The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-16


sec what you have to say in regard To
the best section for fruit culture" /
nave q day or so back given my ideas
in regard 10 the sections ior apple ,;rcw-
Ing in Virginia. But the fact is that
YOU can hardly so arniss IN any part OF
the Appalachian region from Western
Maryland to North Georgia, for q good
location. Tho main thing 10 consider is
the transportation facilities southIv;.r d
for the apples ot this region VIII nat
urally ind good market I'm tho South
Atlantic. Getting where there has been
already u large development VIII be
better than starting in q section where
there has not been 50 many orchards
planted. for thor" YOU WIN be handi-
capped by the Transportation rates. and
these are always better where the rail
roads have Il large patronage ana can
AFFORD To give better facilities AS
stated recently. the lower Valley Of
virginia. in Frederick County. especial
~. has developed y very large apple
industry. and in the Maryland rnoun-
idins there are immense and profitable
orchards. in Western North Carolina.
TOO. there is an extensive planting OF
apples. There. think. has been
too large "a planting Of Zen Davis, for
tho city people are finding out the
poor quality Of the pretty Bon. ana
there Is certain 20 be q decreased de
Iuand FOR thcn
Pigeon River. one fan recently. and
met wagon after wagon coming down
10 ti,o railroad station loaded with bar
rcls OF apples. Asking tn" drivers
what they had, almost every ono said.
Bon Davis asked them what they
were bringing at TIA" station and they
said S2.25 barrel Well that was a
cair prlce FOR Bon Davis, and could
hardly ;tiguc against "A success l3ut
since then Bon Davis hos been bring
ing loss money, except In q; scarce sea-
son likc this one
There IS a tendency among the best
orchardis,s to plant better varieties.
Imperiala and Winesaps planted now
than Bon Davis.
Western North Carolina IS full OF
old Seeding apples, many Of which arc
really good, and should be introduced.
They have a biz, rcd-stripcd apple
ihey call Buff that looks Ike AN over
grown Ben Davis ana Is not much bet
tor. and there Is "a host OF varieties
known nowhere else. Nicajack a
Cherokee apple, has been Introduced
in commerce, and IL IA handsome and
good Keeping apple, but not OF ;he
highest quality. but better than Ben
Davis ~ au institute In Cherokee
County some years ago made &, Ice
turc on apple growing. When ! had
concluded an old man got up ana
said, II suppose, professor that what
you say is all right but here ". do
not have to 70 to all tina; trouble
We stomp a fcw seed IN on tho muuu-
tai,isidc and we get all tho apples
~. want" And I'm that same county.
to show how apples grow there. l
measured tree IN fun vigor that
i;irthcd nearly twelve fcct around tho
trunk. and There were many others
nearly as large In The same orchard.
Further south, too. there arc nnc
apples grown. several years ago one
OF my sons, who is now In tho Ala
bama College. was teaching ut Glenn
son College. 5. G. He sent me a box
ot The Paragon apple that was grown
IA an orchard in which several Glenn
son professors woro Interested In, in
tho nearby mountains OF North Gcor-
gia. These apples were as iine looking
AS the boxed apples from the Pacific