Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-15

To the amount credited above 10 Tie year 1875
there should be added the amount ot IS $50
quarts received from tie Newton J4uctiou Rail
road from farmers, which tee previous YEAS
were shipped irom " estoyer TITS wJuli ne ae
a total OF 5,542,o9i quarts CT strAwbeIi-s Ieeey-
I'd from ever the main lite OF railway ii ,ae Pc
nins ull, against 400 quarts 81 ppea lEs
previous, tu IL crslss Of tweLty-h7s per eeut
To the amount shipped trcm s. teus u tie
main line OF rlilroad there mus. l. added he
quantity sLpped FROM the b4sutl !-aa- = tie
fcedars Of the Delaware kaliroad.
From the Berlin and Snow Hill, ell p otnoke
aud " eon,co Railroad. there were ,L. psd "a
1872 2l9,450 quarts o. cultivated otn :, aud
3046 buckets of Wild berries sul A. lSil here
were shipped OF cultivated berries 81 $50 4dac>,
and 800 buckets of wild berries
1t will be seen taat the Increase In tie caJw
Hill and BeIEn acd PocQiacke nd Vice 4leo
Railroads was over 200 Fer cent u ous year.
From the Delaware and Dor hester Railroad
there were shipped of cultivated berries IL IS72
5SS 800 quarts and 2,5J+ buckets o. Wild berries
" lnlc in 1875 the shipments from lie same road
were of cultivated berries SS0, 900 quartz, and
!, l53 buckets Of wild berries 1t VII be noted
that here was an iuetease ot bout eighty per
cent from n section OF tue peninsula that sui .r-
ed the most of all tron, lie etect or The terrible
drought.
| From the Junl.ion an3 Breakwater railroad
there were shipped in ls7- $40 loo quarts OF cul
tiyated berries and 1884 buckets OF wild berries,
while in 1873 the shipments OF cultivated Lerries
were $40 100 qsarts, aud OF Wild berries 45l buck
cts. Here agaln i marked increase in the ship
ment OF last year over thai of the previous yelr
vet as we advance upward that iucrsa+e 1oss not
appear to be so large.
| From ,ne Kent aud Queen Anues Railroad
there were shipped IN lS72, S6,ej quarts Of cul-
tiyated berries, and 91S buckets OF wild berries
and in 1878 there were shipped CT cultivated Der
ries l3S 100 quarts, anu OF tue wild berries, l9C
buckets.
When the amount of berries slapped nom
these branch roads is added 10 that received from
the main line We have the amount OF Gerrle'
| shipped from all sections OF the peninsula TO New
York and Philadelphia, and We lind 1t to have
been in 1872 5,l144S0 quarts of cultivated Der
ries and in 1875 7,510,e9O quarts, making gen
eral increase over the entire peninsula Of aboul
fifty per cent IN the crop or ilst over tnat Of tht
l previous year
By an examination OF the table Si shipment:
/ from ell the Delaware aud Eastern Shore Rail
roads, roads which rcn from few miles north o
Kukwood to Crisfsld, a distance upward OF
hundred and fifty miles, almost directly nortl
and south, il will lie seen that the further sonti
we get the greater is the increase IN the yield
berries from the last yelrs crop over hat Of TIL
prev ous year. Mount Pleasant, which in lSI
made very credtlble shipment OF nearly l.. On
!auarts, last year did not ship berry. The grow
lers OF 1S72 lost monsy on what they shipped, 4
Inc did not pay them the expenses oi f,ck,ng an
shipment, aud consequently they become disgust
ed and dug up the plauts, aud made nse at III
land for other purposes.
The land surrounding Mt. Pleasant is Q
Is heavy clay Ioam, auu when made rich o
fertile blue and joint s:rass grows sorapidl
!, that nothing else has chance, auu nothing
but the most incessant aud persistent toi
can prevent those grasses from comrlstsl
choking the straw berry plants. This was
, perhaps, the greatest OF all tbs causes whicl
J led to the Discrimination of tho straw berr,
! culture at Mt. Pleasant; bat the gecgraphi
cal position of New Castle county, Del. ,aps