The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-08-05

the counties of Accomac and North Hamp-
ton, belonging TO Virginia. BY glance at
the map it will be seen that there is not
spot in all this favored region more than
five miles from transportation, by water or
rail, to the great cities Of Baltimore. Phila.
delphia, New York and Boston. With
climate tempered hy thesurrounding waters,
the inexhspstible supplies Of fertilizing ma
terial in the shape OF shells, fish and sea are
furnished by these game waters, the remark.
able facilities furnished by three railroads
and by water for reaching the very best
markets, all show the inevitable and envia-
BILE destiny Of this peninsula is, TO become
at no distant day, the fruit and vegetable
market Of the great cities Of the sesboard.
Farming will give way TO HORTICULTURE, and
the laud be devoted to the more profitable
production Of fruits and vegetables, all Of
which can be delivered upon the market by
the safe cheap, and Fspid transportation af.
forded by the steamboat and rail car. As
most people have but an imperfect idea Of
the enormous profits of this branch Of agri-
culture, we will give some Of the results ar
rived at, not in New England, the West or
other distant points. but In this very penin-
sula Of which we are new writing. These
hhLt itt AHt GuttfIufOf DN MT.
Henry L. Williams, whose authority no one
will dispute. Of apples. he tells US the
trees will come into bearing two years ear
lier than at The North. aud that for early
summer apples the prices are Utmost fabu-
lous. The fruit from a seven year old tree
has been sold for seven dollars, and thirty
dollars has been the yield Of twelve year
old tree. Pear trees come early into bear
ing; all kinds succeed to admiration and
are troubled with no disease, worms, or
leaf blight whatever. An orchald Of four
hundred dwarf pear trees, only four years
old, averaged last fall one basket per tree
aud from one tree three baskets All were
sent to New York, and averaged six dollars
per basket or txenty-iour hundred dollars
for the entire acre.
Peaches, which form the largest orchard
product of the State delaware are ex-
ceeding profitable, whe her grown on small
or large farms. Some idea of the lnagni-
tude of this production may be gained from
the iae, that last year the entire crop sent
20 mnrket, by railroad and by water, reached
the figures Of million and hundred and
eight thousand baskets by rail, and seven
hundred and fifty thousand by water.
james Feunemore, Of New Castle Coun.
ty, sold from an orchard of q hundred acres
item thousand trees) ip ionr consecutive
years eighty seven Thousand dollars worth
OF peaches. In another instance an orchard
Of loss than Two thousand trees yielled il
one season four thousand dollars net profit
Another orchard, near Dover, which ]
myself visited in crop time, yields from
seventy acres profit Of ten thousand dol
lars yearly-ihe purchasers buying the eroI
on the trees. There are other instance
where a place of forty acres yields tw'
thousand dollars per year ore Of three ant
q half acres yields FIVE hundred dollars pc
year one of five acres, thirteen hundre'
dollars one Of twenty acres yielding frui
to the amount Of forty three hundred dol
lars annually and one of five acres, also
where the income from the peaches is great
or than from the remainder of the entir
farm Of three hundred and fifty acres. A
Milford between eight and nine thonsan,
dollars have been cleared in three season
from twenty-five hundred trees.
Strawberries and all other berries prvulis
prolific and profitable crop. Strawherrie
shipped in small quantities 70 New Yorl
brought from dollar to a dollar and TWEEN
ty-fye cents per quart. The price graduall
declined to sevehty-fiye, fifty and fnall
forty cents, which was the lowest price OBJ
tained. 0ne.third OF an acre near Dove
netted six hundred and eighty dollars
Three acres netted two thousand dollars
Four acres at Smyrna brought four thous
and dollars, the purchaser doing his owl
picking. Piekers can pick till three or fv
o'clock (afternoon,) put their fruit on q
express train, and it Is on the stalls Of tn
New York markets before six the mex
morning, sweet, fresh aud uninjured.
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mate IN bort,cnl,ure = IRON ~ nofa,oes ,s On =,
of cabbaqe bas been taken from tbe sam
sronnd' tatween tbe frosts of Snr;nr an
Autumn Sweet potntoes weld three buu
dred bushels or a hundred barrels and up
wards nef acre FarIy notatoes hiring