Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1879-07-03
THE R1PENING PEACHES.
What Delicious Fruit Della
ware Hopes to Send to Less
Favored Sections.

What Delicious Fruit Della
ware Hopes to Send to Less
Favored Sections.
From the New York World.
The correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Times, writing from Middle
town, Del, says that what he grow
ers term the ''June fall" is now TAX
ing Place in the peach orchards.
Some half dozen years ago or less
the section of country about here was
the great peach-producing section OF
the peninsula, and in 1875 more than
enough fruit was shipped from this
station alone to supply the entire
Philadelphia market, requiring in its
transportation two daily trains of
twenty and thirty cars each. That
was the most prolific year ever known
in the history ot peach culture in this
country, more han 5000, 00O Of bas-
kcts being marketed from Delaware
and the Eastern Shore, of which
ESQ, 900 were sent from Eiiddletown.
The great peach region has moved
south. as it once moved South from
Delaware City to Middletown. This
gradual change III the soil where
peach trees have been grown for Il
long time, and its becoming unit TO
mature the fruit, is leading 10 the
serious inquiry whether eventually
the time will not come when all Of
the country between the Delaware
and Chesapeake--as has the land
about Delaware City, where the peach
was first grown IN quantities on the
peninsula, and that about MlddletOwn
seems to be--will so change that the
merry crack of the peach wagon dri-
ver's whip will no longer be heard.
The rot, which so frightened the folk
depending upon fall crop, was very
damaging to the young fruit here,
and the hundreds of thousands OF
trees in New Castle county will scarce
ly bear any proportion of the crop
The fruit will not ripen this season
SO soon by at least week as usual,
and we are not likely to have the
Halcs, which are the finest extensive
variety shipped, before the end Of the
first week i'll August, although a few
premature peaches may be shipped
before then--by perhaps ten days. As
a general thing the hales are the most
renunerativc variety if they do not
rot on the trees or on the way to
market as they are apt to do. They
are excellently favored. When the
Ha,eS are gone there IS q variety
known as the "Iroths," which are
frmer than the Halcs. They will
ship well and keep firm, which rem
dcrs them valuable for supplying dis
tant markets. Early Yorks, which
follow the Iroths in natural order,
are the mos. luscious in flavor of any
peach grown, and are always in lar
ger demand as a fresh eating peach.
They will ripen this season about Au-
gust 20 and be in the market :, for
about five days. The large yellow
peaches, Juicy and toothsome, with
a rich flavor, follows the York. This
yellow fruit is known by many names,
but will be best recognized as the
Darby Crawfords. They are highly
priced in the cities for canning pur-
poses aud generally remunerate the
growers handsomely. Along with
these come the Susquehanna and
Reeves, large, handsome. round, i'll
fact the largest and probably the best
peaches to be found. They are all
otfshoots of the old Malaccatoon
fruit. After them are the Old-MiXon
aud tue Lump of the World, which
ripan about the first OF September.
When the later varieties have all been
shipped, and the shipments then are
the heaviest of the season, there is
usually halt, when the yellow fruit,
the Crawfords, Gate and other fruit
like it comes on, and then the hard,
dry canning peaches, the Shock and
the red rare ripes, until the season
closes up with The few white peaches
about October /. At the end of the
season the Heaths, a splendid white
canning peach, ripen and always
command II good ptice, for they are
firm and have clear, white appear
ance and good flavor. The yield
promises to approach even the large
crop OF 1878. With from $500, 600
to 5000 baskets everybody will
get 600! peaches at moderate prices
aui the growers will be well paid for
their produce. The fruit will be
shipped this season by extra express
trains through to Boston and the
most complete arrangements are be-
ing made by the railroad company to
have it sent through on passenger
schedule to the Western cities.