Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-08
THE PEACH CROP.
About Z, ,OOO, 900 Of Baskets IN
pected - Where They Will
Come From Interesting Com.
pllatiOn Of Eatimates.

MipprKrowS, DsL July 7.--Middle.
town will this year resume her old place
"a the peach emporium oi the peninsula,
and the farmers are eagerly watching
for the ripnnina harvest oi luscious ttuit.
A careful survey oi the poach'growinR
seuiipns, aud information obtained from
various sources, has resulted IN u Calcu
laiion that alnut 1000 NO ui baskets of
pcachrs will be- shipped from the various
points oi shipment on tho peninsula,
The following estimate will show wherr
the poachcs are expected 10 come from
From Mildletown, W5,WDO, from Atm.
strong's station, 5000; from Townsend
iincluding shipments over Kent and
Queen Anne's rsilruad), 9bO,0W, from
Clayton, 2sO,W0, from Delaware and
chesapeake railroad, 40 go; from Kent
county railroad, 10000; from Dovcr,
lb0,OO; from Wyoming, l0O,0O, from
Morton. 1000; from Rreniord, m,OD.
irom Woodsido, ii,O0O; from Cantor-
bury, 2h,OOJ; from FELTON,, 2O,0Oo; & IN
Harrington, $1,000; from Farnington.
$1,000; from Greenwood, 5000 from
l'clyillo. ,5,OOJ irom Scaforl, iOO,W0;
itom Laurel, 600 600; from Eastern
shore railroad. lOO, NO. Total Delaware
rallIoad, 2,5si ,1OO baskets.
In addition to this the Junction and
ircak water railroad has made M esti.
mate that along tho line III their road
they will gather about ~. 900 bast eta ior
shipment IN New York. aud that about
3,hOO baskets will come north aud be
sent To market by way oi the Delaware
ruad aud lts connections.
The water shipment estimates are
always lcas certain than the others, hut
last years calculation ui OODW0 baskets
~ baltimore was within ioWO baskets
al the actual number shipped Thus
year the mOsl reliable information whb u
can bc depended upon with equal con
iiicuro IA that oi last YEAR lnHtilics the
following calculation Secretary Crwk
sc'tion, Denton. -. 900, Choptank river,
$500. Chester aud SassaIIas rivers,
Ao.O0l Buck creek, 2S,0OO q, \ Steam.
boat Company, lbOOO; other routes,
ih,WO, total, Osd, 900 baskets.
The estimate that there will he 30, ,Ooo
baskets shipped hy water 10 Philadcl
phla il one which depends upon ciIcum.
stances inr Iis vrritiratioh, II FhlladCl.
phla h u rd1r market, very little iIuit
will go there hy lnat, ~ II viii hr sent
Ia more favorable markets hy rail, hut
VI the 2,D,oO baskets do not reach mar
kct that way they will hy the Delaware
railroad. and must he counted ~ the ~
innate lnr the crop. The IccNpi pitulalion
ior the ontllo crop expected IL ho
shipped IL ~ follows: Nv Delaware rail
road, ",bSl ,hO0, hy wafer a. Baltimore,
1000. hy water tn Philadelphia, 40
Hp0, by water IL Newport, 10000, total
shipmcnt. 3.622, 500 baskets.
Tho orchard shipments last year wcr"
3,is0, ,0n baskets, ~ that II viii he seen
that the ,rop THIS year P,oinlscs To bc
quite IA large nm tint 81 last year. u ~
safe H. estimate the homc consumption
ut $1,000 baskets. which would put the
ntiIc crop estimate ut about i,WmON
ul baskets, and II the fruit will hc as ~.
muncraliyo psi wss lasl year, the pen.
iusulu viii bn over $1,000, ,Oom richer by
the CIup,