Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-05-14

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auently bis grain farming operations ae never pl
In view oft public. HIS farm Is about the OF
centre Of the gT sat peach country, and US has OF
n planting al immense orchard OF about tzv,s in
900 trees. or this vast quantity he has IN bear n
ing perhaps 90 900 trees. These trees are ca X
pable of Welding, should they each bear, which =
Is very common thing for peach-tiees TO DO, !.
five busIsts per tree $50, 900 baskets But u =
Is singular fact that While small orchards oil
1900 trees and less viii sometimes average nye
baskets 10 the Tree large orchards have never II
| beeu made 10 produce nythng. approaching a
| that quantity. And 1t Is highly improbable o
| that Mr.. shailcross sill be able TO gather v
| more than 10000 baskets OF peaches from
his orchard.
| PERHAPS il would not be uninisrestiog to con.
slider the labor and cost Of gathering and !
shipping that quantity OF peaches to the
Before counting the crst Of picking n may be
| well TO state that the largest and most enter
| nrising peach grower cannot afford to plant
much more than one half Of his land In peach |
| es Otherwise he would have to purchase foon |
for the stock required TO cultivate and manage {
The orchards. III the frst place, before a grower
| is ready TO pick his peaches lie must have on
| hand good supply Of baskets, at least enough
| 70 last him ten DAYS II be ship to New \ ofk and
enough to ship about two thirds OF his crop
he ship TO Philadelphia, IRON whence baskets
4 are scarcely ever returned With aug degree OF
regularity, and never more than one haf Of the
quantity sent. Consequently, 1hen Mr.. shall
| cross commences picking his stock 81 baskets Is
supposed to b. $1,000 al least These baskets
cost abou. lhirteen ceuis for tie commonest
| kind. consequently $500 worth Of baskets are
| REQUIRED 10 undertake the picking Of such an
orchard The peach season lasts abont thirty
Eve DAYS, and 10 ship 10000 baskets in that
| time requires that there be picked about $3.50 /
baskets per day. Fifty baskets per day being |
above the average amount picked bF laoorer, |
it requires 1870 men TO pick them. Ever I'VE |
men " III keep cutler busy. The peaehTs are |
all culled ia weli-managed orchards befOFe they |
are put into baskets for shipment. That requires
twenty-five cuilers. To keep a supply Of OAsk-
cts TO the pickefs aud cullers. and take the
peaches TO tile euling-houses, requires about ten
men ten BOYS and ten horses and wagons To
snip one days picking Of this sz' 10 the rail-
road requires about ten wagons with TWO horses
each, ten men, OF one to each wagon. two or
thre. leaders in the orchsri ana AZ ezra help
Or $50 al the railroad station. That Is. to PICK,
Gull and ship one days ordinary picking from
this orchard requires at least 100 men, beside
the overseers. and at least thirty horses The
daily expense for l4byrsr's wages and horse-feed
me does not IA far short Of 500. Therefore. 70
pick and ship such an orchard, under the most
. suspicious circumstances, would exceed sl2,u -
To ihis mus, be added the est OF fully 1900
yes baskets whi:h would be lost in shipping the
fn.i: from such al orchard, and that would put
the COS; Of shipment a. abou. slttpy and
large enough sum, ole wOIil MAJ raly suppose,
but. in fact, it couli not BE- done fJr that Prlc-
and grower thinks himself very fortunate II
he can move his teaches from his orchard 10
eni he sbiuDing poitt a. a cos, Il ten cents per
u.sket
and m, he pr,.t difficulty of In.,.-.ng the gath
ering and sbipmspt Of 50 extensive an orchard
e he f.c. ma. tie frnit ripens 80 uuey-nly. =
Jag Ear example there is usually. lapse Of three
ar G5t- DAYS l,.,ween The rip-uing Of the Early
rev Yors. aud ~. Cr.wf,rl's Ea-ly. and Ike
,tae l-.tweer. tie Crawford. aul the Oh Mix.
70 ons Yet they often riE,.u during liz same week
and - Il i v nh other varieties. Al orchards
T, are planted with view Of keeping mp con
l. stan, supply Of nj" irJi Until The itut Is Al
.aa gathered, AL care : usually taken 70 KEEP y
DER supply IS regular As I'>'ole. - Il cAi 'A'o
BE- zen "hrh w '!.F-' 'Aii-.rs lhT'i. on "
within 10 "7rN ,i''s ni,i'' - ~ 'n ~
~, 4.ho-!.' = ,ie''.' i'.eH'u ="
A's - ~ - :, - - -, am,
80. y, 80. u, n ,.,.,,r 80 b,ske,
10 r,ob,tla ,n,oI,,, rjI, on The ..oil' day
On ihat ccc.s,nn ey-ry avail.bl. Maud o. N,
,,,,, farm, the farm hands wives and Children,
' ,,z fac. ally ole oli enough 10 knox p-acL frol
a potato Is p7essel into the orchard, and the
not unfrequentiy thousands Of baskets are lbs
/. IS estimated that under Ike clrclmstant
|. TWO years ago Mr. shalerOss l(st itIa 2J0,
/, f1r 70 21,vy' 6asAets q iTut. ,,-,,,-.-.- !,
From SaahcTo's corner % A!Ile.o"h "a
lI.'e Is 'iLlU-h 'sis ie'e ...i! o.ei 10
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