Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-12
The Peach Trade.

WILMINGTON, DEL, August IL.
The New York markets, yesterday, wore well
supplied, but the fruit was small. Besides the
arrivals by rail, the Lewes steamer brought 5000
crates, a large increase over the previous day's
Shipments. 1t was very encouraging for sellers
to sec comparatively quick sales for a supply OF
rool sze regardless OF the rain storm in which
II was moved. Prices were lower than on Tues
lay, Troths generally selling at 81 .25 to S2. A
few additional varieties OF peaches will Btraggle
IN during the week. Some yellow fruit, Craw-
ortl-, brought high prices, $3.50 to 80 per bas-
Get.
The Now York Tribune gives the following
"details of yesterdays sales John Nix Il Co.
sold 100 cratea Hales at 81 and 500 baskets at
80 to 60 cents for Hales and 81 for Troths. Eli
Campbell 4 Son had 500 crates sold at 81 to
/: / 20 for small crates OF Troths, and 81 rs to SO
for large crates. (Smal crates are not wanted. }
Mount Jimerson sold ], 500 crates at el.25 to
= for Troths, also u few fancy Maryland Craw-
ior,ls at - so to S5. White 4 Whsle sold 1 900
crates Troths, running D little poorer on the
average than most of those offered at ~ to
Il 7j. also few premature Crawfords at 50. so
to :3 per basket. Fuller d Pullen had 900 pack
ages at II. so to 80 for Troths in crates, and 10
cents to IL in baskets. J. II. Helfrich sold car
load at l.25 to 80 per crate for Troth's, and 40
to 90 cents for Haes. John Ooombes had 500
baskets and 700 crates at S1.50 to $1.75 for
Trotlls, fine run of fruit, and 60 cents to 81
for rroths in baskets, so to go cents for Hales;
Butler Bros, sold 400 crates at $1.25 to -. for
Irolhs and III for Hales; Furman Il Draper had
iO packages, including Trotbs in crates at $l.25
tn q; Hales III baskets at So cents, and one line
uf Mountain Rose at 81 in baskets; b. Hayer
sold 1000 crates at sil.25 to 80; Titus Brothers
sold and shipped large total Of 2,750 crates,
sales at sl.25 to 80 for Troths.
The arrivals at Baltimore, yesterday, were
mucIl heavier, aggregating 12,000 to $4,000
4 Il.
Some peaches OF very good quality realized
1925 and Fl 40 per box, but these we're outside
hsures. From eight to nine Thousand boxes
were shipped to the West and South. quite
natl Cleveland, Chicago, and other points,
where it was reported there we're prospects for
good market. The packers only bought spar
msly, for 'pe fruit" they holding off for the
Cfawfords Smocks and other varieties better
suited to their purpose. They are expected to
they will put $l,500,000 in peaches, this year.
or the fruit arriving yesterday, 1000 boxes were
brought by the three steamers of the Chester
uyer line; $500 by the Maryland Steamboat
Lne, 7S0 by the steamer Trumpeter, of the
Sassafras line l.500 by the Weems' .Transporta-
ton line; and 1890 by the steamer Daniel
Reeves
Philadelphia commission men say that II ship
prrs will give that city the came kind Of fruit as
Now York, and the proportion on the market is
no greater, prices will be about the same One
INN says philadelphia generally gets the
bad fruit and Now York the good"
The shipments. yesterday were
10 Jersey City. ''.. Observation-Disclosures. cars
10 Philadelphia, 80. .......,.............15 .15 I"
10 tihclhnatl, ................-.... u
TOTAL, ,............. .Jo
THE PHILADELPHIA MARKETS TO-DAY.
trport j. II. y D. H. Kenney, 3O5 N. water ST.
By Telegraph ta the Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, August IL.
The receipts, to-day, are light and the market
active, The fruit is sound in conditi on, but
small in size. We quote prime at sl.256D1 So
and fair to good at 75c. (DS1.00.