Daily Republican., 1882-07-20
THE PEACH CROP OF 1882.
Five million Baskets of Peaches
ON the Pen1nsuIa-Preparas1On
60 Ship Ghom-The Berry Crop.

20 Ship Ghom-The Berry Crop.
Coleman of the; Philadelphia Ledger
was in Wilmington yesterday, and here
is what he writes to his paper about the
peach crop Of 1882
There is no doubt at the present time
as to the large peach crop in Delaware
and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
and extensive preparations are being
made by Mr.. Isaac N. Mills, the
Superintendent of the Delaware Rail.
road Company, for getting the peaches
to market as they ripen.
It is estimated that there are in the
peach growing section in these two
States at least 100000 of trees, and
that the average yield will be about
one basket to the tree. or course, there
can be gathered from some trees as
high as ten baskets, but when the non
bearing trees, as we'll as those not yet
large enough to gather peaches from
are considered, one basket to each tree
is fair average.
In 1875, the peaches shipped Oh the
Delaware Delaware Railroad amounted
to d. 300, 900 baskets. the greatest mum
ber of baskets ever shipped since the
growing of peach trees has become one
of the great features of the peninsula.
This was estimated at about 20 per
cent. of the entire production, the
other portion being shipped by water
or sold to evaperators or canneries.
While the crop this year may be nearly
equal to that Of 1875, 1t is not thought
that the shipments by rail will exceed
3, ,OOO, 600 baskets, because the great
number of canneries and evaporating
establishments which have started since
that time at almost every principal
shipping station will, 1t is said, absorb
large amount of the crop. Already
the peaches in some Of the orchards
have been sold at 40 to 30 cents per
basket delivered at the cannerles OF
evaoor ators. Mr.. Mills has, after cor
respondence with peach growers, made
the following estimate OF the crop
along the line Of the several railroads.
New Castle County, Del, from Kirk
wood to Green Spring, both inclusive,
76O, 900 baskets.
Kent county, Del, from Clayton to
Harrington, /, 300, 900 baskets.
Sussex county, DEL, from Farming
ton to DeImar, 400, 900. :.
Queen Anne county, Md, Including
a portion of Kent county, and covered
bv Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad,
275, 900 baskets.
Kent county, Md, on the line of the
Kent County Railroad, 461 900 baskets
Caroline and Talbot counties, aiohR
the line of the Delaware aud Chesa
peake Railroad, 293, 900 baskets.
Lower end OF Caroline county, cover
ed by Dorchester and Delaware Rall'
road, 13O, 900 baskets.
Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester
counties, along the Eastern Shore Rail
road, "a 600 baskets.
The peaches SHIPPED at the present
time are early varieties, that are gath.
cred at points below Bridgeville, just
above Delmar, and are known as the
Beatrice, Amsden, June, and one or
two others not 80 we'll known. These
require about four cars daily, each car
holding $50 baskets The Troth Whlch
ripen about the first of August, are
ySry abundant, and as soon as the
picking of this variety commences,
| from 90 to 100 cars day will be neces.
aary. according to the weather. The
Troths will be followed by the Old
Nixon and Moore's, and then tie
season may be considered at its height
demanding all the cars that can DC
moved. At times twenty trains
of twenty-five cars each are run daily.
Most of these trains will run to D Jersey
City and Philadelphia, and at those
points the peaches will be sent by the
Pennsylvania Railroad to the interior
of Pennsylvania and the West, as well
as the points East, reached by their
connections. The Baltimore q Ohio
Road, the Philadelphia Il Reading,
have also prepared to deliver peaches
all along their lines. The prospect
is, therefore, that all the large cities
within 100 miles of Delaware will re-
ceive good supplies of fine Delaware
peaches at reasonable prices.
The Delaware Railroad has been kept
quite busy ever since the berry crop
commenced to ripen, the people OF Del
aware and in the lower counties OF the
Eastern Shore OF Maryland being fully
awake now to the Importance OF the
berry crop.
The strawberry crop was unusually
large, III three days at the height OF the
season over 300 car loads having been
sent over the Delaware road east. Six
ty car loads of blackberries are now
being shipped daily, and this will be
CONT nued until the heavy shipments Of
peaches commence. NAMELoC'