The daily gazette., 1881-02-11

er than the atmosphere which sur
rounds it. IL will be seen that the
danger to which the fruit growers as.
sert that this Arctic Winter has sub
jected the peach crop Is not at all Chi
merical. There is great danger not
only that the crop that should be
produced next season will prove fail
ure, but that the damage which such
o season will do to the embryo fruit
will extend to the trees themselves.
and almost destroy the orchards.
The Winter of is 81 was something
like the present. Throughout Della
ware there was good sleighing from
Jan. l until late in March, and the
roads IN many places were impsssa-
BILE: Through st. Georges, Red Lior,
and other towns which had become
calculated for the quantity and quail
ty oftheir peaches, the snow lay 80
deep on the public highways that fer
miles passageway was cut through
the snow at public expense, and the
Delaware river was frozen over at
New Castle so firmly that some ven
'uresome persons are reported 10 have
crossed over on the ice to Now JERSEY.
This cold Winter was not only fol-
lowed by an almost total failure in the
crep in 1857, but peaches became SO
scarce during the following year and
until 1858, that not unfrequently the
entire product of a growers orchard
netted him upward of $3.50 per bask-
ct. Further, ii 10 said that one fortu-
nate grower Mr.. Reybold, who own
ed peach orchard in MARYLAND.
which seemed to have escaped de,
struction, netted upward of $40 600
from about 25, 900 baskets.
TIE Opinion was very d reyaIent abo,
1901 that peaches would not gro w n CIV
en- section thecJun,ry very many va ra
succession, because of q peach nos. N
winch the growing trees were suI,posed
= give OIL, which Affected the air of the
peach growing country for mapy wears.
90 nfmly convinced were many growars
OF tLls that thes failed 90 plant naw or.
chards, and neglected to care for The aid
oues. Inc Iacts OF the Case, however,
arc apparent 10 all whose Interest NAV
have been directed at that time To nsac1,
culture, and whose memory serves them
wen, mat before 1867, for many wear.
peacnes were very abundaL & in, Ihe
n marke during the seasons, andtbe Nsw
Jersey growers where peaches were yerv
lfxeiy grown prior 70 this Ire, vera |
content very often TO take Is TO 20 cams = |
per basket for very nice fruit. A story |
= = related OF Mayor Philip Rey bold. of |
oeaWare CITY, person histor cal in |
.nuas OF peaeh culture, that ons day,
when he arrived Ia New York with q
team boat load of peaches Of the fnest
luailty, which be had especially selso.s
"a 10 tempt the markets with. he vase
iisgusted with the best offer he could
set Tor tbem-whtch was not more than |
10 or ~ cents per baskst-tbat he |
'teamed back to Delaware and smptted
ne peaches into the ocean on his way-
AFTER 1907, until the close OF the war. IL
vas poor peach that would not sell for
lpwards OF dollar q basket
ThoughtfuI men are now beginning tn
MN MINK perhaps 1t was the cold weather OF
oof which brought disease into so
lany peach orchards during 1857, 1858
ooS ana 1860, and i'm pressed so mani
rowers with the belief that an atmos-
mere poisoned with an unknown gas
Aused the disease known as the l"ysI-
,wS. IL ls true that in the extreme
orth western part of this State, along
10 10 Iake, where the Thermometer never
us during the Winter, at some time or
Iher, TO fall below euro, peach crops are
'metimea gathered; but natures ways
ahnot he oomprehended, and a much ,
'wer temperature may be required at
ockport TO Kill the peach tree than at
lluuletoWn Ia Delaware. However a
ealthy peach tree at Lockport that has
ready produced fruit Is an exception,
40 all attempts TO grow peaches at a
font where The winters are Invariably
sry cold have failed, After an unu.
liy cold winter the orchards BECOME
eeased and useless. 1t Is not altoReth-
unreasonable TO anticipate that the
op OF peaches will be ligat one. and
at tho trees have been so much lniur-
by the cold that it will be several
'ars before the effect will be lost sight
But peach culture during the lpast
or 10 years has been carried TO SO n
eat an extent that no such serious sf-
ct as followed the colu winter of 1857 :
ay be exps oted. While the cold
sather has 30 bad an effect on the tree
ITS, II does not ipjnre the the small
hts. hard winter with plenty Of
ow Is very apt to be followed by a
lson with an abundance of strawber-
=, rasphefrles, and blackberries.