The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-02

w. II. Massey. hate to give up this
tafy. which they think draws votes In
the rural sections. Several years ago
1 made an argument against it before
tho House Committee and during the
hearing one Congressman said that
he distributed all his quota, and then
bought seed to send to his copstit
uents
When asked whore he bought the
seed, he said, Right here in the Cap
itol. for the city congressman do not
want them, and j bought them" Here
was graft, indeed. selling tho seed
given by the government for distri-
button. But Secretary Houston has
substituted for II in his estimate a
large sum to DO used for foreign
exploration ard the purchase OF now
and valuable seed to be distributed by
the Department of Agriculture. Much
good may be done I'm this way. and, in
stead OF some little packages Of tho
commonest seeds, the secretary can
sirable for trial under our conditions.
Apples of the Const Region.
Many years ago. when the peach
fever WAS at Ats height on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. l urged the farm :
ers TO plant more apples. as II waH
certain that. as in every other section,
the peach growing business was des-
the old objection. "Wo cannot grow
apples here In competition with tho
North and the mountain section" But,
little by little. apples have been plant
ed on the Eastern Shore and In Dol
aware. and the SUCCESS that has at
tended these earlier orchards has
awakened general interest In the
planting OF apples. 1t has been found
that all over the peninsula the finest
bp ha ,
exhibition in Baltimore. in November
| the apples from the Eastern Shore at
tracted great attention. Mr.. Walter b.
Harris. of Kent County. Md. made
twenty-siS entries of apples, and got
eighteen first prizes and two second
prizes in direct competition with the
| mountain country. have frequently
been asked II apples can be grown viii,
| success In the Tidewater section OF
Virginia. and my candid opinion Is
that there is no section OF Virginia
where good apples cannot be grown
II the proper varieties are used Pos
sibly the lower southeastern section
might be m exception. and even there
the finest OF summer and fall apples
can be produced. In fact, we have
hardly touched the capacity OF Virginia
for the production Of apples Meeting
recently on train an experienced
apple grower of Lower Delaware.
asked him IL he still found summer
! apples profitable. as 1 knew that he
had formerly grown many of them
! He replied that summer apples every
year seemed TO be moro and more pro
htablo, and he IL increasing his plant
ing of them. Apple growing in the
| upper counties OF the Eastern Shore
or Maryland and of Delaware Is in
creasing with wonderful rapidity
visiting large nursery near my home
on the Eastern Shore. I was surprised
! TO see the vast NUMBER of apples be
ing grown, but tho proprietors said
| that the demand was increasing faster
than their stock. and there Is nc
! longer any difficulty in selling apple
| trees on the peninsula. ! told him
that have been advising the planting
| OF one-year trees only. and asked his
| opinion He said that l was certainly
| right, but that SO many people van,
a large tree. and he has to accommo-
date them.
Ho said that large annie grower
| In the mountain section came TO him
few years ago for some thousands OF
n certain variety OF apples. lie told
him that he could only furnish them
In one-year trees. and after some per-
suasion, he bought them. Since that
no has never been able to sell that
man any but one-year trees. since he
| found the advantages in buying them
getting them for less money and less
| freight, and then being able TO star,
| the heads low down, as Is needed I'm
these days of spraying. In fact, no
one who has tried planting one-year
trees ever goes back to getting the
trees that have started q head in the
| nursery.
have been asked what ! think OF
the new apple. the Delicious. have
not grown il, but have eaten 1t from