The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-07
PIEDMONT VALLEY
HAS OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE SETTLER
All That Stranger Seeking
Home and Good Living Can
Desire Is Found There.
SECTIONS ADVANTAGES
IS WELL ILLUSTRATED
After Four Years Experience
In Old Dominion Editor of
American Fruit Grower En-
courages Settlement In
State.

-Four Years In Virginia" Is the sub
1ect OF an article by Frank s Adams
editor OF the American Fruit Grower
Charlottesville, which appears IN the
Agricultural and Industrial Outlook
for june. Mr.. Adams writes:
For a period Of ten years my
special newspaper work took me t.
every State in the Union and all over
Canada. At the end of that time,
becoming whiting victim of rack"
to-the-land fever. l travelled from Cal
ifornia to the Atlantic coast. with my
eyes wide open TO opportunities. AZ
ter reviewing all that had been seen
and considering the various sdvan-
taees Of different sections. ! decided 10
settle in Virginia. This decision hes
never been regretted in the four years
that haVc passed since that time
Greenwood the Garden spot.
The locality which was selected
fer a number Of reasons. il the beau
ttfuI orchard settlement OF Green
wood, situated In the Piedmont val
Mountains II lies halfway between
Charlottesville, the county seat. and
staunton. city If about &u.u9u. II
is approximately AN hour by rail- from
each of these thriving places.
"A rip on the Cne~a pea ke and Ohio
Railway in either direction takes one
past numerous prosperous towns
r. rrrfr7-rri he -J-rtttt.- the State
and Washington, the capital of the
Union. are only Tour hours distant II
one takes the train. but If an auto
trip is preferred one can start 81
Greenwood on fine nacadam road
and ride on it practically a}l the way
10 New York ard the aajs cent cities
Thus It will be seen that This section
II n rfUE7 Tu1rt7 WITH MI PARTS nj
the country
Greenwood. Albenarle County, Il
the true huae Of the famous Abe
marie Fipptn. and here many other
OF the best varieties OF apples thrive
notably. the beautiful wipesap
Orchartiine and Poultry.
III one is looking for the best Joys
OF country life. combined with the OPP
portunity 10 make good living. this
would seem to he q most favored
spot. Beside orcharding. in which
pears. plums and cherries play a part
only less important than apples and
peaches, the general farming is rot 10
be desp sed Poultry has been found
profitable and this Is an industry ti1at
goes well hand in hand with fruit
growing.
For grazing. however. the grass
lands OF the far-famed Shenandoah
VALLEY just across the ridge from us
excel All grain crops are splendidlJ
productive in thin lovely and historic
valley A particularly thrifty class al
farmers is thickly settled UP and down
sta length. and no more enchanting
apectacle can be imagined than can be
seen on trip through this region
with It's fertile fields set In high blue
mountains, its we'll titled farms, with
great silos and big. bursting barns
and it's waving acres OF grain.
An Ideal Neighborhood
Greenwood Is peculiarly an or
charding community. and II there II
truth in the statement that the pur.
chasing power of the arohard ists o.
the United States 10 three times thai
OF the farmers. this settlement may
well be accounted thrice blessed.
"Thoss who seek ideal homes and
most agreeable social surrounding
will nowhere else md. themseives bet
ter satisned. A spirit OF friendIsnsss
pervAdes the entire community and
newcomers are welcomed with kind
illness ana helptulness that 90 far to-
ward making their rural life success
full and happy. A number of the
handsomest homes in the South are
located in this neighhorhood They
dispense a rare hospitality and lend
= grcat charm to the life OF the place
"a progressive spirit is marked. Ar
energetic school league strives for the
betterment of conditions in every way
better roads are enthusiastically dis
cussed, and work 10 eagerly pushed In
this direction. Rural nursing is much
in the minds of the people. and such
q nurse has recently been established
in the county. Within easy reach OF
all the community are the Presbyte-
rian and Episcopal Churches, the lat
ter a particularly pretty structure
modelled upon the noted church in
Alexandria. Va.
Gasoline Power Used.
ut 10 refreshing to note that the
wornout horses. pulling heavy wagons
through deep mud. are largely re-
placed by automobiles and motor
trucks. which always seem to grow
up as II by magic. along good roads
Now the archardist who owns his own
automobile Is more frequent than the
one who does not. and each year the
proportion is more in favor of the
power driven vehicle.
practically all the fruit growers OF
this section use the gasoline spray
rig. and the march of progress goes
steadily forward. bringing all orchard
operations up to date, and tending to
educate the growers In the most mod
ern and efficacious methods
Elsewhere In Virginia.
For the enterprising settler incen-
tive is not lacking In other sections
IN almost every line of industry The
fertile river bottoms of the James are
unexcelled in their productiveness
and bumper crops of grain are the
rule. Eastern Virginia has extensive
and profitable truck gardens readily
accessible by cheap water transporta-
ton to Philadelphia. New York and
other large cities.
Anyone interested In lumber will