The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

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service and hire darkicS and Georgia
Truckers and Italians ant watch the
\ stormy skies lest the hail de-cend ami
I h,,at upon that orchard and
But that recalls story Mr. Hale tells
D II happeufd IA the Georgia end pt the
2 ktnRdoHn 4 storm did come ~ while he
7 fore harN ,.>ting time and the hail nii one
, corner II the orchard pretty severely
4 The fruit was not rtIiu'-i hut Was made
| irregular IA shape and Imperfect In NE
! packing house the t. rtuan -aid Co the
paCkerS
Watch out fer that hail h't fruit and
pack u separately
One at the bows. an ignorant. slow
, idsaed Young fellow. looked Curiousiv
I a, the storm raCkrd peaches and m'dl-
tatrd ON that phra-'. han AT
well now he m"dltat"d. what de-
I vou reckon made the old man - uTt al
B heat en- mp thltaWay'
I Cong oui and heliing up the I-d' hes
/ in person - about the only thing thit NJ
I Hale aud his employees do not 10 " %
tree has tn" yrlluWs they do iHl - ~
bodily ana burn II rOot and branch u"
: ysllowS ~ the chief 81 'h" peach tr'" :
enemies
Z IL isa dissas. 90 IN. sap. u'.t nobody
knows What causes u ur What Viii en-"
a II - a. catching ~ u" measles. and
the only thing TO 10 ~ the i,r~ symptom
Of Its APPEARANCE ~ a tree ~ 10 vank the
offending member from - uiaC" IN peach
, society Leaf u corruptiis follows
There ar. fashions N peaches JUS ~
ia anything else A few wears ago 'N''ry
BODY talked about Crawford Peaches, hIi
the wise ones now turn mp their noses a.
CraNfordE as At last -GIrU'r- hnt
Mr. Hale ~ all for Elberfas 81 hlS own
creation and ms pride the Sallh sounds
like the finish Ia psalm OF prHi~". ana
that's Iust the way u VAS meant 10 SOUND
Both varieties are yellow tr"eNpns'-
Chngp really have "a more delicious flavor,
hut they re- not popular; AZ least not m h"
North CuTiouslv enough. they Ike them
prstty faithfully down south Mr. Hale
thinks that IN tn. Salah b." has combined
the lucy richness Cf the cling with the
freaston..'- willingness t0 fe'Nd Won with
out washing your Face ~ the same tim"
TIE item II shipping ~" peaches - =
bag enc tor some time the old tisn ion' a
peach basket the on" which s"rN '.d a. "A
model for latter day millinery has been
largely superseded IA the shipment ~
peaches from the southern orrhards bv
what ~ called the Georgia carrier This
il a box which Just holds half dozen 20
the long. narrow baskets so common m
the fruit MA rkets.
TheS" Ciaor gir carriers ar" easily sia ked
az IA car and ride solldly, an important
item in handling fruit But they are
expensive and there - n pros poet 81 a
return 10 favor - The tan basket which
father used To bring home under n'~
arm. the reaches IN ~ showing rosi!y
through the mink iarl"tan
u
ton lovely LAYER. with 'ts underworld Of
poor pCaCh relations Perhaps N any one
thing more than another ~ re- ponsihle
for llaCing the crown upon Ming Hall"
head " ~ his notion or grading peaches
lie ~ vIdss them into three classes which
mny ~. a ..scrihed a. first rate good and
pretty good You ray your money and
Won take your choice
Mr. Hale ~ setting out now To show
IN. right way 20 raise and 10 market
En- = nj al frNlH INugb fTggsz
are short lived compared with apples
From aNeen 20 twenty years - tn" III"
Of a reach trs-p and not a n of thar - profit
able But the apple tree - ~" grand
old man IL he American orchard
There are trees IN New England that At
seven,y-fivs wears 81 age and upYa rd ara
hearin R Roc'd crops Of sound. delicious
appIe- Mr Hale thinks that this period
~ usefulness ian With proper care h'
doubled. 40 n" - blowing giant pock-
marks IN the Connecticut hillSids- where
he dvnamite- the boulterS ont ~ their
lsds and he - planting app" trees and
reach trees With the same faith and fervor
With vhich he began trimming for his TOmo-
Iozira kinRship forty wears ago
Some people may wonder Why he plants
his orchards 80 perrlstently on the hill
sides They recall such alluring phrases
as a sheltered vale, a sunny southern
-lope. and they see his iorcha rds, perch.d
upon any old hillside and they wonder
at II and feel like initiating the Glastpn-
bury neiRhbor~ % other DAYS IN remuu-
strating with him
sheltered wales are just naturally made
for getting frosIbItten. Cold AR runs
down hill and settles m these wales. leaV-
ing the hillside comparatively warm.
Anybohy who doubts u can prove II 10
his complete satisfaction 10y driving over
hilly road IN the spring or fall when
the day- ara warm and the nights frosty
Take IN. dTiv" toward sT"nlnR and feel
the chill which awaits you IA every -h"l-
tered vale
A. for the sunny southern exposure
there's a good deal 90 be- SAID against " .
II gp'- the earliest spring sun, - h" SURF,
ana your fruit trees wake up and bud
and blossom white those on the ether side
II th. hilI are still sound asleep But this
lsnt a case IT the early lard catching
the. worm II II one 81 The Early bui
catching the cold snap Whom III" sun
finally Cltmb- over to the lat" sleeping
fruit trees the spring ~ tor Tar along
for cold snaps aud no blight awaits th"ir
more d.ltb.rat" advance.
oh. Mr. Hal. can tell yOu whole lot
Df things worth knowing N" d"+-- tell
n a-.. things To- many ANXIOUS InquiT~r-.
Som" IL them paw veil for M advIc".
Tn -Otns he q ives " without "a ty'-,i fee.
tluuzh h,. ~ W,r. and shr-wd and hts pay
generally cufu.- ~ -Otne way.
Th. I,.t'er- which pour into his little
flower embuwerad officr make his score
tary RruAn They ask for all sorts nf
advice, from how to kill hug {" how 20
bring up a boy There IL Ienaltv at
ach.d 10 all kIng-hip Mr. Hail. 80
rotary gave II n her opinion fhaf Inc
panal'y apI-1ainIug to peach rpvaltv
il applied through the pu-tman
While the Connection orchards are
more interesting because they have been
won from such unprOmizlng material.
: h. Georgia orchard ~ larger II - IN
fac' the largest leach orchard IA IN"
world F,.m an outlook on top ~ one
81 the great packing sheds 20. so trees
in one solid block can he seen
The orchard - divided into blocks 5np
by 90 feet separated by broad avenues.
each Il, miles long and 10y Croe- s'reet-
sOn. ii which are , miles ia lengh The
total length Of these orchard highways
10 ~ miller Avenues are named after
he reach growing States streets after
Z h.. leading hOrtiCulturiz,-
A special railroad track runs 10 ths
orchard and -Iecial IeaCh express trains
leave ON hunted schedules 10 man di--
: ributing points IN" record Wa made .
when fifteen carloads and that Hcau-
NOR. than a million and a half l--acher
LEFT the Ci'.UT gia orchard ~ u -ingl. day. .
Two hundred sp@cial refrigerator car +,
a'e "a service. and s'sD tons - iur are :
required.
/ good crop nils iU1 'aD crates and /
GsI ISL baskets More than "A 'Iilliun red I
Il.