The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14

nearly every season for the past seven
ty-Gvc years or more.
Perhaps no State in the Union has 1t
larger area Of fruit land than Virginia.
AS mentioned heretofore fruit Of some
character is gorwn in every county
OF the state. but the best apple and
peach area is found in the western half
OF the old Dominion; this would rep
resent AN acreage .: 2o.00o,ooV or
more. do not mean that every acre
within This are. is high class fruit
land, but it is safe TO say that We have
at least 5000 acres OF land equal
10 the best ANA superior To most sec
tons now engaged in fruit culture
The man wth capital. patience and
Intelligence Who cmbarks iu the fruit
Industry in Virginia cannot help but
make II success nj his project, pro-
Viding he applies business methods 70
this industry Of great possibilities SINH
lar to those that he would apply 10 any
other business venture, requiring the
same capital and attention, while the
returns thcrefroin under normal con
ditions VIII H.. much larger than those
which he may expect from almost any
other business in which he may en-
bark and the chances for loss perhaps
reduced TO n minimum compared with
those in any othe, Industry.
NirRinin's Progrcs~ I'm Fruit Industry.
To show N!rgina's position as a
fruit growing State | reproduce sta
tist!cs compiled by the United states
Census Bureau for 1910: III number OF
apple trees, Virginia ranks sixth. In
the number 81 bushels produced, Nir-
giuia ranks fifth. In number Of APP
pie trees not yet In bearing. Virginia
ranks fourth. Number of apple trees
IN bearing in Virginia. 100000. Num-
her OF apple trees not III bearing in
Virginia 3.l30,000. Tota! apple trees
in Notwithstanding and not bearing
iO,i3j.Ooc. III number of peach trees.
Virginia ranks nineteenth In number
OF bushels of peaches produced Wiz
giuia ranks twcntythird. In value
Of crop Virginia ranks twenty third.
Number Of peach trees in Virginia,
bearing and not bearing. 2,36a,O0V. In
number Of pear trees Virginia ranks
twelfth: in number OF bushels pro-
duccd Virginia ranks twenty-third. In
number OF trees not get in bearing Nir-
ginia ranks ninth. Total number OF
pear trees In Virginia. 10000. In mum
Der OF grape vines Virginia ranks sew
cntcenth. In amount of crop Virginia
ranks thirteenth. In value Of crop,
Of cherry trees, Virginia ranks ninth
In number of bushels produced, VIZ
ginia ranks tenth. III value OF cror
Virginia ranks tenth.
The Question of Decentralization.
Frequently II is asked II there Is
not possibility for there being n
/ overproduction OF apples, due to tn,
great number OF trees being planted
at the present time. The most salts
factory answer is evidenced by repro
ducing statistics reported By the
! United states Census Bureau for the
years 1900 and 1910:
Number OF apple trees or
! hearing age in United
states $500 ...-...... POI, 19i ,00l
Number OF apple trees OF
bearing age in United
States Gslo) .......... lol $4,000
/ Decrease In United states
in ten years. .......... io,i'l,oo'
This represents a decrease Of @3.4
for the tcn-year period
II is reasonable To say with the
large number of trees coming into
bearing. the care and attention rivcr
same. the superior transportation IA
ciiitics existing in this state and th'
enviable reputation attained for Tho
quality OF our fruit with the modern
methods OF packing. and the numerou:
| other advantageous attributes. the ole
! Dominion is properly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the home of the apple.