The Turpentine Orchard 



WHEN we think of an orchard, it is usually as 

 an orchard of fruit trees; or, if in the forest, as 

 a grove of sugar maples producing sap and sugar. 

 The turpentine orchard is just as much of an 

 orchard, though of a very different kind. The 

 turpentine orchard is an orchard of Southern 

 pines; and "turpentining" is an industry of much 

 importance in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

 and some of the Gulf States farther west. The 

 products of this orchard are what is known as 

 "naval stores" tar, pitch, rosin, and turpen- 

 tine. 



There are many methods of getting these valu- 

 able stores from the longleaf pines which are the 

 trees most used. One of the best methods now 

 in use in the turpentine orchard is the "cup and 

 gutter " system. In common with other methods, 

 this is carried on in January and February. 



Two men, one right-handed, the other left- 

 handed, go into the orchard. They carry with 



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