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Atlanta, with its 200,000
consumers of vegetables,
provides an excellent
market for vegetable
growers, as does Savan
nah, Macon, Columbus,
Augusta, and other cities
of Georgia, in propor
tion to their size. At
•present a large percent
age of the vegetables
consumed in the larger
cities of the state come
from other states. With
a little intensive culti
vation these vegetables
could be grown within
wagon haul of the cen
ters of population, giv
ing employment and
profit to 'many indus
trious gardeners. Clima
tic conditions in Q-eorgia
are ideal for raising
vegetables, berries and
small fruits in endless
variety.
IIO FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
ARKANSAS BLACK APPLE TREES AT ADAIKSVILLE
these prices with the $50 to $200 that are quoted for uncleared
orchard lands in Washington State, where there is an additional
"water right" charge of $90 an acre, and consider the long freight
haul from the shadows of Mount Tacoma to New York City, as
compared to the 30 hours from North Georgia, to the big metro
politan market, and the additional fact that Georgia grows just
as fine a fruit, and judge of the opportunity here for making a
profitable business of apple production.
Ten-year-old Winesap orchards in the State of Washington
are authoritatively reported to average 12 boxes to a tree (one
box equals seven-eights of a bushel), and in some cases are held at
a valuation oif $2,000 an acre, while the same authority estimates
the average value of them at $1,200 or $1,500 an acre. Numbers
of individual orchards in Georgia can show just as good a record
of production, and if the same careful attention is given to the
sorting and packing, as is given by the Western growers, there