The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-23
NO SUPERIOR To
OLD VIRGINIA IN
APPLE GROWING
No Reason to Goto the Frigid
North to Become
Orchardist
GOOD LAND HERE
AT LOW PRICES
No Apple Producing Country
Shows More Satisfactory
Results Than
This
Nv T. II.

Land Agent of the y. X w. Il. X. CO.
The entire country is constantly
being flooded with attractive iitera~
ture outlining the wonderful possi>
biiIties offered the apple grower in
the apple districts of the Northwest-
eru States. Thousands and hundreds
of thousands OF dollars are being
spent hy the promotion companies.
the railroads and the states, hem
selves, in the advertising and pro-
motion Of orchard companies and
other development concerns in this
| Northwestern territory. IT is a fact
that these apple lands ara frequently
sold in the raw state for from three
10 five hundred dollars per acre solely
as a result Of this unlimited adver-
Using and the constant exhibit of he
attractive apples and other fruits
which they grow,
Virginia Equal To h Best.
y great many Southern people have
contracted this Western fever. and
have left their homes and purchased
apple lands in his far off country at
prices ag~gregating five to ten times
the amount hat equally valuable
apple lands can be purchased for
right here In their own State.
No better apples are grown any
where on earth than are grown right
in the Piedmont and the Shenandoah
Valley Of Virginia.
MIR. LaBaume. the agricultural and
Industrial agent Of ihe Norfolk and
Western railway, is In position to
know whereof ne speaks. tsefore ON
ing South he vas identified with four
or five Western roads covering tho
entire territory from Mexico to Cam
ada and for two years was employ
cd In the Northwest right in the heart
OF their most famous apple section.
Listen to what he says
Il know the apple regions of Non
tana. Washington, Oregon and Idaho
tust as we'll as ! know the fruit sec
! tions of Virginia. / went into that
Western territory when the people
were just beginning to realize the
wonderful possibilities that lay before
them In the scientific Continuation OF
orchard crops. Al that time lands in
the Wenatchee and Hood River VAL
leys. in the Bitter Root, Puyaliop and
Rogue river sections, was selling at
an average price OF from FIVE to twen-
ty-fve dollars per acre, Thousands OF
acres OF high grade orchards have
been planted during the intervening
twelve or fifteen years, and to-day
lands in that section that previously
sold for from five to twenty-five dol
lars per acre bring anywhere from
one hundred To three hundred dollars
per acre in the raw state.
o Land at Low Prices.
Now. let me EN- phasize the fact
that Virginia offers to-day practically
the same possibilities that the North
west offered fifteen or twenty years
ago. Good land can he obtained in
the best apple growing section OF the
Shenandoah Valley, near good towns
and railroad Shipping points. we'll va
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at prices AYERS gtng from SIS to $50
per acre, We have taken Virginia
apples along with our exhibits and
shown them In competition with tho
best apples In the Northwest and the
Central States at Columbus, Chicago,
Cincinnati. P~ittsburg and New York.
and have had the highest commenda-
ton regarding their flavor and keep
ing quality from the best apple judges
in the country.
l do not believe that any better
opportunity eonfronts the young man
OF tho South to-day than scientific
apple growing. and when l state that
good lands can be obtained for from
SIC to $50 per acre ! mean exactly
what | say. and am In position to
ipGt anyone who Is interested IN the
matter in direct touch with those who
can furnish land at this price in tracts
of from ten acres up and on long
time and easy payments.
Good Profits in Apple Growing.
IT is generally conceded. by expert.
enced ample " that an apple
tree properly planted and cared for
Is worth a dollar when planted, and
that ITS value increases al the rate
OF "A dollar a yea until the fifteenth
year, and after that according to tho
variety and It's cropping ability, Now,
thirty-ave to forty trees are planted
to the acre. h trees cost. for ftrst-
class stock, about is cents each. ;
YOU can readily see that as soon a.
they are put In the ground the or.
chard has a practical ~uati on of. at
least. sS6 or $40 per acre. and that
when properly cared for 1t increases
IN valuation at the arte of s35 TO $40
, per acre annually. I think that II
sufficient argument to prove that ap.
pie growing is n profitable business
and nat II offers many Inducements
in this section where apples can bo
sent TO New York markets at a cost
for freight of only 10 cents per box,
when the freight rate from the North.
western States averages 80 cents per
box To New York markets.
We are locating a great al
Northern and Western people in this
fruit growing section of the Old Dos
mlnion State. A number OF parties
from the most celeprateu apple 0lD~
! tricts of the Northwest. including
! Hood river and other sections. hav0
invested largely In Virginia apple
lands during the last SIX monthB- !
would like to see a wider Investment
in this attractive field on the part
of our own native population, ar0
} viii be very glad, indeed, to furnish
attractive HteEatura and other lrfots
. nation tn any Of those who AEo*lpo1a
sAE Is N snye.saessi Alaa1-Aa Ala