Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-09-21
AMONG THE PEACHES.
What Bucks County Man saw and heard
dewn in the Peach Region.

Pc tChes grow in the Middle, Western
aud Southern States, but attain perfe' tion
IN sir, color and flavor nowhere as in the
peninsula composed Of the State of Della
ware and the eastern shore of MARYLAND
in other words the tract Of Land lying be-
tween the Delaware and CHI sape Ike buys.
his county has all. uudOub d y, a. unc
time. he N covered with water. on were
the ocean Ia Ms" sixty feet now. Il Won d
all be cover Il again. II Is a sanity luam,
~ relN d sttut Of tur.
iiappy !. tc Mo cui clailu rel uiv,s mr.
lri-aus ~ this re in with wYum hr IAN
iP;ud a few days, Tor the po,ches and
tru'fs Of A." hiuds boz reach pert, c.inn,
and the hospitality oi - >. pc Is I'M
bounded. Any one wishing =" SIC W
magnitude of the peach husihesse etsli'
have his curiosity gratiied at u very ntW
crate OUTLAY by aking one OF IA. boats o,
the Err ssUn Inc fran Arch iect wharf
at i've o'clock, p. III for the sassafras
river. The sse will probably he nj the
end Of il Journey e, esOfgrtOWn, by sew
en- o'c ock, M, the neNi inhrrine, ready
10 bel la 10 LOAD. The fave Is Guiy one
do lar AID qu err each way, and meals
az, furnished on board al if cents each.
A. considerable time Is taken at each
NhH'f 70 luHd, Nh" lpr.0n On b ard has
ample % tidftilnik 70 walk out nd exam
me he q rhard- aud VA IN she men pck
ing. There are fifteen an iuss ans Fcther
ON the sa-salras rnd + river, al when
peaci Is are 10 .ded. Aft load NJ the
heats starr immediately for Pm itlphia,
NJ. King ihe round TIP In bout lh'Ttv-siX
Il. urs 1lt m.d GIN IN y .ie II shore,
and ,slecia'y In kaut truu ,. which ad
joins The : s-af as Is, ~htn r. re'lN
ii led. very priduct yc ca is very II
hi, wa Wh,at, which is gen rally an
exc lem G op, was to Thin his season,
atnoueh the gain is uncOhmIuly good,
o me lrts Weighing ,iSty-hret I iunds per
hu-hei fulntn vi a.sp be- a ghl crop
this s,asun, owing "a tbs gfstt drought
through the euriy Part Of the season. The
sauc vaus" ~ 'p "a, d On he g'ass
crop. living Nater cOmnd iratun IN
both Baltimore and Phi adephla, as well
as a fairuad through the cehtie OF the
coui ty, the E0p'e ~ h'nt are especially
/ fave. ed in n ne ms Of gctl ng ( cir pro-
/ ducc 10 market. q ain can b Shipped Tor
| five cents tet hush, |. which l. O. ru err
than many Bucks cOuulian- can deliver
| thcirs at "a mark
Alurg the iiNri a id Tor sevc. al Il ~ Of
/ p,anll'l1 hs hnck, p.ac1 ire Hre crowd
/ irg out ev' T., thing lse, some of the iarns
bulng two.thitds In with peaches. The
trees grow quickly and but two or thee
years pass ait iildnllug before they De-
/ Z u to yield A fair crui from good sized
! tnc- is from four 10 seven baskets pr
/ lrcr. though tea are sumctm obtained
! II III" persons who raise the iut cOu Il
uu'N yet all II brings in the market tiny
would make ont much bt ter, bat ~ II II
tn re- are several profits takcn OIL before
b. reaches tlti cdnaumHr. These middle
men In many eases make II great deal
more than the farmers who cons IN 10
them Daring the cary part of the res
rnt season peaches were sent 20 Phindel-
phli which ac ually brought the producer
in Debt. The low price thi- year has moi
hcru 80 much ON account of q large cr1I
is IN excessive heat which r'urned tht
fuit TOO iasi mul comp ed their lnmrdi
ate -hc L. Wu.ll pay any person {,
sit tli- couutr, ANA va Ga the shipment
of lGichre. llaud- ar PEE 4, at one dol
La Icr day, many going from Ph'la tel
ph q and Baltimore for Tie Is ason. They
arr u.t in the orchard a. daylight unt
work ii darn. \, they are picked froH
the tie they are loaded on wagons nut
hurried 10 the peach h iuse where IA,
are cu'lcd and then hurried to the wharf
peach tint, tlrY rcicralA - on q smnr
trci and very Onrn n a ruu.
The boats rau luti fium six iu ten
thousand baskets At a Tip, aud Two q
them load every day ON the Sas-airas, fo
Philadelphia, 10 -i,r the regular boat fo
Baltimore. From Slallcrus,'s wharf
which il the heaviest shipping point OF
The river. an average of about forty ny
hundred hl. kets par day j. sent throu-
the busy -c son. james Hunt, Thoma
j. Shallcro-,, William o. Sha acrIss an,
Robert Comfy. the largest grhWe IN thn
vicinity. sent On August - 300 hasb
ri-, which is iair aNcrt age. peihtp-, {
their shipments through the height Of IA
season. Ircec gent cmen have Hhuu
seven hundred aud iitv AR in wit
peaches. Their pirkcis were ayrragli q
, little over ore hundred baskets each pt
. day, which j considered nv good III
largest pacu orchard on the East r
Shore, and most likely in the world. is
, Queen Aune county. and is owned b
John Harris. He has 1913 acres IN wit
I peaches. Last year he canned the who
ar duct of bis orchard, using 10000 tN'
.uuud cas- q day through the busy sea- ul
. an ii ling duru q the ssasun q few tho
sands lt,- thar "a million. lie cunsid r,
that il paid, though this year lac Is srndit
hi- p #rh,s to Baltimore. Mr.. HURT II
< some three hundred acres in with pr ,cht
and viii pick, the present SEASON, ahol
30. 600 basket Had the weather be-,
cooler he would have marie ed 5O.Ul
baskets. Tn re ara upwards OF tw,l
u bundled acres p,an'cl With rrachr- In u
vicinity of Sh i'crus-'s Wharf. In addi /,
! To the b at, there are two or more GU
p Loaded every day for New York. I'll
d atnuuit Of PEACHES shipped per lay fro
= Sa,sata, and FIN rivers is from 10000
r $1,000 baskets IT, Philadelphia. and nho
. 5000 to , ono To Baltimore. The large
peach shipper IN Delaware is Mr. Scrd,
7. shallcru-., at Armstrong; Station, ,
, the Delaware K ,ilroad, NEAR Middleton
lie will ship this year from SO, 900 tu lOt
1 ono baskets dir'ct 10 New York, aud III
d upwards Of ii hit hundred acres IN cult v
3. ton. The next largest shipper IL Colon
ID Edward Wilhin-. ON the Dhts'cr riv,
5 Maiylan4. II all 20 Ia Baltimore;
To- has some min" hundred acres in Guilty.
lion, aud viii srui this season 400
u boxes, equiv hut To $4,000 baskets
Il also has a Ill ! cry ID usc up the 81
~ aches 5, and Wtl make, This sacSon. So.
r. ~ barrels OF hr.ndy. Nearly all of Il
c fruit go,s TO the canning establishment
s. krnsitt n Co., Who arc putting up abu
). 5O.OOO cans per day.
d The businr.r is certainly uvtfdune
d much ground j. devoted t. the raising
u This fruit, and the necessity Tor it, INN
c iii itc sale, l. sue To cause q glut he
' ever there IL luuc crop. and he prot
I, of the producer are sometimes very iigl
,- Accidents sometimes happen. too. 10 /
o p'achcr at cr they are shipped. Last ye
the canal hiOke while the peach toa
80 were in transit, aud before il was mend
y the peaches were all spoiicl. On the q,
At ming Of the Sd of August. thi. season, I
10 steamer Ftdg started from Shallcrosi
f. wharf for Bl lmurr, heavily laden wi
peaches. She ran aground tutn after Il
ii did not get oil until lale on saturday,
Sc that the iruit could ct he tuld until Nc
as day morning. The cheering rturn cii
r, back from he e. mmissiun uan that III
h, might probably bling enuu gh to pay
~ freight. SOmctim 5, however, the bu
" ness pays welt, In 1866 James HURT :,
MI of Unity acre Of his orchard twenty tn,
al sand do lars ~ rlh of peat hes or all,
r. $40 PER Hc;r " hatsermed singular,
Ii rest uf bis orchard failed entirely, as
in those ofall lis n,ighhurs. Small frt
tt are hcirg cultivate! considerably in :
r section. Mr., Bernard, at the mouth
he river, has over 10 acres Of ras pherr,
ir, u. side Strawberries and hlackhrri les.
rs nri4lturs are also engaging tXunsiv
M his business The land seems to
p'if ctly adapted to the raising of tn
he AMI all other huit-, and next o. the 10,
end Of Bucks aud vicinity, Kent cnul
T. preserts greater attractions to the cult
tor of the soil than any other section e