National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-07-15
THE FIR UT CROP.
WHAT THE SEASON PROMISES.

"hAA LIE oEAOON EhOMlGEG.
Despite the facts that the peach crop in
Delaware and Maryland will fall very much
below the average this year, there is every rea-
son to expect an abundant supply of almost
every variety of fruits IN the markets.
PEACHES
will be plenty, even if the Peninsula yields no
greater crop than is anticipated. The Della
ware crop will be very small, indeed, and the
usually fruitful orchards of Newcastle county
will not probably yield more than one tenth Of
the average supply; but New Jersey promises
an abundant crop. There are around Morris
town. in Morris county, orchards of from 6,0O0
to s, 900 trees, and Morris county will in many
days of the season ship,upWard of Is carloads,
and will, perhaps, average shipment of 5000
baskets per day through the busy season.
In Somerset county there are orchards even
larger than those IN Morris county, one grower
having 400 acres in peach trees, nearly all in
full bearing. From that county and from
Huntingdon there will be shipped, over the
New Jersey Central and its New Jersey feeders,
a third more thar from Morris county, which
fruit comes by the Norris and Essex railroad.
There are no very reliable data upon which an
estimate could be made Of the probable fruit
crop of the whole of New Jersey, but by many
IL is thought that it will amount TO upwards of
GOO 900 bushels, and the fruit will probably
begin to arrive in the market about the 18th of
August and will continue coming in until late
In October,
The Fruit Growers Association Of Delaware
placed the first crop at coo, 900 baskets-an
estimate that should be nearly correct. OF the
amount it may be safely estimated that fully
500 600 bushels will be Hale's Early, Troths
and Early Yorks. The remainder will be
mostly of the next varieties in order Of riFen-
ing, viz: Croford's Early, yellow peach;
Wards Late, Free, and Crawford's Late.
cURRANTs.
Currants will be more abundant than they
have been for many years. Large fields are
coming into bearing for the first time this year,
in both Delaware and Maryland. Along the
Hudson and throughout Connecticut, there is
promise of an abundant yield. From HaCken-
sack the shipments will be unusually large.
The New York market will be supplied chiefly
from this region and from lower Connecticut.
PEARS.
The prospect for the pear crop is not so good
as could be wished. The most popular variety
is the Bartlett, and all accounts agree in repre-
senting the crop of New York and New Jersey
as very much short of what it should be. II is
hoped, however, that from the West the supply
will be made good.
APPLES AND OTHER FRUIT.
The king Of all fruit-the apple-will be
abundant in all sections of the country. From
New Jersey, along the Hudson, and from the
West, the promise Of liberal yield was never
better, and It may be safely counted upon that
apples will be sold cheap throughout the fall
and winter. The great fruit crop of the Hud-
son river fruit region is tina. Of the plum, and
that also promises to be agreeably abundant.
OF the grape crop, 1t is scarcely necessary to
speak. All the vineyards around New York
are looking unusually thrifty, and, doubtless,
the grapes will be sold as cheap this fall as
ever.
All in all, this is "fruit year." and the pros
pect for abundant crops and low prices is most
encouraging.