The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-04
West Virginia Fruit Crop
Yield Will Be Enormous
Aspect Of Orchards

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country Is a delightful experiences.
|The growers arc proud OF their tres
and take pleasure In showing them.
Insmy trip U went south towards the
Grant county line Tho road al first
ran down the valley on either Side
lowered thee ven ran gess 1 fsthe Alie.
ghanies. remarkab Bile for their r relsS
larityt hight. Keysers has a an d Seleyas
ton Of about 90 feet above sea- Level
and the mountain ranges rise q
something approaching 1880. y
The road leading south towarli
The ISnobley orchard winds downstht
iyalleysand around thesfoothills. MI
the left lis a sparkling brook. AnSd
pas on the slopes of the mountains L
the highland 7tlie5left, land In fact on on
both the cast and west sides Of thu
ranges, are great clear tractsAand
heresare the great green iotting or
cllards of trees. which ARE planted
generally at An elevation ran gi1f
from 1000 to; ], s 90 feet. This eleyIai::
ton and the formation Of the mouil,
tain ranges. coupled with the Gle!
ni .ell'' Oh the soil spell the sccrct
Of fruit6success in Mineral courl ~
AS thelslln goes down WHAT'S known
locally ass..airs drainage. or .ttIt
draft begins its tree-protsctinf
VIII IN !, s.ill 20, +
49, = ~ eieafand crisp ! breeze q. .fron
,set tnes!ops OF Tue ranges curve
Wv y ln.o Z ING y valleys. leaving tlls
49, aa p.ess anu .he m'st there and
ao..s.'as .i9e trees IN the higher al
s..uoes from lrost. SO marked is this
4, E!.Sol5ha.nre that the trees iP tic
: a.smsl,I.l',!uaes. where one Would
aaa. az !pel'ese INC temperature
i.s .s, eolae gu. INTO blossom in the
'splins eeloree the trees in the bot
i w.. On the same principle
tl'e, roWtn OF the trees on the high
~ I, po'n u. raster and more even N
go w. Wy, saileys, an important
.,s' ~ lMe investment IN g. In CONNER.
eia, orcharaine, since the quantity
~. ~ ue ,sEltEs on the growth Of,
geaflhs branches, anu depth Of fol-
la y, "a
. i. !, inc Older apple orchard
:. ,t. ~ brothers. The immense
I'LL ! ~. ~ s an orchard may be un-
ss.ssoo, lloni Tue produc tiveness and
ss y. % erops. obtained In Mia7
,, 70, county = oh about 500 trees,
Dsa =, ! ", althoush West virginia's
y, crop : .las. yeari@as only 13iper'
sYe.n =. = norhal,s according to govern
,a y, ~ st9ese 500 trees produce
~ a,oyV parreis OF choice fruit, all
=. @.,.c.l drought fancy prices, q fine
!, M, n9S" =, & apple pringS " Dos.
!, .t Mis frees VIII esthis year
y. " uiili y. : 70 estilnatesr Tree after
~. ~, = 80 - iaacns with Slruit that the
ssias.e 81 lower pr ora ehes sweeps tho
sio '51le e; ~ i. r.; 5is
- Planting Operations.
. .lsl Us orenard ground can be pur-
pnas |. = al'lflisufes ran gtngS from SIS
% IN acre as;l, I'll usually little
:, steep lorscropf tarming,sands tho
aisMre y lherctore one setS by the.
value 81 grazing lands, forI@iiichi tl,e'
country isSaisoFnoted. This is cheap,
c csin pared with the higli price asked.
LOT ~ irrigated lands IN Oregon anfi
!. S ~ In many the orchards
tne. trees5@ere merely set out in hole,
aug IN me ebert or llmestonciliills
some OF theathrifttest orchards Sllav
not been worked W, with The plow, bni
mrs. ms, OF course, improves them. One
year old peach trees are preferred.
and these are planted in the sprins
y u year. The varities arc;usually
me Eiberta. Sal way Beersmock, ear
y andtlate Crawford, Ray, Crum-
mell's October, Reeves Fayorite. Car
men ,Heath=cling, Belle of Georgia,
ishamptoqn, Greensboro. 3 1
81 me lastEnarled comes tntofthe
market FIRST, and the latest is the
BLU which Is picked in October. a
Eargc number of the trees iI,aye com Z