Daily Republican., 1880-08-10
PEACHD0M PAkAGRArHED.
Dashes Hero and These In the Del.
aware Pescn Orchards.


Among the industries carried on at
smyrna is that Of the manufacture of
peach baskets. The factory is fur
nished with the trunks Of trees sawed
into blocks Is inches long by two feet
in thickness. These are delivered at
81 per cord. A single cord will turn
out 5000 baskets. After the basket
stuff is prepared by machinery an ex-
pert will put basket together in two
minutes. The factory is turning out
about 1000 per day, which sell for s7
per hundred.
J. J. Rosa is an extensive peach dryer
in Milford. His evaporator has been
running two weeks. Sixty hands are
employed. He has dried 4, GOO pounds
of the finest peaches in the State.
When he has exhausted 1900 baskets
which he has Just bought he will buy
around Middletown and ship to his es-
Establishment by car loads. When the
peaches give out he will 60 north and
evaporate apples.
l J. W. Cuykendall's three evaporators
at Milford are kept busy night and day,
employing some 60 hands. On Friday
he received car load of peaches from
Townsend, and will continue to buy
north Of Milford in addition to what
can be obtained in that vicinity.
The Dover canning and drying
houses commenced operation last week.
Richardson & Robbins employ about
200 hands. They are using 1900 bas-
kets of peaches per day. J. M. Cham
bers employs rs to 100 hands and uses
400 to 600 baskets per day. The drying
factory above the depot is run by W. r.
Mckee, and employs about rs hands,
using about 400 baskets per day. VIM.
Walker Is employing 40 to so hands.
and using 200 baskets or more q day.
Shipments from Middletown by car
loads this week have been as follows:
Saturday of last week, 6; Monday, 6;
Tuesday, 6; Wednesday, 8; Thursday,
ID; Friday, II; previous shipments, 10
Total 76. The latest reports state that
there is no market for small fruit in
New York. Good red is quoted at 65
cents and extra yellow fruit at 81 to
$3.50. M .E t8 81
Camp j. Blair Of Milford dry peaches
by steam. They commenced operations
last Wednesday with so hands. They
have just bought an orchard which will
yield 5000 baskets Of fine fruit.
The drying house at Wyoming was
put in operation yesterday. Mr.. Marsh
has retired, and Mr.. Brown has Thos.
P. Hanson and son associated with him
this season. g...
Ex-Governor Cochran thinks that at
the End of the season Middletown alone
will have shipped $4,000 baskets.
DR.. c. Il. B. Massey is building q
large fruit dryer, at Masseys Station,
Kent county, Md. in which three evap-
orators will be placed. A large cannery
is also being built, to be run by VIM.
Massey and q gentleman from Balti-
more. The two establishments will
give employment to nearly $50 hands,
Peaches sold at Newark are rather
below the ordinary grade. The best
fruit is usually taken to Wilmington
where it brings even lower prices than
il sold in Newark.
The Kent iron and hardware COM
pany of this city are introducing .
peach parer in the canning establish
ment, which is in great demand.
The MiddletoWn fruit evapsrators
are nearly ready for bus'sess. Both
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Sellers expect to
commence operations this week.
The shipments Of peaches FROM
Greenwood are larger than expected,
and have brought good prices.
Hazel & Pennewell Of Dover are turn
ing out 1900 to 1900 peach baskets per
day.
About ten car loads Of peaches per
day are shipped from Dover.
Peaches were shipped in large guam
titles from Sussex last week.