Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-08-02
dent of the exchange, who cited its
many advantages.


The crowd from Pickens and Oco-
nee seemed moro interested in the
commercial production Of apples,
while the Greer, Spartanburg and
Laurens crowds wanted all the in
formation on peaches. Both had their
search satisfied, however, for the
first place visited Thursday after
noon was the wonderful peach orch
ard Of Lyman Veeder.
Lots Of nerve, plenty Of money
and much experience are needed for
success In the peach business" de-
clares Mr.. Veeder. "a farmer may
shuttle along at making cotton, but
when 1T comes to growing peaches
profitably he must do the right thing
at exactly the right time. l may
take single bad step and it will
mean thousands Of dollars lost. On
the other hand, there Is good money
in 1t for the right man."
Mr.. Veeder was shipping six car
loads on the day Of this visit, and
was winding up the shipment Of Ell
bertas. About 125 people - mostly
girls-were engaged in packing the
peaches, and great skill and care was
necessary to keep the right grades
In their proper boxes. The indlvid-
ual doing the packing inserted in
the box her name and address, so
That any complaint could easily. be
traced. 1t is found that this increases
the pride taken by the workers in
turning out good product. Mr..
Veedcr's famous red, white and blue
label peaches have a wonderful rep
utation on the big markets. There
was a noticeable absence of any rots
or blemishes whatever on the
peaches, even taken as they came
from the fields. This was due largely
to his systematic spraying system,
great care being taken to spray thor
oughly and at the proper times.
Another important point gained
from Mr.. Veeder, who, by the way,
Is Princeton graduate, having
Ph.D. degree, was his system Of stop
ping gullies across his fields by means
Of dynamiting. He found that by
laying Of his terraces on the level,
and where the terrace crossed the
gully to place half sticks Of dyna-
mite a yard apart, three feet above
the terrace line, and by blowing them
off together with an electric flrer,
tho soil was loosened to a great
depth and it's water-holding power
increased.
Only tho Iron and Brabham peas
should be planted in peach orchards,
according to Mr.. Veeder, as they are
resistant to wilt and root knot dis
eases, which diseases the peach may
take. He finds atomic sulfur Of tho
greatest benefit in controlling the
brown rot in peaches.
Visit to Apple Orchards.
Next on our tour was the famous
Yonah Apple Orchards, where there
are 10000 bearing apple trees, and
5000 more young ones. A Fordson
tractor and harrow was humming
around through the orchard when
the party arrived, and one in the
party wanted to know "where that
music came from A dust mulch
Is maintained in summer and vetch
and rye sown for winter cover under
the trees, according to their man
ager
The next-and probably one OF
the most inspiring orchards visited
on the trip-was the apple orchard
belonging to r. II. Black, who is
secretary and manager Of the Con-
solidated Apple Growers Exchange
Of Cornelia. Mr.. Black has 5000
trees, and a more heavily fruited
orchard would be hard to find. His
orchard was set out with the filler
system, so that he has to get rid Of
about half his trees soon, as they are
beginning to crowd each other. They
are fifteen years old, and one of his
average Yates trees will pick IL to
Is boxes easily, which will sell con-
servatively at $500 per box. Yates
Is the variety on all apple growers
tongues around Cornelia, as they say
their exchange has a reputation now
on this variety, although there are
many trees Of the Terry's Winter
variety and also the Brilliant, Regal,