Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-16
Tho Peach Trade.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Aus

WILMINGTON, DEL, August III.
Tho week now opening promises TO be OF
great activity among peach mon. Tho bulk Of
tho crop is now coming on, and tho different
yaretios arc iipening 30 rapidly that heavy ship
ments will have to be made to got the fruit ont
of the way. Comprohending the situation, tho
Del. Il. Il. authorities have sent down the road
to-day eleven extra trains (making twelve with
the regular) and the record which we ahall make
tomorrow will probably exceed that OF any day
ever before made.
The three varieties now on arc TrotLs, Early
Yorks and Crawfords, all very good fruit, the two
latter sometimes among the best that grows.
This reaching Of better fruit will stimu-
late the demand, and consequently prices,
III that it will bring larger bodies OF consumers
INTO the market whose purchase will also be in
creased. " IL III no use," the growers say, " to
expect people to buy peaches unless they are
good, for they will not do it. They turn up their
noses at the little green things displayed in the
market and the street corners, but when the full
y ripe, large luscious fruit IL laid out before
them it tempts the money right out of their
pockets" The Gamers are also starting up,
many beginning to-day both down the Peninsula
and in the cities, and this fact will increase the
demand. The shipments to all points where new
markets have been opened are now in progress
AS our report below shows, some markets hith-
erto untried by the growers were reached
lie run to Boston. In anticipation Of this event
the Boston papers-notably the Ad-
ortiser KAYE undertaken to awaken a deep in
terest in it by detailing the nature Of the ar
rangements for shipping, describing the peach
region, and furnishing their readers with the
origin and growth of tho peach. The Boston
people are evidently as much rejoicod as the
growers at theopening of the direct all-ra route.
In addition to tho rall-siiipments to New York
IN Saturday, 1900 crates were received by the
Old Dominion Steamship Co. Owing to the
belated trains from the accident near Holiness
burg the market WAS very nearly cleared. Tho
early sales were made at so cents per basket and
II cents per crate OF Troths Sellers soon saw
that they had bad day before them, and put
prices at figures that were suro to close out the
supply as it was not OF grade that would hold
over for Mondays sales In tho afternoon rates
were 20 to 30 cents per basket and 40 to 90 cents
per crate. A few extra Crawfords and Yorks
sold at sl.5O to % pcr crate, and rs cents to II
per basket.
At Baltimore on Saturday there was a strong
demand for peaches, and while tho market was
not cleared of the 81. 900 boxes received shippers
wonld havo taken 1000 more could they have
been had OF good frnit. Western shippers were
large purchasers. Nearly all the stock was of
tho Troth variety, only few Yorks, Mixons,
Crawfords, Mountain Rose, and one ortwo other
varieties coming. Sales were made at from 30
TO SO cents per box, shippers paying from 40 to
50 cents, including theb boxes Peaches not i'll or
der for shipment sold at almost any price from 10
cents to 30 cents per box and 10 cents to 20 cents
por basket, tho latter being about the best ratio
for fruit in baskets, which are not bought by
nhippers Some small lots of Crawfords and otll-
Or choice peaches brought II per box. Tho
shipments from baltimore by railroad to the
West on Saturday were the heaviest yet, 3G cars
leaving by tho Baltimore and Ohio and IL num-
her by the Northern Central ronte, the total
shipments by rail boing probably 50 carloads.
The following wero tho shipments by rail on
saturday