Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-12-22

l0ae{8 greater
auvanssges to the fruit grower than Wiz.
ginia- There are advantages in the
combination Of suitable soil. climate
anu neafness to the markets that few
o'ner STATES possess. The Weld from
her orchards have been excelled bv few
o'ner states. Sales from apple orchard
nave oeen made at from $3.50 to $500
per acre. Mr.. Whitacre sold his crop
OF apples from four acres for s2.5uu
An orchard Of about forty acres in b.
tetourt County has several times Weld.
ed crops that sold for $40, 900. DIR. Rot.
inson, OF Albermarle, has sold his pip.
pins In London at Sc. IS per barrel. A
northern paper aivertises that one IA
nous apple tree has ielded durins its
life $3.50 worth of apples, while it is well
known in Nelson County that the real.
~ famous old Maxwell Pippin tree
yielded In one crop $40 worth of apples
and Is still bearing choice Pippins. The
old Handy" apple tree, still living in
Patrick County, has yielded 1872 bush.
els IN one year. A well cared for apple
orchard ID Virginia will bear fruit for
hfty years due to the unsurpassed soil
and climate as found in this State. The
yield and quality Of fruit grown in Viz
GINA has never been surpassed by any
other state. Peaches are also yery
profitable crop. The sale from one or.
chard in Albermarle County, from less
than two acres, amounted to 81 ,2O9 net
on one crop. Ali the stone fruits can
De prodtably grown In Virginia. Fruit
culture In this state il rapidly increas-
lug each year. The Investments in com.
mercial orchards Will ia the near future
yield enormous profits. Offers of one
thousands an acre for good orchards
have recently been made in this State.
The fruit clop in Virginia brings more
money than the wheat crop, or the to-
bacco crop, or hay crop. The proper
handling, packing aDd sale of our fruit
now demand the careful attention of
the fruit growers. Fruit and apple
lands equal to the best, can be had
along the mountain slopes of the
Shenandoah Valley at an average price
of SIS to $50 per acre in small |, &c. ),
and in tracts OF several thousand ..cres
it can be obtailed at about one-haif
these prices. In other words, it is a
positive fact that high class apple land
can be purchased along the western
slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains,
overlooking the beautiful Shenandoah
Valley, intersected here and there by
the silver ribbon of ice cold, clear as a
crystal mountain trout streams, en-
dowed with climate unsurpassed aad
q charming social environment that,
combined with the golden sunshine
aud the invigorating brsezes, make
this one Of natures beauty spots-de.
lights the traveler-and brings peace
contentment AND prosperity to the resi-.
dent. 1t is fact that these mountain
slope fruit lands can be had unimprov.
ed in large tracts of several thousand
acres for even less than half OF the price
per acreIquoted above, and we can prove
that these same lands are capable Of
producing twenty to one hundred time,
their cost from one year's crop OF apple.
after the trees come into bearing. These
lands would be considered cheap in
some apple growing states AZ twenty
times the price asked here and still we
have almost their advantages, with the
great additional advantage of close
proximity to railroads and the large
Eastern markets. No better opening
can be found for the Inauguration of an
orchard planting campaing on large
commercial basis.-From "Bettel
Fruit" published at Portland, Oregon
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