fredsmith

Some Splendid Peaches. From Mr Charles Smith, the well known orchardist of Glen Aplin, Stanthorpe, we have received a case of peaches. They constitute a sample of his second early crop and are without doubt most excellent, both in size and flavour. When it is remembered that with the exception of a shower last Sunday there has been no rain at Glen Aplin for two months one cannot but be struck with the remarkable productiveness of the district especially in respect of fruit growing. After tasting the luscious peaches under notice it does seem strange that there should be such scarcity of this high-class fruit in Brisbane. Mr Smith's fruit has certainly stood the dry spell well, and that the excellent sample he sends is not a representative of small crops shown by the fact that in peaches alone he is this season marketing between 3000 and 4000 cases. Source: The Brisbane Courier; 05 Jan 1912 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19734424

It is possible the children's father was Mr Charles Smith, an orchardist from Glen Alpin.

Looks like the SABR committee has identified him as Fred Vincent Smith, who played for the Boston Braves in 1913, but mostly in the minors after that. www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithfr05.shtml

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