New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-29
HUDSON RIVER FRUITS.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN TUE PEACH sEcTIoN-YrELD or
OTHER FRUITS,

GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE PEACH sECTloN-YIELD OF
OTHER FRUITS.
KINGSTON, n. Y, Aug. 2S.-The neacb
growers IN the southern river towns OF county are
In high gee the prospect presented by their
se orchards Even the reports Of plenty which come
from the Pacific slope and other less remote peach
ons occasion no alarm They realize fact that such
NUT cannot be placed in these Eastern markets in a
saable condition. at least with the ordinary appi
ances OF transportation Hence they have little fear nj
any such competition this season.
While the yield here viii fall much below a full cron
many OF the orchards are still bending beneath hand
some and luscious rutage and the aggregate il likely N
SNOW me return The late dry weather hss
caused the fruit to drop prematurely esnec,lj,
on upland locations And so far +bis FRI,
has constituted the bulk OF the shipments from bore al
unrfpe wilted srveed skins covering little else beside
the stone and seed The fact that such fruit was
before considered marketable here is of no account o
AS shTewd leading grower remarked 10 me this morn
ing Why bless you, sir, do you suppose we arc oInc
70 e ese wnd ais rot IN our orchards when they bring
WeeR or Two pastl Unit TO eati Aye we don't think
and wen take ii every time NsSYoFk st an a3nt;
@ we con- have to digest the stuff and that mat
ter hey eat many worse thing that and cali ~
g0Sdi too" Have you no ripe peaches yet" asked.
nelghbors have few OF the early binds and tbin{
% lew 80 na 9 crates Of these have been sent
90 rset rTon our section But the quality las been
W s harly sorts never to do Wen here and
nnaho pSS ht 20 gt0w Inem In fact far been
wren IL could De well Tpened here. But my dear fellow
q " % late 4
we don't show you something that viii make YOUR a
Shsense so The %cTd on 9Syy s~ that's
peaches down IN Marlborough, do But youi b0va
get from IS SO per for What we cali to
ana into N MIL De along to the latter end of September
o oaI every day who are begging product
after after the blossom was on But VIZ 70 run
ntte excited now ourselves, and if there is 81 mneh
most of IT, Land knows we work hard enon ,S s the
NO more time to talk now Come and see us I'M epten,
Some sair fruit wiz be shipped from this section ts
would have Ia I during the past two three weeks
1fGards IN Marlborough, Milton, Patteki atintown
@ p refused $1,000 for their peach crop N"'o
though every gp%n 70 so large an extent here, al
nsvlag rs high as 200 varieties The cron is
ane Bartlett is the main sort and they are deyeapp
go forward during t fhe 6alk Of these viii
I rss 1ney have been selling for 81 and So
few Years ago tns was or no profit 10 the grower
capPs FSyCrte Bearre Bose Beu Gr,e dAb few
much Dros herr Is not usually attended with
peaches would favor better prce scarcity Of
pears ~ least Tue trees making vigorous Srot
proper Tune iSr picking pears understood by
acte in a1a ners 16 no other fruit that is so largely
s anu sn9seqaens method OF rpenng as the pear II AZ
worthless while II picked too the fruit viii slriv1
Hence Il Is that any TpS Maen Judgment is eqed
in quality. ' - iouno 80 variable
.ns aionS Tue Whole river section I'm reality
1 ue ths season. and the crop viii he small Ver1
so oeonasds show anything like fair fruitage and
% arc barren The trees blosscmcd abnndantiy and
LII SCI wcii but the curcuo aud other uniayorabe
as drought most OF the 10 the ground WEEKS
xnnle an very small percentage is lett to ripen
pecay IL, See e yy sa9 e for tae on
s Aoraensn have been freely offered for many days
s s NOV she supply Is being continued by Summer
nv i1s uanens Blush and strawberry Prices rna
FMS .aere Is no such prospect for winter fruit
The ra can DC readily and viii be, held for price
ss stare product OF this river valley viii Ia i'm,
asnse-not 80 great perhaps as at rst prsic ss hr