The daily gazette., 1875-07-09
For the Gazette.
PE1CEES.

Two weeks ago, | went on voyage Of
observation in the interest OF the Peach
Growers. | started privately, but in the
depot at West Philadelphia, ] was ac-
costed by Il Wilmington Paul Pry. Says
he to me you are going to lack up peach
markets, yes says |. hich way are you
going, various says |. The next saw of
him was along pthe Juniatta. He came
into Che car and told me some Pennsyl
vania General who was talked OF for the
Democratic candidate for Governor. was
in the car there and would like to see me.
told him did not so much on Gene
rails. He says this mans grandfather
was in the Revolutionary war. and his
father or himself in the Mexican war. !
told him that was all very well in its
day, that had Quaker procl!vities and
did not go much on such eople. / saw
his drift at once, if he could get me to go
in and be introduced to This distinguish
ed Pennsylvania General candidate, this
Wilmington Republican could pick up
Democratic items next TO 8 crets for his
paper, and also when politics haged, this
General of course would have asked
me my business and where | was going
to, and would have been next to q turk
TO had refused telling him some Of my
business, and of course that would have
been sent by this Paul Pry Us an item to
his Wilmington paper. Tie spirit diu
not move me TO go into the next car, aud
It Huntington l lost sight CT him, and
think he took the tram for Bedford. l
understand there has been published in
the Ere'y Erenirg, last week, q commu-
uicatlon from some nurseryman and his
son, near Buffalo or Rochester, saying
was mistaken in believing there was No
peaches or nearly so, north tina. there
vas plenty or peaches up there TO supply
their wants. Now, how did these fellows
know what l said or thought, as | have
wrote nothing on the sui Ject since my
return, and said but little and that only
10 peach growers. But to these men WHO
stated they had supply Of peaches,
take them to be apur Of presuming ja.k
anaPcs,w who have probably made their al
judgements III Washington Market,
New York, for supply Of peaches from
New York city by the New York aud Fri. |
or n. \. Central Railroad, ana therefore
10 not want 70 be intcriered with III |
shipments of Delaware peaches direct I, |
those places. l was amused in Buffalo |
~ an old fogy Commission man l ask.
Q / him how many car Lords OF peacheA |
ie thought Buffalo could consume daily
He replied that one car load would fuuy !
supply her, although You will bear H.
mind Buffalo has population of about |
100000. ] admired his proof of pr, sun |
tlveness, until | found out from him lie |
received peaches direct from New Ncrk, |
and was O spscultor, bought and sold. j |
was told by parties l can believe, that |
there is a few peaches on Grand Island. |
which is an Island lying in what i. called
Niagara river, and Is ABOUT ) mics long
by about miles wide, and tine nearest |
CT south end about miles from Buffalo,
and great portion Of said Island j. coy.
cred with white oak trees. One coumon
sized old peach orchard produces more
than the whole Island in the best Of
years. This year there mag lie a few
fnzZy deminutive pre:entis to pe4che.
NAT huekstrrs on the corner when not
selling them, are employed brushing the
fuzze off. trola the mouth Of the Juni-
alta river to Plttslurg, and from Pitts
burg up the AlIegAuy lIver to Oil city,
TO .Iltusvllle, and over to Lake Enc.
from Lake Erie down the Lake Shore II,
Buffalo, from Buffalo t. emporium, fro,l
emporium 10 Rencva. akOut seven "a,
eight hundred miles, did not see an
apple, pear or plum ard L0t i've pcacLe.
on one tree in kencva. a little towl in
mountain canon, on the west bank OF
the SusQuehanna. | passed hundreds
oI nne apple orchards on the Juniatta
Allegany, and along the late to Buffalo,
and this side OF i. in the farming. level
land, and not one apple, but from .
small distance above Harri sbulg 9rd
this side. there is light crop Of apples
but no peaches. OF course, peaches are
shipped from New York City to tLr
nortuwestern towns in New York, and
from Philadelphil and B4ltimore Ia
western towns in P-nnsyiv mia. Pitts.
burg is heavily Supplied from Baltimore.
but down through tue middle and lo77cr
Ohio TO Cincinatti they have no peaches.
| and there ls a great market, Tor apy
country used to growing and eatinr
peaches, use more peaches than a count
" that never raises them. There i r
failure Of the crop in Ohio this year.lnd
the failure of other fruit crops in SOM
sections will cause heavy demand for
peaches, il reaches are picked ana
shipped in good order.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Jnlv 5th 1873