Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-04-14

PEACHES INJURED IN SOMERSET CoUNTY-rHE
BERRY CRoP LOOKING wELL-srRAwBERRIEs
WILL BE RIPE In FIVE WEEKS.
Mr.. Brown, General Freight Agent Of the Della
ware Railroad, has handed ms for perusal letter
from gentleman largely engaged in fruit culture
In Somerset county, from which we mako the
following extracts
81 am sorry 10 soy that we cannot
report SO favorably In regard to our peach crop as
we would like. The Hnle's Early are all right,
and the trees are out In full bloom, letter dated
18th instant but Troh's Early, and other later
varieties, have been very seriously Injured. In
fuct, our Troth's Early are entirely gone. The
buds were so much advanced by the warm weather
OF January and early In February that We think
they were killed by the cold we had later In Feb
ruary aDd In March. The bark on the limbs In
many places Is cracked open.
"Our Strawberries, Raspberries and Black
berries look well and give promise OF large crops
The Strawberries are beginning to put out good
many blossoms aud In about five weeks. wa hope
to b. gin shipping them to market.
Our New Jersey Scarlets will probably be ready
for market q week earlier than the other varie-
tics.
PEACH GROWERS MEETINGS.
A meeting of those peach growers who ship
their fruit by railroad Is called to assemble At
Middletnwu on Saturday next, 16th inst, at 10
o clock 10 the morniI e. Mr.. Townsend is main
ly instrumental 10 calling the meeting he being
one of the largest shippers OF fruit by rail, and
believing that the interest of such thippers are
not sufficiently considered by the Peninsular
Fruit Growers Association which as
semDles ut Dover As we understand 1t, the pur-
pose of the Saturday meeting is to enable the
Railroad shippers TO mature plan of action to
be submitted to the general association, one fea-
ture of which shall be to change the regulations
Of the Association as to give 1t other places of
meeting beside Dover. Mr.. Townsend has for
long time been dissatisfied with the management
of the present Association, aud has at more than
one of it's meetings threatened a secession of the
railroad shippers.
The Peninsular Fruit Growers Association,
holds It's regular meeting ct Dover, on Tuesday
next 18th inst. The meeting will be most i'm
portaHt the proposed tariffs of the Railroad
Companies for the coming year will be consider
3D. and effort be made TO select one OF the var
ious plans submitted by the Railroads.
The meeting is reasonably sure to be q. stormy
one and all the plans offered are like ly to be
severely criticised. We are told that thu, growers
along The Delaware River and Bay propose to
reject all The plans of the Railroad Companies
and leave the companies to charge W hat they
will, depending on water competition fol keeping
down the tariff Wo presume The adoption of
such proposition will cause the secession of
those representing the districts dependent In rail-
roads transportation as such action would be an
open ab indonment Of their interests.
Anoih rimporiaDt matter that Will come before
this meeting is the estimates for the coming crop
to furnish a basis for the arrangements tor its
transportation. We presume, however, tiat the
present meeting will scarcely ba able to make any
mectltg will be held about month later for con-
oil m fhis snbent