Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-26
FRUIT CULTURE m WEST.

OF the State.
Apple-growing is being made q
commercial industry IN Western
North Carolina. Last year noun
tain apples to the value of $780,
coo were shipped to Northern mar
kets where they reach the consum-
inc millions that are ready buyers
sf everything we produce. Near
ness to the great markets is add
ing greater value to the productive
resources of North Carolina. There
we find the demand, and here we
find the resources for production.
So long as there are nearby mil
! lions anxious for what North Car
oIina produces, so long will 1T en-
courage production here and ena-
ole us to develop u resources to
meet q sure demand.
The apple-growing industry In
! the mountain regions OF North
Carolina is making rapid progress.
A freakish Spring, such as comes
every now and then in a lifetime,
may reduce the apple crop this
season but the increasing orch
Ards will enable the growers In n
year or two to make three or four
A1mes greater shipments than were.
szp1ada last eason If North Car
,<Hdiua can double her apple crop
next year it will mean a new pro-
-ductive resource of $1,O00,O00. 1t
lis possible to make it 100000,
SO. 900. 900, $5,OO0.0O0 and so on.
There is a future for the industry
and the time will soon come when
the mountain people will marvel
that they so long neglected the
development of a resource that is
bound to greatly increase the
wealth of the Appalachian region.
When our varied sources OF wealth
are developed one after another,
what a rich country this will be!
There are many others. Verify,
we haven't begun to scratch the
rface. A few known sources Of
-ea3th have been more or less de-
"a abped. There are others little
thought Of or as yet undiscovered.
Producing apples on a CONNER
al basis means growing a suh-
emit quality Of apples to be ship
ped in carload lots. In that way
a satisfactory shipping rate can be
secured, and best of all, good
transportation facilities for hand
ling the crop. The probability is
dha THE railroads through the
mountains are now operating ap-
Ele trains just likeathey are run
ming strawberry and truck trains,
composed of refrigerator cars, out
pnf the Wilmington district, melon
Aains from the Laurinburg-Max-
ton district, or peach trains from
Georgia. 1t requires Transports
Ftion and efficient equipment to
rcommercialize the fruit industry,
and Western North Carolina is
getting that now because it's apple
. crop warrants it..
The Wilmington district must
: eommercialize the peach-growing
&inaHstry, together with scores of
other early and late fruits for
which this section is so admirably
adapted. Why should we neglect
THAT source of wealth? Why
should we neglect the cattle, sheep
@and stock industry which ought
fTs bring millions Of dollars into
! North Carolina? When we devel-
p the money-getting resources of
North Carolina we can turn the
tide Of wealth in this direction.
Why should either North Caro-
lima or Georgia spend more than
AL the money they get for their
cotton crops in order to feed them
-selves and their stock on Western
products3 According to Secre-
tary. Cooper, of the Atlanta Cham
tber of Commerce, Georgia, lacks
=$37 ,O00,0 900 annually of making
enough money out Of it's cotton to
way for the food supplies brought
znto that State. Nothing more
need be said to emphasize the fact
shat we are actually ~neglecting to
~xdevelop our agricultural resources
With all these resources neg.
eeted, and opportunities by the
hundreds awaiting takers, this
would be a great country for live
people to come to.-Wilmington
Star.