Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-11-15
THIS YEARS PEACH CROP
THE DEL1WdRE md MARYLAND
PENINSELI JRUDUCES
PROBABLY 5000, 900 BASKETS
EXJGT fETFRNS From MOST
UARRTfNG COMEANIES.


Ever siDce the close of the PeDinsular
peach season the JOURNAL has been
gathering data for All estimate of the
years. crop, aud below is given the result
of these efforts. The figures in the tabu-
lated statement were received in every
case, save that of the steamer Olive, and
the lines running from Dnok and ST.
Jones creeks, directly from the officers Of
the transportation lines. For oourtesies
| shown in this matter the JOURNAL is
| specially indebted to the authorities OF
| the Pennsylvania railroad, to General
| Freight Agent Brown of the Delaware,
Maryland Virginia rsilrosd, and to
Ulcers of various transportation com.
| panies on the Peninsula aid in Balti-
| more and Philadelphia.
ltis worth nntGiug that the standard car
load OF the Penn 5ylvauia company is
5000 pounds and 3 standard basket or
peaches is 80 pounds. Most peaches
shipped to baltimore go in what are
called "bOxes," which are large crates
holding iull bushel OF IS pounds, or
a trihe over two baskets OF peaches.
II is not pretended that the accom-.
panying table accounts foe the whole
produot OF Peninsular orchards or even
for the full quantity of peaches shipped
for sale. Thousands OF baskets Of
peaches are consumed by the growers
families, and sold in local markets, never
to be heard of by the statistician, while
there are few transportation lines that
have not reported to BvERY EVENING and
some perhaps that should have been esti-
mated. In the case of the Ericsson line
OF steamers plying between Philadelphia
and Baltimore via the Chesapeake & Della
ware canal, it was learned that no
peaches had been carried to Baltimore by
its boa's, but dispatch to
the company's office in Phila-
delphia asking whether the boats
had carried peaches to that city
remains unanswered. Inquiries of ship
ping companies at Smyrna and Dover
have brought no reply and there were
perhaps shipments from Mispillion creek
and other streams, by sail or steamboats,,
that should enter into the total. 1t will
be seen that boats plying between Penin.
sular points and Baltimore carried
1,475, 900 baskets to that city that the
p, W. & b. railroad, which includes its
various Peninsular feeders, carried
l,76S, ,333 baskets; that the Old Dominion
Steamship Company shipped from Lewes
1o6, 900 baskets !; and that various trans
portat'on lines on the Delaware river
carried about 100000 baskets. The
grand total by rail and water was
3,603, 765 baskets, distributed thus
Baskets
Maryland Steamboat Company from
Choptank river, taston, Oxford, Cam
bridge, Denton and intermediate
landings; Salisbury and Wicomico
1900 crates -........................ 10000
ssssafras River Steamboat Company,
running three boats, 5000 boxes;
SU,uUU packages twO-thirdg of
total in baskets 49, 10000
NJ in boxes. s.,;.....;.....,, .............. 10000
Tolchester, Seaford, Little and St
WI Miehaes boats 1000 boxes ....:.... lsaWO
Hi,lsboro, points on Choptank river
and Tuckahoe creek, 40,Ut0 boxes. 10000
enterprise Transportation Company,
from points on Corsica creek Chester
river and Landlords bay 10000
crates, ..........:....:......... $4,000
Iunis' mills and Claiborne, l0,OU
boxes. .;;......,;: .;.......... 10000
carried l5oVoO boxes the crop being
=, considered only half t...;...:.......... 10000
r, 5000 erates.. go. .,...... 10000
2,5y0 crates. s......................... 5000
-
Total ,475,OO0
W. q b X. r., cars of 1900 pounds,
S,3l5 tote in baskets ,7ss ,sss
~, Total. ....................s,.4 a 1888
Via Delaware, Maryland d Virginia
road and Old Dominion Steamship
Company to New York. k............... 100000
,Total;.;;..:..."..;.........y......s,8 ., Total. .s,840, 1888
Steamer Clio from Odessa to Philadel-
salem 4 Philadelphia Steamboat Com Com ''''''
pany, from Delaware City. $3.50
By the same line from Port Penn...... l0552
From Duck and ST. Jones creeks, tesri-
mated). d).......................... 2OnOOO
Total carried by water and rail. ...S, sos. .765
ln addition to this = large and not
easily estimated portion of the peach
crop was consumed by Gamers, dryers,
eyaporators aud the like. 1t has been
estimated that As dryers and evsporators