Milford chronicle., 1883-08-01
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The prospect for a splendid yield
in almost every kind Of fruit and
field crop. at the commencement of
this season. has been paraaeled in
no previous season, in our remem-
brance. Wheat withstood the VIM
ter in unusual good form, and the
season proved cold, but seasonable
so far as the rainfall was concerned
I'm to the first Of May, when q
DROUGHT of five weeks duration set
in. This cut off the strawberry crop,
at least one-half, and growers, who
had heretofore cleared from S75 to
500 per acre, were not able to get
more than S25 from an acre. The
raspberry crop made ample atone
ment for the short strawberry sea-
son. They yielded large, finely II
pened berries that so!dlin bulk to our
canneries at nine cents per quart,
with demand in excess Of the sup
plv. Growers are reticent about
their profits ON this crop, as they
fear by making it public it will in
duce extensive competition. Cher
ries have been unusually plentiful,
and the price has been comparative
lv low: ranging from four to eight
cents per quart in this market. But
Mt these figures a halfgrown cherry
tree will pay about two,and-a-halfI
dollars. and when it is considered
that cherry trees can be planted in
lanes and other waste places, they
represent clean profit to the grower.
Blackberries have not been culti-
waited as extensively in the vicinity
of Milford for the past four years as
they were previous to that time; but
those who were fortunate enough to
have large patches this season nave
done exceedingly well with them, as
the local demand at the canneries
has kept the prices up. The whor-
tleberrv crop is very abundant and
the canneries are packing tremend-
Gus quantities. The prices paid for
them range from forty to fifty cents
Der bucket. according to the quality.
II is superauous for rs to mention
the peach yield, especially rs 1t can
only be based upon conjecture, but
from the best authority we can find,
the crop will be equal to, or larger
than that Of last year. Delaware is
not a State that produces good win
ter apples: but for ea"'5- ""u Iniu-
enmnsa.- agpIes. she has no superior
T'6is year. the crop is about an aver
ace Weld, and the prices realized by
shipping to the city market have been
from fiftycents to one dollar-and-a-half
Der crate. The vegetable crop has
been very satisfactory to both grow
er and consumer Peas were well
grown, full pods, tender and yielded
well. Radishes, squashes, beans,
beats and onions find ready sale in
our markets at satisfactory prices.
Sweet potatoes are now one Of the
main exports of Delaware, and with
in a aradius Of ten miles may be found
some of the largest potato growers,
who have large houses especially
adapted for keeping the crop until
mid-winter. when the best prices are
realized. 1t is general expert
ence to have to replant about five
per cent. but this season the replant
did not amount to one per cent.
White potatoes will be very low in
price as the acreage is large and the
crop has been comparatively speak
inc. free from potato bugs. Cab
bage is unusually fine and commands
GOOD prices in our market. Prices
rance from four to ten cents per
head for very small cabbage. This
crop grows well in Delaware and we
cannot see why this State should
not supply the early market for the
cities around us, but the experiment
has never been tried.
Wheat is the main staff on Fhieh
our more wealthy farmers lean. The
belt of heavy black land which reach
es back about eight miles from the
bsv shore is the wheat land Of Del
aware. In this belt the farmers have
had yield, on anaverage, Of twenty
five bushels per acre. Mr.. Joseph
Draper Of Prime Hook Neck thrashed
Out about 800 bushels from sixty
six acres. an average ofoyer twenty
savcn bushels, Mr. Geo. IL. Draper
IA the same Neck had an average OIL
twentv-six. while others with smaller
fields and more manure report thirty
t;,.o snd f,rfv bushels to the acre. I
On the aplands the crop has not been
GOOD because Of the drought early +
ii the season. Mr. Thos 3. Coursey T
thinks that Gle yield is about three
quarters Of q fall crop.
Corn never looked better and the
prospective crop is large.