The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-11-11
FOR A HOME ORCHARD

Never before has the necessity and
mand for home orchard planting
d renovating been as great as at the
esent because of the unusual high
st of living, the scarcity of food
lff, and the increasing demand for
lit and fruit products. Thousands
acres of productive orchards have
en- destroyed in Europe. In fields
lere acres of noble old fruit trees
We spring time breezes a rich per
me and autumn winds a bountiful
rvest, now we find only here and
ere gnarled, Scared stub. With
he and attention few may in time
brought to produce fruit again,
t in most every instance, if fruit is
be had, resetting will be necessary!
Lis will have to be done very grad
lily, extending over a period OF
he, due to scarcity of trees and to
mediate demand for labor and
|ound to produce quicker food crops.
In pre-war years when European
chards were at their best the fruit
= mort trade of the United States was
ound $12,000,00O annually, and
W with many European orchards
listing only in memory, we find an
initely greater outlet and demand
American grown fruits. Just in
cent years, many extracting COM
MES are using fruit juices SO ex-
1sively that they have opened new
ehue for fruit.
Not all sections of the United
ates, however, are adapted to the
owing of fruits, but in every section
find that fruit in some form IS
i becoming recognized as a daily
I'D necessity. Some of our grand
thers and great-grandfathers must
We clipped into the future farther
In human eye could see" and
nght vision of our needs half hop
and trusting that we would kind
care for and train the trees they
tenderly planted. About many
home places we find these trees !,
|th their large girth and tremend- .
5 spread of branches which were
BY properly cared for would speah
many years yet of peace, plenty
ID possibility. The writer has just
tied some of these old home or
ards in Sewer county-one tree
own to be 78 years old still beart
!. four other trees on same orchard
ere the owner sold sixty dollars !
J nth of apples this year. The fruit
BIN this old settled section attrac-
Il the attention and admiration OF
busands Of visitors at the Knoxville
|ir. AS we think of the necessity
!. fruit, it pains us to see many OF
kse old time, honored and profita-
! orchards are declining from neg
It faster than young trees take
eir places. !
with the demand for fruit con-
Ently increasing, its area of con-
nption broadening and our old trees
hdually declining from age and neg
It, where do we hear more imper-
We call of duty to ourselves, our
ate and ppsterity than for the
hitting of fruit trees. Tennessee
5 been given every necessary ele-
Int for the growing of perfect fruit.
your place you may see fit to plant
d care for one tree or for thou
ld, but unless you exercise this
d-given possibility to the best that
within you, have you any right to
lrmur or complain about the scar
v of fruit or the high cost of liv-
/? Il
Below is a list of fruits adapted
'oughout the fruit belt of Tennes-
that should supply the home with $
olesome fruit the entire year, get
g ripe in the order named:
Apples, Spring and Summer-Ear- {
Harvest, Red June, Fanny, Brill {
t, Detroit Red, Horse, Maiden *
lsh and Duchess.
Fall--Delicious, Kinnaird Choice t
Grimes Golden.
Ninter-Black Ben, Stayman, Red s
nesap, Terry Winter and Yates. /
Deaches-Mayfower, Victory, Car a
n, Greensboro, Belle of Georgia, Eg
lwford Early, liberia, Smock, 0
ath Cling, Heath Free, Iron Noun t
n, Stinson's October and Craw- a
4 afa i