Daily Republican., 1880-04-30
THIRD EDITION.
PEACHES.
what the Prospects for . crop are
In the Eastern shore OF mary
land and I'm Delaware.

what tine Prospects for . crop are
in the Eastern shore OF mary
land and I'm Delaware.
A correspondence Of the New York
"Times" has been investigating the
prospects Of the coming peach crops
and for that purpose he has been % faI
South a. North Carolina. He finds
that there will be about an average
crop south Of the Chesapeake. In 70.
gard TO the Eastern shore he says In
to-day's issue Of the Times" that there
may be few peaches grown on the
heaviest or most clayey lands Of Wor.
oester County, but this yield will be
confined principally TO the Hale's Early
and Crawford's Late. In Somerset and
Wioomico Counties, where the soil Ia
very sandy, there will be no peaches
worth considering produced this season
and the same may be said Of Dorchester
County, except in the extreme north,
along the shores of the Chop
tank river. In Caroline and Tai
bot Counties, through which the Mary.
land and Delaware railroad passes,
there will, in all probability, be few
peaches, and in some sections of these
counties, where exposure to the north
winds and the heavy character Of the
soil conduced to retarding an early
blooming out Of the orch ards, 1t is as
serted that there will be a full crop. In
Kent County along the line Of the Kent
County railroad, fair average crop is
looked for;while in Qaeen Anne County
many Of the most experienced growers
anticipate a yield as great, or even
greater, than tina. Of 1875, which was
phenominally large ; and Cecil County
will, in all probability, produce more
than an average crop.
Delaware will fall far below an aver
age crop in her peach product this sea-
son. In Sussex County, along the lines
of railway operated by the Old Domi-
nion Steamship Company, there will
be an almost total failure. Around
Milford, one Of the most important
peach producing sections reached by
the lines of that company, il may as
we'll be concluded that the peach crop
will prove an entire failure, save the
Hals's Early variety, as for some IN
cause the indications point
to pretty nearly a full crop from the
trees Of that variety. Over on the
main railroad, the prospect for any
peaches from that portion Of the line
passing through Sussex County is poor
indeed. Here is situated the Town OF
Bridgsville, around which there have
been grown for many years the finest
and most desirable early peaches which
reach our market. There will be but
very few peaches shipped from that
point this season, and many growers sx-
pect an entire failure. Nor will there
be any peaches worthy Of consideration
in the lower portion OF Kent County.
Pennington and Harrington, both famous
for the excellence and quantity Of their
fruit, will be unimportant peach ship
ping points this year But at Wyom.
ing and around Dover there is still al
prospect of more than half crop of
peaches. Nor is the probable yielding
as ip tho sectioLs below, to
one or two varieties, but all varieties
give promise Of yielding fair crop to|
The grower, and this may be said of all
the upper parts of Kent and New Castle
although many of the most
growers around Middletown
avnrasu thar Il nuh obn,,f tharn bai nv
many peaches grown near that place.
This is an important shipping point,
and should these doubts prove to be
well founded, it will very materially
lessen the estimated peach crop Of the
season. About nine miles north west
of Middletown, over on Black River,
near Bohemia Manor, 1t is said that
there will be the heaviest crop of
peaches this season ever produced there.