Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-08-26
the PEACH TRADE.


nJfonN OF TIE vAnIoUB NARKHre-THB SEAHoN
APPROACHING Tn zkIoTH-THE EUROPEAN esIP-
MAST.
But for the rain on Monday. the peach ship.
ments would In all probability have exceeded
entire Peninsula the showers fell. washing ont
the bloom from the fruit, thereby cauMng the
growers to exercise Judgment i'll their ship
ments. With bright sunshine aud the intelli-
gence OF improved markets which the
could easily have swelled the shipmsnts enor-
mously with good fruit, such ~ would find .
ready sale. As II WAS, our daily record shows
light shipments u the distant markets, the Of.
fort being attended with no little risk Oh account
Of the wet condition Of the fruit.
We are now receiving better fiuit That
which IL going into market II larger, much more
handsomely developed and embraces the better
varieties The CrAwfords are OF their usual sze
and flavor, and tho Old Mlxons. the shipment OF
which il just beginning, possess all the beauty
and richness which have rendered them the fay.
orite among most people. II tho weather con-
tinuea fair worry little OF this fruit will be wasted,
but will BIO rushed into market, where it ia ex-
pected that an active demand awaits it.
Twelve trains were ont upon the road yesday,
which were expected to bring up ut least 500 cars.
Tne shipment to Europe Z; the Or
clards.yesterdsy afternoon, for Philadelphia, fill.
ing about twelve cars. Il. !. Lockwood, Esq, Of
this city, went up to Philadelphia, In the morn.
| ing, to make arrangements for the reception Of
the fruit there, and will go out on tho ohio with
tho consignment, to be present ut It's landing Oh
the other side, and see to its disposal.
THE nosroN MARKET.
Special Correspondence Of The Commercial
1sIEs OF SHOALS, Aug. 90.
| WAS all through the markets of Boston to-day,
and at almost every corner and fruit.store saw
Delaware peaches on sale, in splendid order,
bringing from 10 to Is cents dozen. All the
dealers said they never got peaches, before, in
such good order, and were much pleased with
the new arrangement, and hopedit would pay
the producers. They said the fruit was steadily
improving in quality. saw crates Of fruit uri.
loaded out OF the cars, at every station from
Boston, mp to the Maine border, opposite this
place. AT Salon, Mass, noticed tho fruit Of
spruance, Of Smyrna, D. Elliott, OF Delmar, and
others, selling 1t e. per crate.
Tho Boston Advertiser OF yesterday, rays
The peach train on Monday morning was the
longest yet-twenty- mine cars-and it came from
Putnam to Boston at the rate Of twenty miles
an hour. Much Of it had been previously on.
gagged, and there was an advance in prices
crates selling at from 81 80 to 80 So and basket,
from q to s2-a rise Of % to 60 cents since Sat
urday."
THE BALTIMORE MARKET.
The Baltimore papers, Of the 18th, report 4
light supply Of fruit in that MARKET yesterday
with prices advanced. The receipts aggregated
somewhat over eight Thousand boxes and price,
ranged from 81 to 80 for prime fruit, Will.
some extras brought Si.75 few boxes 10
seventy and eighty cents each. The shipper
purchased about two thirds Of all the pesche
arrived here yesterday. Advices from the Yves
are to the effect that the fruit il arriving thert
insood condition and brings remunerativs prices
THE WILMINGTON MARKET.
The supply was considerably increased, th
, morning, but WAS not in excess OF the demand
! Peaches found ready sale at fair prices. Tn
! receipts by rail amounted to about 100 basket
|, and 1l50 crates, while from $50 to 400 basket
! were offered at the curb markets
These embraced Moore's Favorite, Oldmixon
!, and Crswfords. The Troths are about exhaust
ed. At wholesale prices, Moore's Favorit,
brought from 50 to 20 cents per basket, and 10
to 81 per crate. Oldmixons sold readily at IS Il
40 cents per basket, and 80 to rs cents per crate
, Crawfords arc about the same on Tuesday
: Fruit sold higher In the curb markets, the grow
ers demanding from 90 cents to 81. per basko
,, for Oldmixon, and little loss for other vsrie
ties.
' PHILADELPHIA MARKET, YESTERDAY.
tiierort J. 7. 4 D. II. Kenney, 3O6 N. water ST.
BY Telegraph to the Commercial.
! PHILADELPHIA, Angus. %.
. Poor peaches in crates 40@50 cents medium
- 5O6,Gr cauta nri,ne sUe 6Dsi Of poo ots