The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
HOW TO GET FRUIT TREES.
May DC ccurc from Clemson Col
lcgc ut Low Rates, but Must be
Cared For.

A good home orchard with all of
the good common varieties of fruit
that are easily grown in Sumter
county should be an adjunct to every
farm. This nay be had at small cost
If you go about it in the proper way.
The time has come when we can M
longer have fruit without combating
the insects and diseases that are
lurking around everywhere. In fact
there are very few things that any
one a have anywhere without some
effort. Prof. c. F. Niven, Assistant
Horticulturist at Clemson College. has
made arrangements with a nursery in
this State to sell fruit trees through
the agents in the farm demonstration
work at the following prices: Peach
trees. 3 cents each; grapes S 1-2 cts:
apples, IL 1-2 cts; cherries, Is cts:
plums, II 1-2 cts and other varieties
at similar prices on application to the
nursery.
What we are interested in most in
sumter county are the peaches and
grapes. This is a natural crane and
peach country and we can have as
nice fruit of these varieties as Won
ever see about in the fruit stands for
sale. Mr.. Niven has made this prop
osition through the agents and he adj
vises h agents to transmit no Or
ders for a farmer unless the farmer
agrees to plant the trees out properly
and to keep them properly cultivated.
pruned and sprayed. There has been
thousands of dollars sent in Sumter
county for fruit trees which have new
er borne any fruit worth mentioning.
Orchards have been planted out and
ruined by allowing the single-trees to
bruise them and the plows to plow I'M
all of the surface feeding roots of the
trees. Then recently the scale has
been doing his deadly work, and the
curculio and borer ably assist him. so
u SO that we no longer have good
fruit free from worms without doing
something to keep the borers out and
spraying to kill the scale md %curculio.
me fruit tree agents who have
Deem charging exhorbitant prices for
their trees will tell you that these
trees secured through Mr.. Niven will
not give satisfaction. In answer to
that statement, I invite every farmer
to whom such a statement is made
10 make a visit to Mr.. S. F. Moore's.
Messrs. H. c. and E. C. Haynsworth's
ana my orchard. We purchased
trees last year at the above prices
except the peach trees were only 2
i-I cts each. and I was very well
pleased with the trees. They are lust
as good trees as the agent sells for Ok
cents, and sometimes so and s1.0O
apiece. Now all of the farmers who
are going to put out trees in apy old
way and not take any care Of them
may continue to pay agents prices.
but those who put out trees for. the
iruit they expect to get from the
trees and who are willing to give at
tention necessary to develop the best
fruit may see me or send me Your Or
ders and I will transmit them. giving
the date which you wish to have the
trees shipped to you. and the trees
Will be shipped direct to you.
May we develop such home ORCH
ards in Sumter county that the mem
DRY of eating the fruit will linger I'm
the minds Of II boys and girls and
make them wish to settle on the farm
and live in the country is the wish of
Yours truly,
j. Frank Williams.