocket the money he sends to other localities for those products. He will pay per bar rel slo in his home market for Rhode Island or Washington apples, when he could grow equally as good if not better. right here in northern Alabama. He will buy Michigan peaches. New Hampshire grapes and California plums, canned and | dried, when he could raise here on hls | own farm the identical product, not only | enough for his own use. but plenty to supply his home market. We have in north Alabama the climatic conditions and the soil composition (with proper | cultivation) of the states now producing hundreds of carloads of the desduous | fruits mentioned, viz: Oregon, Washing ] ton and northern California, and there is no reason why the same cannot be done | in northern Alabama. To verify this statement, let us examine the varieties of | fruits that are adapted to Alabama. That | is. they have been successfully grown I here. though not in large quantities, ac- | cording to the Alabama experiment sta | ton reports:
 Ouince-Pear-Shaped variety | Raspberry--Hudson, River Antwerps, Red Antwerps. Brandywine and Marl- | boro. r 1 Strawberry-Bismark Captain Jack, | Chesapeake Lady Thompson Klondike, | etc.
 l Pears-Kentucky Early Harvest. Bart | lett Texas Ironclad, Early Wilders. | Apples Kentucky Redstreak, Carter's Blue, Gilbert,s Seeding, Wine Sap. Early | Harvest, Taunton. etc.
 1 Peaches-Early Alexander, Yellow Rare | ripe. Bell of Georgia. Eberta, Greens boro, Arp Beauty Crawford Late. Car men, Early Wonder Boquet, Blood, h. dian, Conklin Early Bell, etc.
 Blackberries-Stone's Hardy. Taylor s | Prolific, Western Triumph.
 ewberries-Lucretia, Mayer and Aus | tin.
 Cherries-Many varieties, including Red | Seal, Plumstone, Early Richmond. Nectarines-Snowfiake and Early Vic tor.
 After watching the tilage of these fruits, where their production is a pri-
 mary. not a secondary, matter. and after studying conditions in this locality very carefully, as a practical farmer and hor- ticulturist. I can truthfully say that I
 have never been so impressed with the possibilities of any section as a great