The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-06

he began. The dewberry's chief rival
IN Mr.. Bnyeu's affection is the Della
ware grape, and to the culture of .these
W fruits he devotes his time, talent
and energy. He shipped $500 crates
OF cranes this year. He has shipped
as high as 4,192 crates.
Mr.. W.. ;. Percival, a little east Of
southern Pines, is making a fine sue
cess OF fruit and vegetable growing.
His deWberries nave no superior here
or elsewhere, and while this years
crop was almost universally small his
yield was the biggest ever-and the
finest. He shipped $50 crates Of
grapes and 100 crates of dewberrfes.
Mr.. Percival features the Niagara
grape. with the Delaware and several
other varieties as side lines. Mr.. Per-
c1Val probably raises more kinds OF
grapes than any other grower in his
region. Most fruit men confne them
selves to one or two varieties, but he
his repertoire, and they are all good.
Mr.. Willis j. Young shipped 700
crates of dewberries last year and a
little less than half as many this year.
however, were as large as those Of
last year.
This brings the story down to
peaches. Candor shipped 80 cars,
which, reduced to crates, means about
$4,000. AT Candor the Candor Fruit
Company has $4,000 trees, the second
Largest orchard in the State. The
16, 900 trees
The total shtprnen from Southern
Pines were 26,143 crates. In addition
to the peaches there were 1,165 crates
Of dewberries and 1920 crates Of
grapes. Five hundred and eighty
crates OF plums and fifteen crates of
apples were shipped. The apple is on
trial in this section AithOJJoh the SJ1c-
cess Of Mr.. Palmer In taking gold
medals in competition with the lead
ing apple producers of the country
| would seem to show that this Edenic
fruit has come to stay. Mr.. Van Lind
ley thinks SO, for that astute fruit
grower has set out 1000 apple trees
TO keep company with his 35, 600 peach
trees. The early peaches Of this great
| orchard were nipped by frost, and
hence the total shipment Of peaches
was only about $4,000 crates, but the
orchard that grows that many peaches
is a big one and is making good
| money.
MS was a banner year for the
Niagara Grape and Fruit Company.
With not much more thar 5000 trees,
the Niagara people shipped moro than
r. 0 crates of the finest peaches ever
sent out from this orchard More
than 2,700 crates were packed in one
day at this richard. At least 1000
| crates were O1SDOSeQ OF iOcd1ly, IldFh-
ing, in all, $4,000 crates from 5000
trees, a most remarkable achieve
ment-
One of the quality orchards be-
longs to Mr.. John H~uttenhauer. 1t
consists Of 5000 trees, planted on ff-
teen and a half acres of land on the
edge of the Highlands. Last year Mr.
Huttenhauer shipped $500 crates of
exceptionally fine peaches. This spring
his early fruit was touched by the
frost, and he was able to ship only
1900 crates. but these were of tip
top quality, and brought the highest
market prices. as his peaches always
do. Mr.. Huttenhauer grows only
Carfnans and Elbertas- mainly the lat
ter. He may we'll be smitten on the
| back, and made the Duke Of liberia.
On the easteriy rim Of the town Of
Southern Pines are three orchards
which deserve motive. Nearest town
are the O'Brien and Richards orch
ards. The former has one Of the fin
est residences in town and connected
with it an orchard OF at least I,ooo
trees-perhaps 1900.
Mr.. O'Brien came to Southern Pines
| about four years ago and began fruit
growing with little experience, but ne
has been a careful student ana mas
learned much. He was obliged to dig
out a large lumber of trees ana plant
new and better ones, thus gradually
! bringing his orchard into a fine state
| Peaches. grapes and plums are the
main features of the O'Brien Orchard'
| the latter thriving We'll and bringing
very satisfactory returns. AS q COM
mercial orchard, Seven Oaks is not
large. but it makes up in quality what
if lacks in size. Mr.. O'Brien raises
fine vegetables, and well-bred poul--
try for recreation while his fruit is
growing.
Mr.. J. F. Richards, close by, has an
rchar of about 500 trees, which he
s~uperintends personally. His early
and late peaches are among the best
crown in this vicinity, and his chard
is a paying investment. The Carman
is his %favorite. His grapes, too, are
of high quality, and he seems to have
oooI success in their culture.
On the easterly height, overlooking
the town and including Pinehurst and