The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
BUSINESS TOWN OF
CHARIOT TESvILLE
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shops, etc. and these, with the larger
things mentioned, are enough to show
that Charlottesville is one educational
centre that has proven the siazziness of
the old doctrine that university and
college towns cannot become manufuc-
turing and wholesaliny towns.
| know of no town iii Virginia or out
OF itof the size of Charlottesville that
has more retail stores OF the larger
kind There are here dry goods and
grocery stores, furniture and hardware
stores clothing and shoe stores ana
ether kinds of stores that in size of
stocks carried and the amount of bus
mess done will compare favorably with
those OF any city in the State and out
class any | have ever seen in a 1000
population town. TheFrcason for this
is not hard to find. Charlottesville has
large and very rich territory TO
serve, for there is no better county in
Virginia or anywhere else than Abe
marie, the centre of the great fruit
growing section of Virginia.
Great Apple Growing Lnnds.
The rich soiled hills and mountains
and the fertile valleys of this county
are far famed for their products. They
all the grasses. all the vegetable the
finest of grapes and all of the fruits
and berries, especially apples. On this
subject of apples | could write col
umnS, but what is the use? Everybody
knows the reputation of this part of
Nirg' MIA for superior apples, and every
body knows OF The fortunes that are
being made from the orchards all over
this county. There were shipped las,
year from the orchards within a radius
of twenty miles around Charlottesville
100000 barrels OF apples that sold in
the markets of America and Europe
for figures that were in excess OF
| those for the products of the far North
western orchards.
Home of the Pippin.
! The famous Albemar!e pippin derives
its name from this county. 1t was
| here that this Xecellent variety came
| into prominence The red or chocolate
soils on the slores ana the black pip
pin lands" in the mountain coves and
| holiows produce apples and peaches
of the highest quality. Fruit growing
is now the leading agricultural pursuit
of the county. Much of the land that
is planted to fruit is too rough for
| general farming.
| The greatest portion of the land
adapted to fruit growing, adjacent to
| the railroads, or convenient to the
! shipping points, is already planted to
| orchards, and sell at almost fabulous
prices The low lying lands produce
| fine red apples; the pippin grows best
on the black loan found in the coves
and at high attitudes on the mountains.
| Among the leading varieties of apples
are the Albemarle Pippin. Winesap.
! Stayman. York, Mammoth Black Twig.
| Grimes and Ben Davis. Peaches arc
| grown with marked degree of sue
! cess on the mountain slopes, and among
other varieties the following do we'll:
liberia, Belle OF Georgia. Early Craw-
ford Heath tcling), Solway and Comet.
Passing Opportunities.
Land values in this great apple grow
ing region are relatively high. although
there are many acres back from the
railways. and unimproved, which will
bring as fine orchards S any now be-
ing worked that can be had for from
sl5 to $50 per acre.
The improved fruit lands that have
upon them bearing orchards are not
too high. 1 have been shown a farm
that was sold two years ago for sl4,-
600 and last year the purchaser ship
ped apples from the orchards thereon
that brought him $4,000 gross. An
other farm that | am told sold for
$4,000, brought to the purchaser last
year $4,000 gross for apples alone a
man who ows farm not far from
this city mas ten acres in bearing APP
| pie trees. Last year he sold to n New
York man $4,000 worth of apples. The
New Yorker who is fruit dealer, con-
Guided he had better buy the orchard.
but the owner refused $4,000 cash for
the Ten acres. Within the past three
years five men who have been grow
ing apples all their lives in the famous
Hood River section of Oregon have
| come to Albcmarle to investigate fruit
lands. II took these experts but a
! snort while TO reach the conclusion
that Albemarle as an apple growing
country beats the Hood River regions,
and these five men bought farms and
are now among the large apple ship
ptrs. These facts show the opportu-
mites In this fruit country.
Very Many Lind SnIes
very many acres OF these apple LANDS
are helnS bought Up by men from III.
west and the North. The records in
the clerks Office show that NOR. tl,uu
i'ooo deeds conveying fruit lands have
oeen recorded this year, not including
those put to book this month. This
aces not mean that AlpemarIe peoul.
are leaving the old county but merely
that they are selling parts OF their
large holdings that they may be abb,
me better to cultivate and care for
,he remainder. and that they may by
bringing IN new settlers from other
states more fully and more RAPIDLY
ueNelop the greatest fruit growing
country In the round world. These
eoui troom hsures are accurate, for
they We're copied for me direct from,
the books by Lawrence smith. of the
wide awake real estate firm of Boone
:" smith, of this city. BY the way.
these men are hustlers, and IT
is probable that there is not a
real estate firm in the State that
Is doing more to bring the unsur passed