Smyrna times., 1880-05-12

PEACHEs.-U10t the Prospects for crop are in the
Eastern Short Of Maryland aud IN D6ldWdrc.-A cores
pOndent of the New York Times has been invcstiga-
ting the prospect of the coming peach crops and for
that purpose he has been far South North Caro-
ma He lnds that there Will be about an average
crop South of the Chesapeake. In regard to the
Eastern shore he says that there may be few peaches
grown on the heaviest or most clayey lands OF M0r-
CeStcr county but this yield will be confined prlcl-
pally to the lIae's Early and Crnwtords Late. In
Somerset and WicOmicO counties where the soil is
very sandy there will be peaches worth consider
ing produced this and the same may be said of
Dorchester county, cXceptin the extreme North along
the shores of the Chopank river In Caroline and
Talbot counties, through which the Maryland and
Delaware railroad passes, there will, i'll all probability
be few peaches, and i'll some sections Of these cOun
ties, where exposure to the North winds and the
heavy character of the soil conduccd to retarding ali
early blooming out of the orchards 1t is asserted that
there will be full crop. In Kent county along the
line of the Kent county railroad, fair average crop
is looked for; while i'll Queen Annes county many OF
the most experienced growers anticipate yield as
great or even greater than that ot 1919, whcL was
phenOminally large and Cecil county Will, IN all
probability produce more than an average crop.
Delaware will fall far below an average crop III her
peach product this season. In Sussex county, along
the lines Of railway operated by The Old dominion
steamship company, there VIII De an aIlosl totai
failure. Around Milford, one of the most important
peach producing sections reached by the lines of that
company it may as well be concluded that the peach
crop will prove an entire failure, save the Hales
! Early variety, for some uneXplanaDle cause the
indications point to pretty nearly full crop from the
trees of that variety. over on the main railroad the
prospect for any peaches from that portion OF the llnt
passing through Sussex county Is poor indeed Here
! is situated the Town of Bridgevll!e, around which
there have been grown for many years the finest anC
most desirable early peaches which reach our maIke
There will be but very few peaches shipped from tina
point this season. and many growers expect an entlr
| failure. Nor will there DC any peaches worthy o
! consideration i'll the lower portion of Kent county
| Pennington and Harrington, both famous for th
excellence and quantity OF their fruit will be unim
pOrant peach shipping points this year. But a
Wyoming and around Dover there is still pr0spec
of more than half crop of peaches. Nor is IN
probable yielding confined, in the sections below
to two varieties, but all varieties give proms
of yielding a fair crop to the grower AMI this may b
said of all the upper parts of Kent and New Castl
counties, although many of the most intelligent grow
ers around MiddctOwh express their doubts aboU
there being many peaches grown neGr that place
This is an important shipping point, ana should thes
doubts prove to be well founded, it Will very mater
ally lessen the peach crop Of the season. About min
miles Northwest of MiddetOwn, over on Black rive
near Bohemia Manor il is said that there will be tn
heaviest crop OF peaches this season ever produce
there.