in most cases the slope in all directions wiil not exceen an 
averace of ) percent, It was chiefly alcnr these mountain 
Sites * at 
sides that manv of the farous peach orchards of Mryiand flow 
ished a fe. vears ago, and many that have survived the attacks 
of the vellows are still thriving in this section, Apple cr- 
chards ere heing set out in many parts of this region, and the 
prospects are that within a few years all cf the best land 
for the purpose will have been purchased fer orchard planting 
er for Sneculetion. *. Mertens Sons, of Cumberland, laryland, 
have invested in a large area of land in the Green Ridge Vai- 
lev, and thev are planting thousands of peach and apple trees 
every vear, This vallev is located in the eastern ridge of 
Alleghany county,and occupies almost the entire area, from 
the boundary line of the state of Pennsvivania, in the north, 
to the Patomac river , in the south, Not far from here, near 
Handcoch, is the Tonolowav Orchard Company. lir. Cohill, whu 
organized this company, has been growing apples in this sec- 
tion for a number of years, «nd has been very successful. 
This company has twelve hundred acres under its controi, seven 
hindred of which are already planted with 51,000 trecs, The 
Alleghany mountains, in the extreme western part of the stat 
heave the greatest altitude ef the three ranres, Some cf its 
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