An Pencil Forest.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1632, 11 February 1886, Page 2

An Pencil Forest.

AN INT. ■RVIEW WfTH MR PARNELL'S BPvOTHER.

Mr John H. Parnell, a great American peach -grower lias been letting out some of the secrets of the peach-forest which may have more interest ur Mr John Par* nell is the brother of another ami more famous member of. the family^ Mr C. S. Parnell himself. "In my earlier days," sai«l C. S. Parnell to the correspondent, "I, was. ad vised that there were-excelleat chances for investment m the South, and especially m Georgia. It was my idea that thus located there was money m cotton, sol paid cash down -12;OO0dol«. for 1,500 acres. To this original purchase I have since added 500 acreal inak» ing my possessions 2,000 acres* m all. For three years I planted cotton, only to to find it a delusion." It was m this for. tnna'te moment that Mr Parnell; made up his niiud 4hat thve was- money m peaches. The great peach forest is described as coutainin/ acres and acres of ground, stretching indeed into miles, covered with every variety of trees, .which n'ninber*l'so,ooo, are planted 12ft apart, and are kept trimmed to the ground, no that a person standing can pluck the rosy fruit from its fastness. : When the blush comes upon the cheek of the dainty beau lies one hundred men, women, and children are set to work, each armed with* flat basket returning the rendezvous when thcbotlom is covered. Thus they keep on day after day until the season is* overt The story of Mr Parnell's venture. ■ is brieflly this :— He invested $12,0QQin/hii plantation. - He has spent over $8,000 since iv trees, seeds, and labor. Upon : this investment he makes from $8,000 to $10,000 a year, and would not sell his peach forest for less than $300,000; Great as Charles Stuart Parnell is as the; uncrowned king of Ireland, greater ii John H. Parnell, the peach king of America. .■ ,- f