Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-03-18

has been oown amongst tba naach GROW
era aui from Middletown he writss rs
follows under date of March 18th.
Az fhpr.l. considerahl. spacuIation
and r.umeut Az to nrospfcts of the
peach ,T,p the coming sea.on. a brief
state prpI in reierel,re to the commence
men, + MS business. which has done
SON. Ia s,- uarp,us If Delaware. will
not IT, m.,.. pw,,br, have been
CrowJ -np mack ot lard extending
nom lark mad Clu.tIaua ivers ON
the north, ard t,,,ave CHARLES ON the
soul. tv.-,.Drp i-s Hr-f .4.tlrment.
but or Arl. .,-rn.4..gl and. uutii
uilgir -.y .a,I arrv wars. always grew
uaurs.N.. hat IL. irgr.- .-rlwn rom the
se4.l Tine slru.r, tom gtti,at time
was dried or malz INFO pparL randy.
excspt where orchard, ,gare near water
course, lNa, Afforded tar, irip- tor shin
mem to pn,ladeInlia m HaIr,mnra
This wa, Ma stata ut tho nnsiness nm.
iii about 1880 10 1885. when Ridgeway
& Reeve, and PMllp HpylnId and his
SOM nj ,nted What we're tbpn evtapsi1 "a
orchards of hudded peach trees, in the
neighporhood Of Delaware City, Soon
these orchards became VERY profitable
philade,phta and New York ohtaining
almost ali their peaches from there or.
chards. The cnItnre of the treas ex-
tended along the line Of the delaware
and Chesapeake canal and alone the
Bay shore to the month of Dnrl or
Smyrna and other creeks in that nor
tion of the State. and in the naiobbo,.
hood OF Dover, Among the nioneers
in this exhaustion in the numher nf or
chards were EIda1 Lore Dr Gaorge
Uhler. of philade]nbia WIN polk :
Spearman and Henry Todd. the last
named gentleman heinc .,iIl a,;va Ru
1850 the orchards in the immediate
neighborhood of Delaware Citv w4re
nearly all gone. bur the culture had
vastly Increased along the ADpoouini-
mink and Duck creeks. in Cecil comfy.
Nd, along the Elk and Sassafras rivers
the Reynolds and others had transferred
their plants
Joshua B, Fenimcre. who came here
from New Jersey, also did much in
s s.,u ui".'nx .ue business. me 1iaue %
thar,' ptol .ea,1, uno, 'noun AZ 'lnes
" was, as u.inuuisy Al se!Vins 'ne ifol'
W III Market IN eoou cohdlFlon. :,
-oah 10 of 'onl y, 1ne Dela"are hall-
80 an ioo.' ieu W .llo P.ailsins vi Or
tho "as away '.on 'ne eiual s'reanls
suoush az nisI Is'pel % u'iousiy, as IL
t, nI ~, 'noasn' AZ 'nae ,ilne .hat the
nnrS;,,'',, =, w sU' ~ 1 al So
aS T., WV b 80 90" . NV p,opea.s , t
". AZ su'l' INV however, Vie cars
go 'pio'e"' "n" 'uo sio"ois eAoi-
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fpS:I'' Gnu ~" itui' ,"itVoe ~
pln"' NO" 10TH anu "'her CIV
.oo 49, nooiiy 90 soou conuiIioh as 1Lat
0A Al, ~ s,o ""'e d. ,;.o 80 a., o,
t;.,lo, A. ~ W "''0 i'r", va
eh',' AAo"A VIZ 'f'n", uomh' La o
t.aaa -; u a1s NON io'ooo " fo'oUo
Sbal'a 80 snei LII "o NC: pian'ou Uy .. T.
80 u, A. rus, D. = S'ch-
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tbo .'ia.: w .ny yo"in, So'
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