The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-26
MUCH CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF
PROSPERITY Seen IN ATMORE
PensacOla's Little Sister City Just Across Ala
bama Line Is Remarkably Pro-
gressive and Wide Awake.

plantation was a revelation. Upon 40
condition Of filth, I saw growing. with
superb luxuriance, approximately 5000
satsuma trees; in another place, approx
mately 60 acres Of peach trees; in still
another a strawberry patch of maybe
ten acres in extent; and there were also
evidence upon every hand, that upon
several hundred other acres of the plan
tation, there had been cultivated and
harvested this year splendid crops of the
staples of agriculture, viz: cotton and
sugar cane
(Since the above was written, I have
been informed by a Pensacola business
man who Is familiar with the facts, that
Mr. Margoles produced and marketed
seventy-two cars of Irish potatoes on this
farm this year,
Wide DiversIflcatlon
Which reminds me that the most
noticeable and attractive feature of this
Atmore development, is it's wide diversi
fication.
In other words, Atmore and the SEQ
ton surrounding 1t is not a one industry,
nor a two, nor a three industry section.
Neither is the section an alI-agricul-
tural, nor yet, an all-horticultural, sec
ton. And right here is where the broad
diversification OF crops comes in as
factor in Atmores prosperity.
The alluvial lands of the Mississippi
delta or Of the Missouri river bottoms.
are no more productive in volume, Of
the crops which are grown upon them,
than the humus-i mpregnated loan soils
of the section surrounding Atmore are
productive Of the crops which are pro-
duced upon them in such abundance.
Nor are the Mississippi delta and Mis-
souri, river bottom lands susceptible Of
producing half as many crops as are
successfully and profitably grown upon
thousands of acres within a radius of
dozen miles of Atmore, in every di-
rection.
Don't believe it?
I don't ask you to until you have seen
for yourself. as I have, the broad acres
of agricultural lands from which bumper
crops of cotton and corn, peanuts and
hay, sugar cane and potatoes have but
a few weeks been harvested. And then.
in the fields adjoining, you have seen
acres upon acres of strawberry plants
covering the entire landscape; and in the
next field thousands OF peach trees
which are but waiting for the coming of
springtime to blossom forth into seas Of
the coming harvest of luscious, delicious
fruit; and still in the next field, you
have visualIzed for yourself. the thou
sands on thousands Of satsuma orange
trees which have been planted and are
being assIdu0uslv cultivated all around
and about Atmore. for the golden har-
vest which will be yielded to their owners
and their owners PROGENY throughout
the years to come, because the life of
the satsuna tree is as indefinite as the
age Of Maud"
There are already 600 to TOO acres Of
~atsunnas under cultivation in the in1me-
5iate vicinity of Atmore, both in Escam-
tia county Alabama, and Fsca nnbia. Flor
ida. ard during the coming spring, as
many acres will he planted TO the fruit
IN the same section. However, ninety
five percent Of the acreage in Satsumas
now in cultivation, are infant trees
Hlanted within the last two years. In
Iced. the only grove Of any pretentions.
In fun hearing in the vicinity. is the 16- |
acre grove of Atmore Realty Co, located
one and q half miles south Of Atmore. |
It's south Aundary being the boundary
line separating Alabama from Florida.
Fine Satsuma Grove
And this is some grove!
When I visited it last Tuesday, IT had
been practically denuded of fruit, and |
Mark Garfield. who is the director Of |
I'll Of the horticultural activities of At |
more Realty Co., told me that the yield
Of the 16-acres of seven year-old trees |
has been four carloads Of fruit which |
has been shipped to New York besides |
the fruit which he has sold locally: that |
the first car shipped has brought, on the !