Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-13
Tho Peach Trad o.

WILMINGTON, DEL, August Is.
Our Philadelphia correspondents report more
fully by letter the market in that city yesterday
They say /: I" The supply, to-day is light, with
M active Market though we are unable to OBJ.
lain high prices. Very little fruit reached the
highest quotation In our telegram, but the pri seH
could be easily had, II we could get larger fruit
The arrivals Of Troths, this far, have been sound
and well colored but the small size affects the
sales unfayorably. The quantity Of fruit on the
trees il doubtless the cause of this. The want
Of this market is good fruit-jnst the same quail
IT. AZ the last sent to New York. We can do just
NJ well with it as the commission men OF that
,ay." Pa
H. b. Taggart announces elsewhere in the
COMMERCIAL, to-day, that daily line Of steam
ols, including tho Ldnlokin and Aroma Mills,
las been established between Lelpsc and Phila-
dephia, for the transportation Of fruit. The
freight charges arc z cents for baskets, and IL
rents for crates. The boats leave Leipsic at T.
f. NJ, and deliver their fruit in Philsdelphia
between and the next morning.
The Baltimore Market yesterday, received
from $4,000 to 1900 boxes by tho various
steamboat lines, and large portion again went
West, twenty-four car-loads being forwarded by
tho B. & o. r. r. Troths sold at from 40 to 10
cents per box. Yorks and few Old Mixons at
from IL to $l.50, being fancy figures. Troths in
baskets brought from 16 to 25 cents. Commits
rion men state that growers are coming out
without loss this week, and next week, when che
packers will bring 100 more buyers in the mar
ket, higher prices are expected for the choice
varieties.
The receipts by Lewes steamer in New York,
Yesterday, were $500 crates. Basket fruit was
small in size and sold slowly at the close. Yellow
fruit was more abundant. choice Crawfords sold
athigh prices, $3 to 55 per crate. Rain again in
terrnpted an important portion OF the days bus
mess, and sent large part of the supplies to
Eastern cities and other points, few going to
Montreal. The total of receipts for the day is
not large one. New York is equal to an easy
outlet for 150 carloads when fruit is at all at
tractve and times are fair. There will probably
lie received many small peaches this season ow-
.ng to the close growth on the trees. Prices
ranged about as high al for the previous day,
but the bulk OF the sales were lower, 81 being
pretty steadily reported price for good lines of
lroths IN crates. GJ
The shipments, yesterday, were the largest OF
the season. and q creator number OF cars were
sent to markets other than New York and Phila-
delpha than on any previous day. On Monday
next, it is expected that the general shipment
to all points will begin, advices from Boston and
other places reporting it safe to do 30. Peaches
which had been sent to Boston from New York
on the 1th found ready sale at from %. 80 to
si.5O por crate. Next week it is also expected
that there will be at least dozen extra peach
trains running. For the present there are but
five, exclusive of the fast freight, which also
conveys peach cars.
The following is yesterday summary of ship