Smyrna times., 1882-08-30
Peach NOteS.


The heavy rain storm and high wind
of Sunday did not disturb the equanim-
ity of the peach growers as much as if
it had come a week sooner. The break
in the market, with returns that brought
some of them i'll debt, made them con-
tented with what would otherwise have
been considered Il hard providence.
Many thousand of old Mixon's were
sent to the ground to rot. But it was
the best way to dispose of the " Nixon
glut," and many laid abed and thanked
Providence for helping them out of the
difficulty. From quarter to a half Of
the ripe fruit was shaken off.
Monday morning it set in to rain
again, which was not so satisfactory.
The cold showers, however, did not
dampen the order of the pickers to any
great extent, for - car loads were
shipped from our station.
One man alone estimated his peaches
lost at 2000 baskets. A few ceased
picking entirely for two days for the
market to right up again.
The "bottom fell out" as it is term
ed, the middle of last week by the ex-
cessive quantity sent in, and some
think the season will be practically
over before high prices rule again.
The trees are yielding about one
quarter more than estimated, and are
fuller, some say, than in rs.
l. n. Mills, superintendent of the
railroad, estimates that 20 car loads arc
daily used in evaporating and canning
Baskets have been again advanced
and are now selling ut II cents. The
basket makers we suppose will advance
also, to keep the thing uniform.
The peaches are acting so irregularly
in ripening as to be source of per
plexity and loss more than ordinary
The varieties are continually crossing
instead of succeeding each other as eX
pected. This is attributed to tht
damaged condition of the wood, anC
presages early decay of the trees.
The New York Tribune of Sunda,
says never before was the fruit so plen
tiful-the city reveled in peaches ant
old dealers say they seldom ever say
anything like it before. The city peO
pie like for the bottom to fall out of tn
market.
In 1859 the largest number O
peach cars run each day was II
Now there are 16 peach trains each da
, of from % to 80 cars each.
A. l.. Hudson has not been able t
evaporate peaches but little for want G
J help, his immense peach crop in th
mean time claiming his attention. II
t got a short supply of help from tn
| city.
} Charles Jones on Monday picked i
> the orchard of Gideon Speakman IL
| baskets of peaches, commencing at
: o'clock in the morning and stopping 8
5 81 in the evening, taking an hour {
' noon-103 hours.
' On the same day, Jas. Collins, coloret
!. picked on the farm of b. +. G. ROtl
e well, 100 baskets of peaches in hour
/ picking from off the ladder.
r Alex. G.. Cummins is shipping I'll
n peaches from his orchard in White Ha
e Neck by barges attached to the Mud
r Kent.
n The old Nixon glut is over, this Vi
# riety being mainly now out of the wa,
d The cars are dropping off from belo
d and on the Delaware q Chesapeas
o railway, and prices are likely to a.
!. vance from this day on.
Is The largest variety, the "susqu
Ie hanna," are going in to-day. John
Ie Hoffecker, John f. GoldsbOrough al
d Joseph Lightcap have perhaps the be
1t colored. They fill up basket abo
20 as fast as Jenny Lind cantaloupes.
1r The number of cars loaded here {
Saturday were "a, Monday Is al
yesterday 25. They will decline fro
of this time.
as One of our large growers net retur
a for three cars shipped on Friday W
ar 80 cents, Just 10 cents o car.
as The great out cry has been for bf
e, kets. The first sent away have not /
IN turned and the supply is exauste
rp The commission men return them, b
le the railroad it is said, throw them
lis at New Castle, where the consignmer
ut of ten days are now laying in hea
lis and piles. When it suits the compal
~ to assort and reship to the proper 81
ed tions, IL may be too late for the Fl
lst mers. The farmers say the bask'
en- should make three trips during I
'er The shipment over the road vest