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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT. Editor, 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
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30s Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
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Rochester, N. Y., September, 1895, 
THE SOUTH AND WEST. 
Is the West losing ground? It is said that there are 
indications of a turning of the tide of immigration and 
the trend of industry toward the South. Certain it is 
that there has been of late years marked activity in the 
development of the South. And in the front rank of 
heavy speculators have been the fruit growers. Nursery¬ 
men are familiar with the rapid extension of peach grow¬ 
ing in Georgia, for instance. A writer in Garden and 
Forest recently said : “ The sudden rise and growth of the 
Georgia peach-belt is one of the most interesting facts in 
the recent history of fruit-culture. The crop from Georgia 
now rules the market until the Delaware crop comes. It 
is less than ten years since the first large shipment of 
peaches was made from Georgia to the northern market, 
and yet within that time the Georgia peach has obtained 
as wide a reputation as the Georgia watermelon. There 
are several peach-growing sections in the state, but the 
most extensive orchards are located in Houston and 
Macon counties, in Middle Georgia. The Rumph peach 
orchard at Marshallville is said to be the largest one in 
the state. It contains about 94,000 trees, and when in 
full blossam it is worth going miles to see. There is now 
a boom in peach-growing in Georgia. The profits of some 
fortunate growers have tempted hundreds of people to go 
into the fruit business, and it is estimated that 1,000,000 
peach trees have been planted in the past two or three 
years in the peach-belt alone. Meanwhile, the rage for 
fruit-growing, especially peaches, has spread with great 
rapidity in other sections of the state. There is now a 
regular fruit-belt extending directly south from Macon 
one hundred and fifty miles. It follows in the main the 
line of the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad. A few 
years ago this region was a tract of timber-land, and in 
this stretch of one hundred and fifty miles it is doubtful 
if 3,000 acres were cleared and used for agricultural pur¬ 
poses. Inhabited by lumbermen and turpentine workers, 
this whole area was regarded as worthless for fruit-grow¬ 
ing or for farming. Now, if you visit the country from 
Macon to Valdosta you will find the landscape dotted 
with orchard after orchard. There are also several thou¬ 
sand acres of vineyards in this section. It is estimated 
that 500,000 peach trees have been set out at various 
points along the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad 
within the past three or four years. Orchards covering 
one hundred acres are not uncommon, and those who 
make peaches their chief crop have from 20,000 to 80,000 
trees. Some of the large peach orchards in this section 
are the Elberta Orchard Co. at Avondale, with 40,000 
peach trees; the Oak Ridge Fruit Co., at Kathleen, has 
30,000 trees; the Tivoli Fruit Co., at Tivoli, has 80,000 
trees; the Model farm, at Cyclonetta, has 40,000 trees; 
at Tifton there are the orchards of the Tift Fruit Co., 
containing 45,000 trees, of H. H. and W. O. Tift, contain¬ 
ing 10,000 trees, and the W. O. Tift orchard of 20,000 
trees. The Model farm at Cyclonetta, which comprises 
about 1,200 acres, has, besides 40,000 peach trees, 5,000 
pear trees and a vineyard of 10,000 vines. There is an 
experimental station at this place, and many systematic 
tests have been made with the soil in order to show its 
qualities. The varieties of peaches grown in the Georgia 
orchards, and the order in which they are shipped to 
market, are Alexander, Waterloo and Shumaker, about 
June 1st; Early Rivers, Tillotson, Mountain Rose and 
Lady Ingold, from the lOth to 25th of June; Early Craw¬ 
ford, Elberta, Stump the World and Diamond, from the 
15th of July to August 1st; the late Crawfords last till 
August 15th.” 
And plans are in progress for the opening up of large 
tracts of land in other states for commercial orchards. 
Not only in fruits, but in flowers, has the South come 
rapidly to the front. For several years it has been demon¬ 
strated that from Virginia to Middle South Carolina west¬ 
ward can be found soils in which rose-cuttings will grow 
like magic. And it is coming to be understood that 
hyacinths, tulips, narcissus, etc., can be grown for florists 
in the South, as well as in Europe. 
Recently an organized effort has been started to raise 
money to boom the South by advertising in agricultural 
papers. It is said that there are nearly 1,000 real estate 
men interested in the project. It is well. Let the plan 
receive all encouragement. Development of these sec¬ 
tions of the country which are not now yielding the full 
measure of their possibilities can but result in the ad¬ 
vancement of many industries.. It is probable that as a 
result of the Atlanta Exposition this month the develop¬ 
ment of the South will exceed in rapidity the record of 
the last two years. 
