THE WAYNESVILLB MOUNTAINEER
MO&E ABOUT
Chinese
CwOUtiCL""1 from Pace One)
ed a doctor of philosoph degree
from Chicago, said he wss confi
dent he would obtain much use
ful information during his study of
welfare activities in this state. He
h&s already visited Craven, Beau
fort, Rowan, Mecklenberg and Bun
combe ! systems.
Organized public welfare work
was begun in China in 194;)." ?ail
Dr. Fan. "Of course, there i; muili
yet to be done in organizinr. the
program and there are nu'ny tie
mendous problems to he oveiiomr
before we can begin lo get our
program operating one itmn Hn,
we are making pngre-,s and the
Nationalist government is grad
ually getting more (irmly estab
lished. It has the support vl the
great mass of Chinese people and
Ueneral Chiang Kai-Sliek is a nun
of great forcef illness and alnliv
We are contiden thai China , - ni ik
ing steady .r"Kie-. l'um a
strong and united pmi'i hmvui "
While here, 1 )r f an ,i I ho
guest of Mr- yin'-ii lor Inm h l
her home on the Noi ;,ii mad.
HER I ISH STOKV GOOD
WEATHKKfOlil) lex LI''
Mrs. Clarence Grogan can matcli
fish stories with the best ot them.
She caught a 45-puund catfish on
a perch hook and a small test hue.
Apple Harvest In Haywood County May Reach 300,000 Bushels This Season
BAB V SKl'NKS GKT BKtAK
BOYD. Tex 'I I' A mother cat
here turned nursemaid to three
little "stinkers hut they were all
friendly. They wvrc a tiio of
skunks whose mother was killed
when hit by a car
Pielured above is a typical scene depicting the apple harvest
season in Ha.vuood county, where mountain orchards are imuriiiii out
tn
ai (i
lured ahcivt
season in naw.oou county, wnere mountain orchards are pourmn
lllie red and golden fruit, a crop valued at half a million dollars.
;i.r.u-n nhnvn n t.nitinn nf the pviiM-tt'd :)().OO0 bushels of apples for commercial production.
crew of pickers have jut finished filling the crates ready for market. Haywood apple trees yielded about
2011.000 bushels in 1947, which was an income of about $250,000 for the growers.
SLEEP TONIGHT!
Lo tomrthmg when sleepless niRtiii . . .
endless twisting and turn-rig . I -ave yni
cihaustrd in the in.-rnicg. N'iKMM.IN
TABLETS can hl;i tjri:ig t-(rt.-slin;e
nat when nervenis icnM,i ' t'rr.ii-im ncniil
4rp NORMAL IN 1 AHI.Klsajenon-h.ihit
farming . . sale to u-e T.tke as riirpctcd.
Mtcally approved iriifHn-fiti C rantred
MttsUruon of nvwiy kIu-i'I d NO PRE
SCRIPTION NKEUED Clip l! - mMw
to insure (rt'ing frenuine NCjKMALIN
TABLETS on sale iwliy at . . .
SMITH'S DRUG STORE
MOKE ABO I T
Apples
(Continued from Page One)
contention of Kich-
i Count v. is t li
a:! Harher. Jr.
j lie manage Barber's Orchard on
j Balsam Road. It is said to be the
I state s Oldest producing orchard,
j 'owned In Hirhard Barber, Sr.).
lllevation of Haywood County
orchards, w hich stretch from fer
Mile valleys to mountain slopes, ac
i counts for the fact that their ap
ples excel in flavor and color, Cor-
- NOTICE -
THE LADYE FAYRE BEAUTY
SHOP
WILL BE CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON (TUESDAY)
So That Operators May Attend Cosmetologists Meeting
At Geo. Vanderbilt Hotel In Asheville.
USUAL HOURS WEDNESDAY
Breeding, management and
market will play a big part.
But as a broiler producer you
reclize the major part play
ed by proper feeding. Secur-
ity Broiler Ration in helping
to produce millions of pounds
of meat is one of the most
efficient broiler rations yoUj
can feed today. High quality
ingredients are very skillfully,
fclended to help you get max,
imum growth and finish in
minimum time. Drop in and
let us tell you the profitable;
Security story.
pening asserts.
It takes high altitude, cool iiiKh's,
and sunshiny days to grow linn ap
ples of fine texture and with thin
skin. It was pointed out that poor
air drainage in low altitudes and
the hot sun tend to burn the .skin
of the apple, making it tough and
thick.
Picking of local apples began
around the last of August this year.
Grimes Goldcns wore the first
ready to harvest in many orchards.
The harvesting season is ex peel
ed to reach ils peak during the
month from October 1 to November
1. Varieties in heaviest production
during thai period are Slav man
Winesap. Koine Ueauties, and Mack
Twigs.
While the harvest is in lull
swing, National Apple Week will ho
observed in the county under
sponsorship of Ihe Smoky Mountain
Apple Growers Association. The
special week, inaugurated in 1947
as an annual event, is an effort on
the part of the growers to promote
eating of hunie grown apples.
Apple Week will also focus at
tention nn apple growing as an in
dustry in Haywood County.
Farm Agent Corpening says that
the county has made more progress
in apple production during Ihe la.,t
10 years than ever before "Better
orchard management and more in
terest in apple production are res
ponsible," he added.
A step forward was taken by Ihe
county orchardists last year when
they organized the Smoky Moun
tain Apple Growers A.sociation The
group, composed of commercial or
chardmen, has put on a sales cam
paign which includes the advertis
ing of Haywood County apples in
newspapers over a WW mile rHdius.
It has also prepared a map show
ing the location of (lie comity or
chards and designating what par
ticular varieties nf apples can be
found at these orchards. These
have been distributed lo service
stations throughout this area.
The association, Kr. Corpening
stated, plans to work toward secur
ing a central packing and grading
plant, and a growers' co-operative
for marketing apples of smaller
producers.
Henry Francis of Francis Cove
is association president. Other of
ficers are R. II. Boone of Waynes
ville, vice-president, and Charles
Edwards of Lake Junaluska. secre
tary. Approximately 50 varieties of ap-
Itli.'
re grown in the
ninl but most
orchards of
commercial
i hards grow about four to six va
ne' ie
Tin
argci orchards include those
ov i. oil l y Boiling Hal!, Saunook;
lieiiry Francis. Francis Cove;
Charles Fduards, Lake Junaluska;
11. L Morgan. Canton; Hugh Mas
sie. Francis Cove; Zack Massey,
Doliv.omi Koad; Ira Coghurn, Cru
soe, I.. A ( ogburn, Crusoe, and
Bob McCrackon, I'lgcon.
The iV MT-h who views the apple-laden
lives might wonder if
the spirit of old Apple-Seed John
ia h'"i r.dai v character who spent
his day, pi, niiiiig trees for future
general ion . i hasn't visited these
mountain side and valley orchards
this Fall, For Ihe harvest looks as
if forlum had smiled.
Iiiuii . however, discloses that
ti lake- .war, of hard work and
plenty oi mom-y, as well as fortune,
to make an apple orchard bloom. It
lakes a lot more to make it bear
fruit.
The first planting of trees in the
mammoth Bather Orchard was in
l!)nr. Hon- than iti).0(t() trees now
.'.land on the 3 '10 acres contained in
the orchard
Planting of an orchard is a con
tinuous thing however, for many
of Iho.e tree, planted in 1903 now
have about -con their best days.
Apple tret , come into normal
production when tbev are about 10
years of age. depending on the va
riety, authorities say. Forty years is
considered the normal life span of
an apple tree. This age. too, de
pends on the variety of tree, its
care, and management of the soil.
Once the tree is grown, the con
stant tight begins to protect it and
il l fruit Irom di ease and insect
pes' -.
F'lincipal worries of apple grow
er, in tin. locality are the common
di va-.es ol s( ;ib and hitler rot The
coddling moth, which produces the
worm in a "woimy" apple, is the
chief ln-vcl hot her.
Barber's is one of Ihe few orch
ards in the slate which is (-(pupped
lo protect ils trees with a modern
underground spraying system.
Thus, the problem of transporting
heavy equipment by trucks or wa
gons over rough mountain land is
avoided.
The sulphur and copper solu
tions, i or whatever is used for
spraying al the moment. I are mixed
and pumped from one central .lo
cation, similar to a city water svs-
WAYNESVILLE FEED & SEED CO.
Depot Street, Waynesville
and
Intersection of 'Aliens Creek Road, Hazel wood
PHONE 724 or 433-J
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LAFF - A - DAY
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rWriteinonce a week, dear, just a line on the back ot
em. and are carried through under
ground pipes.
Spraying against diseases and in
sects is a never-ending task, he
ginning in early February or March
when an oil spray is used to kill
insects in the egg stage.
Spraying for scab control begins
in April when the bud is in the pink
stage ijust bursting) and befure the
bloona forms.
The orchardist continues spray
ing until around August 1. Some
times in September a retaining
spray containing a hormone is us
ed to hold apples on the tree from
It) days to two weeks longer than
Hie normal picking period. This
hormone stimulates growth action
at the portion of the stein that
starts separating from the fruit
spur for the apple to drop,
Orchard men in this county re
ported practically no scab damage
this year and less than one-tenth
of one per cent damage by worms,
Barber staled. Hail in June and a
freeze in March did some damage
but did not materially reduce the
crop in most parts of the county,
he said.
Use of smudge pots, to raise the
t ti'mnpr.Hiirc in an effort to save
the apple crops in event of late
frosts or freezes, is prohibitive In
this area because of the high cost
of operation, apple growers say.
Barber's Orchard has not used
smudge pots in about 18 years.
There are just no years but what
there is some freeze damage in
this section, a survey discloses.
Once the apples are babied
through Ihe bloom and growing
stages, comes the job of picking
the ripe fruit.
Barber's Orchard, which main
tains a year round crew of about
135 men, hires an additional 100 to
harvest the crop. The labor for the
apple picking, as in other county
orchards, comes chiefly from farms
within a 25-mile radius.
Contrary to popular opinion,
most orchard men say I hey would
sell their apples as soon as they are
harvested if the market could take
I hem.
Barber said, "We don't intention
ally keep them over until Christ
mas and New Year's. But we would
have to about give them away to
move them all straight from the
orchards."
With 120 million bushels el
pies produced annually in th. i
ted States (approximately 2 aon n,i
bushels of them in Noi th Cai uli,,d
the people can't eat that iiuhh ,,
pie pie during the two month t
harvest time. -
So the orchards are prepai d i,
take care of their fruit until n !
market is ready for it. Ban..,
Opnliiiril Vi i , a
wA-Ma&u aa a Mujage Capatl
are kept under a temperat
31 degrees.
The amount of apples stoi
pends on the market now fix
ers indicated. "The (old
now is reaay to receive,
present the market is taking
apples as soon a the
Barber stated.
These mountain apple
think that they are slowly pu, ,
ing. But they feel that th. .
suffered sadly for want (,t
tive state or federal oper.nH
pertinent station tu advise
ers and to promote product i
sales.
Orchardmen in thp mate h,u
been given the encourage!, M m
helping hand by the Slate ,
mem oi Agriculture, so in
duction is concerned, as In
tobacco farmers and daiiym.
oarccr saia. lie expressed ., n,,, ,
that the need for such a sonic e u,n
soon be recognized and met.
Meantime, apple growing ,,
half a million dollar husim-ss , ,,
Haywood County. Johnny Appl,.'
Seed would approve of the i.ees
which bring blooms in th. SprinR
and beautiful fruit in the Kali
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triplicate. Grandpa Lawrence Tier,
ney was born Sept. 1, 1889. Father
Lawrence Tierney was horn Sept.
1, 1921. Baby Lawrence Tierney
was born Sept. 1, 1948,
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