The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-02
HANOVER one Of most
PROSPEROUS COUNTIES
IN State or VIRGINIA
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paragus as much as for its melons
and sweet potatoes. which have sue
| cessfully withstood the competition OF
the entire country so many years.
Widest Variety.
So fertile are the fields of Hanover
| county however, so well drained her
lands and so successful and progress
sive her farmers. that within her
! bounds have been produced in large
quantities vegetables OF every variety
and of SURPRISING quality. Thousands
of tons of trucking products are ship
| ped out of Hanover county annually
and each year is more profitable than
| its predecessor. The county's reputa-
ttion for products OF distinctive quality,
richness, favor, size and standard has
never been in Jeopardy, but on the
contrary becomes the more strong as
the seasons pass. Tomatoes, large,
/ firm, solid refreshing and possessing
! a strictly individual twang are raised
/ in Hanover county by the millions. The
peas, beans, squashes, cymblings,
| Irish potatoes, onions raddishes,
carrots. egg plant, spinach, cabbage.
kale. caulitiower. and in fact all the
vegetables raised in the county remain
on the market only long enough for
housewives, hotel and boarding house
keepers and caterers to learn where
the products came from. They are
then snapped up and more orders and
larger orders are sent to the pro-
ducers.
Hanover county not only supplies
the greater portion Of the eating pub
lie of Richmond with the best that
expert farming and fertile soil can
| produce, but her products have a
waiting market in New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Washington.
Like the prophet without glory in his
own land, EIanover'A vegetables ana
fruits are perhaps best appreciated in
the distant cities. SO long has Rich
mond fed upon the best vegetables OBJ
tainable anywhere for any price that
her residents think 1t nothing strange
that everything fresh they eat is OF
superior flavor and quality.
Fine Railroad Facilities.
Richmond, however, Is unable to
consume one-tenth of the vegetables
and fruits produced In Hanover
county. Therefore thousands and
thousands of dollars worth OF melons,
potatoes, asparagus. tomatoes, onions.
corn and other products are shipped
north every season. Hanover county
has excellent railroad facilities--al-
though the company that links her
eastern and western portions with the
railroads now running north and
south will make millions of dollars
and as result of the many trains the
vegetables can be shipped to the mar
kets twice O. day. So great have be-
come the demands for the vegetables
that the farmers invariably gather
their products in sufficient quantities
to make the necessary two shipments
every twenty-four hours
Although her fame for producing
unexcelled and unequaled vegetables
would seem enough honor Tor any one
county in such a great agricultural and
horticultural State as Virginia, Han
over county takes front rank in n
humber Of other respects. Her berries
and fruits also have favor all their
own, grown to surprising size, COM
mand excellent prices and always have
an increasing demand. Fruit growers
from all sections OF the country
even from Oregon, where some of the
best apples grown in the world are
Iratsed-have settled in Hanover eoun-
tyy, set out hundreds of trees and are
Expected to become immensely
wealthy within n few years from the
crops of apples, peaches, pears, plums,
damsons and other fruits which have
been found to prosper here as in few
localities.
Corn too, IN the greatest quantity
Is raised in this county. For several
seasons corn has been king In Han
over and next fall will see an even
larger crop than in past years. Corn
raisers here have captured several
prizes. the ears being Of unusual size.