Smyrna times., 1859-09-22

Trip on the Acknowledgements
ing Peaches in Delapare.
SEPT. 1859.
Mr. EDITOR In taking up my pen at this
time, ain forced to confess that am wholly
at loss to know where to begin, how to pro-
coed, or where to end.
1t was my good fortune, a few days ago, to
take a ride on the Delaware Railroad as far as
Wilmington, and | can say of truth that
cannot al this moment refer to more delight
full trip in all my past ife-except it be the
trip | took in 1852, when left Dover, in an
old stage-coach, in quest of a wife, and had the
extreme good luck to be upset three times be-
tween Dover and Smyrna, by drunken driver.
But to my trip: Feeling, as do. lively
interest in all that concerns the prosperity of
our dear little State, determined to keep my
eyes about me, that | might see and notice
everything OF interest. vas wonderfully as
tOnished to find how rapidly the face of the
whole country is changing. All along the line
of the road from Dover to Smyrna, and even
above that found enormous ricks of wood
thousands of cords; and where | was wont,
formerly, to admire the towering forests and
thick underground, | now found vast clearings
and extended openings unfolding to my aston
ished view one of the most beautiful countries
the sun ever shed his genial beams upon. Here,
where ately fourished the mighty oak, chestnut,
maple and gum, now beheld beautiful fields
furnishing beneath the waving luxurance of
timothy, clover and buckwheat, with the mon
ster slumps still scattered over their beautiful
bosons to remind and impress the beholder of
the ever onward march of industry and i'm
provement. Other clearings just opened, being
grubbed, ditched and fenced and far out over
the picturesque landscape, neat little dwellings,
white washed and painted, with their appropri-
ate buildings, and all surrounded by new
looking fences, giving an air of cheerful COM
fort to the country and happy evidence OF the
industry and rapidly increasing wealth of the
people. The whole length of the road, as we
whrled along, gives ever-varying and accumu-
ating proof of the thrift of the people. Here
we see men, grubbing, ditching, fencing, turn
ing fallow, drilling wheat, picking peaches, or
hauling TO the nearest railroad station the rich
yield of the summers labors. Ever and anon
discovered nurseries and orchards in their varl-
GUS stages of development. Here the Seeding
of the present years growth ; and by attention
may be discovered that the I" budder has pass
ed along contributing his share to assist in The
more perfect development of the young tree
Then an orchard, not long since planted out.
heaVing in the evening breeze under its weight
of luxurant foliage, and so on, until we come
to the full-grown orchard, with all its ponder.
Gus burthen of bright, golden, luscious fruit,
tempting the eye and the palate as did the ideal
fruit, of the blind poet, the discriminating eye
and palate of our over-curious mother in Para
disc.
SEEING as did, SO many peach trees, the
question which have often hea I'd mooted was
very naturally suggested: whether the peach
business is not likely to be overdone And
from the view give the subject, which think
isreasonable, involuntarily am led to the con-
clusion that the peach crop, properly managed
will ever be profitable business; and from
least three considerations, which, If the Indul
gent editor will bear with me, will endeavo
10 give as briefly as possible. First. Th'
peach tree, in many sections, where 1t has Tor
merIy been a source of great profit, has become
80 to speak, dead letter. From some qualit.
necessary TO its mature development, haVln
become exhausted, from some deep-seated dis
ease in the peach, it has become very shor
lived, and the fruit, if any fruit exists, neve
natures. Thus the territory upon which tn
peach NAV be grown successfully, is annual
becoming very materially diminished, whlle'
the other hand, the demand seems to be rath'
on the increase than otherwise. And that aris'
not from the fact that people are just beconln
enlightened as to the delicious qualities OF u
fruit, butihe facilities for carriage and exporta
daily increasing. by the means OF cans and Jaf
So much is this the case that thousands
engaged in the canning business as perm
nent source of revenue and employment. II
peach is a fruit which will recommend itself
the apalate of the world )" and there are
only those sections to be supplied where the or
has failed, but the foreign demand is largely
creasisg and mus, be supplied also.
The next reason is that sufficient care Is
bestowed in the selection not only OF go'
thrifty, healthy trees, but also in the selectl
/. Of varieties Of fruit. Some men suppose u
if they have peaches, that is all that Is req