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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

County Becoming Known for Its Grapes, Aug. 21, 1924

Tryon Grown Grapes Bring High Prices on All Markets

“Tryon grapes are the best grown anywhere,” said Dr. Louis Fuldner, one of the leading spirits in the Tryon Fruit Exchange and an experienced grape producer. “Our Delawares are exceptionally delicious, the Niagaras can’t be beaten for looks, and our Concords are superb. While Concords wont stand shipment well owing to their tendency to split the skins, they are a fine grape for local consumption.”

“Peaches? Yes, I grew some peaches. Still have some coming on and I never saw finer fruit anywhere. It was an exceptional year for peaches, and I’ve gathered an exceptional crop from the comparatively few trees on my place.”

Dr. Fuldner has traveled all over the world, and he knows good fruit when he sees it. A surgeon by profession, he settled in Tryon because of its climate and scenic attractions, and judging by the merry twinkle in his eye when he talks Tryon, he is pretty well satisfied with his choice. And his orchard and vineyard is one of the best kept and cultivated garden spots in the Pacolet Valley.

B.C. von Kahlden, president of the Tryon Fruit Exchange, backed up Dr. Fuldner’s statements in no uncertain manner. “The possibilities of the section are practically unlimited from the grape grower’s viewpoint. We have always been able to market Tryon Grapes at fancy prices because we grow better grapes than those produced elsewhere, and people are rapidly discovering that fact. Once they get a taste of our Delawares and Niagaras, nothing else will completely satisfy them.”

Mr. van Kaldhen’s Bella Vista Farm is widely known throughout this section as a model of its kind.

R.W. Early, secretary and manager of the Tryon Fruit Exchange, is also enthusiastic about the possibilities in grape culture in this section. “We will ship 10 carloads this year, having a total retail value of about $35,000. We could have sold many more car loads had they been available. We are shipping the choicest varieties and the best fruit from those varieties under the exchange label. We have established a reputation for producing fancy grapes, and we intend to maintain that reputation by seeing that every basket which leaves Tryon carrying our label is up to the highest standards of the trade. With shipments going into five states, every basket carrying a boost for Tryon and for Tryon grapes, we believe that the demand created will induce others to come here and enter the grape growing business.”

Having sampled Tryon grapes, the editor of the Polk County News echoes the sentiments of the grape growers when they say that Tryon Grapes are the best on earth. If there are better grapes grown anywhere, we have never tasted them.

From the front page of the Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., Thursday, August 21, 1924. “von Kahlden” on first mention and “van Kahlden” on second mention.

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn94058241/1924-08-21/ed-1/seq-1/#words=August+21%2C+

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