Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-09
A Fruit Exchange.


say at Wilmington, would prove of
great benefit to the fruit growers of the
State, especially 80 far as canned, evap-
GRATED and dried fruits are concerned,
but we doubt whether il would prove
No beneficial for the sale ofgrown fruit
that must be Immediately plucked and
hurried into the nearest and best mar
kets, before il would perish. However
the fruit canning and fruit driving ill.,
dustricS Ofthe peninsula, have attained
such proportions that an exchange
alone for the sale Of such fruit would
be no mean affair. II would not BE- sur
prising, il the time was near at hand
when more fruit will be dried, evapora-
TED and put up in cans than will be sent
green to market, and if an exchange
proves a success, as there is no good
reason why it should not, then the FIJI
tnre of the fruit industry may be said
10 have only commenced. Fruit cul-
turc on the peninsula is yet only in its
infancy comparatively, but it is being
developed year after year. Some of
the most successful and extensive fruit
growers on the peninsula, twenty years
ago smiled incredulouSly when some
person gifted with Il foresight took
in the advanced idea of the future peach
aud pear orchards and vineyards of
Delaware. Such persons are asron,hrd
at the rapid advance that has been
made, though they fell in With the adj
vance movement and were more or less
instrumental i'll turning the peninsula
into one vast fruit garden. There can
he no backward movement in the rails
ing of fruit in Delaware There may
he seasons when the crops may be short
but the culture of fruit has become "A
business, as much so and more than
the culture of corn and wheat. 1t must
grow i'll Importance Is the pcopl" be-
come more educated and enlightened
not only in regard to scientific horlicul-
ture, but in relation to the laws Of
health.
Fruit is becoming more and more ap-
preCiated as Il health food and is fast
taking the place of the old fashioned
hog and hoininy,' though the latter
if property prepared is also paIatablc.
but lacking in the essentials Of muscle
and nerve growth. We are looking for
The time to come, when fruit growers
will b" t" this peninsula what crap.
growing Is to France, and there is no
garden spot in tn" Union that is wrdyrd
~ completely in b"rw"cr thr grrt; fruit
markets Of the nation, rs i, this Sanlu
peninsula There is no place wh,r. Il
fruit exchange cou.d l." more prrttabIy
established than right her" in Whining
ton, which is the open gateway To- th"
whole peninsula, with Baltimore. Phi,
adelphia and New York al within ra,,
distance, to say nothing Of ~mlil,,
towns like Jersey City, 'N"w;rk, CAM
den, Rcadmg, Scranton, Lancaster,
and Chester, all within day, ride lv
railway. A fruit eNrnaugr wou.d u'
only b" II benefit TO thr grower, oftru!I.
but to buyers rs well. Il would Il"
the mart for purchaser is we'll Il, SELLER.
Fruit growers would NOT then BE- con-
PEELED to visit the large cities in search
# purchasers, sometimes with udilirr-
rnt results, and neither would dral,r,
in fruit berOmprl led 10 prramhulatcfh The
peninsula in search of fruit. The rX-
change would be the common meeting
place for all concerned in he trade We
hope III" bill proposed to be sent before
me legislature to incorporate Il fruit en-
change, may he well Formulated and
that it will meet with favor in thai
body and speedily enacted into law
II the fruit exchange is a. be put in op-
Grafton in time to control the fruit max
rr$ of nrHf summer, ihrr" will b" no
'nmc to lose. Strawberries III. tirSt
'ruir of The season, come to market
sometimes tie last Of May, and from
that tim" ru'i, the neXt New Years, the
fruit exchange, II a success, will h'
kept busy.