New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-14
ARRIVALS AND SALES OF PEACHES.

LOW PRICES AND no PROFITS TO GROWERS.
The receipts of peaches yesterday by the
Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad We're
los crates and baskets; 10y the Old Dominion steamship
Company's steamer from Lewes, Del, 1900 packages
The total receipts thus far for the are 47
loads or about 242, 500 bushels The supply included
a larger number Of varieties than before, some Early
Crawfords Mountain Rose and Early York being added
TO the lat Haes about used up; there is no one
who will consent receive those which remain. Iester
day about The only really full day that retailers have
had for exposing peaches for sale aud low prices for the
rather heavy supply kept coHmsson dealers very buy
There is profit fruit sales yet for growers, and
from present indications ~ the market there not likely
to be for several weeks 10 come The lower sections OF
Delaware suffer the most severely through low prices
With freight at 40 cents per crate Is cents for boxing
about 10 cents for picking packing, and handling from
orchards and cents for carriage here il is pretty poor
business for peach farmers with sales ranging at so cents
TO - per crate From these quotations 10 per cent COM
mission is to be deducted The only hope Of profit
for the growers this heavy season Ia in what fine
late fruit will bring. 1t is the intention of growers
to send only choice selected parcels after this rush Of
small stuff is out OF the very large quantity Of
cued fruit will lie sent TO Gamers, and II Is stated that
an extensive business will be done in drying NewYork
has not yet begun TO receive from the heaviest points OF
Delaware MiddletOwn, Armstrong, and Mount Pleasant
stations reported 90 be able TO send 100 carloads per
Will open from those places great deal of this
part OF the crop will go direct TO Chicago aud other
Western points: some also to Canada At present 20
car loads per day are booked from those stations ~
Boston aud other Eastern cities chiefly for Boston.
The following transactions fairly represent general
GALES yesterday John Nix Co had 4O0crates OF Troths
so cents 10 81 700 baskets Troths 80 To 10 cents
with few alcs at 10 cents Martin johnson sold 500
crates early at 70 cents TO 81 - Tor TrOts 81 81
for Crawords. and ~ 80 to II rs Tor Yorks Iii Camp
bell had 800 baskets at 40 cents To 30 cents and
GOO crates at so cents 10 81 the basket fruit small
first picking in the section from which IL came
White Wilsi sold 900 crates Of Troths at 50
ST. Titus Bros had 200 crates and 200 baskets Trothp
50 ceuts for haskea, and 30 cents 10 81 crates
Bernard Iaver sold 90 crates Troths at so cents to
Butler Bros sold 700 crates and baskets at 80 rs cents
Troths in baskets and 60 cents Ia 81 crates do
81 so to 50 for Crawforde Mountain Rose and Workers
John Coones had $50 crates at 70 cents 10 81 rs for
small common 10 prime Troths good many whole
sailed at 81. Furmsn & Draper sold 400 crates and
baskets Jroths at 40 10 60 cents for baskets cents
IL 20 for crates, with al 81 so. j. H. Ierch
baskets 35 cents for Hales so prime
Troths also $50 crates At so cents to 81 few IL 2
Eye Otis sold 225 crates TrJths at 20 81 25
average 81 these sales made early. Mount n
Jennison sold 700 at 30 cents TO 81 for TotLs
and 81 80 for Crawfords. Fuller a Pulen had | 100
and baskets mostly crates OF Iroths baskets SO
cents 10 70 cents; crates 90 cents TO 81 fancy yellow
fruit, 81 30.