Milford chronicle., 1883-08-01
10 llartet Gardeners and Truck Farmern

As the growth OF the city is rapid
y depriying you of lands suitable
for raising market garden produce,
OF causing you to pay increased rer-
tai for the same; the Old Dominion
Company would respect
fully call your attention to the ;"
ton of country trayersed j. bo
Delaware, Maryland ard y,yoinie yie
Railroad, with which +ho;n stoan,
ships make connect ~ - 80 80 IN
Delaware,
Many 'oiI Jns Of this section are
auinlrap'y adapted for the raising of
Neset@' .es and fruits for the New
i u j, market. 1t is reached by the
eamships in from fourteen to tif-
teen hours; the passage being made
at night, the steamers arriving in
this city rom Lewes in the morning,
in time for the early markets. It's
advantages are:
lsT. That the lands are cheap, va
rying from ten 70 thirty dollars per
acre, accordiag to the Improvements
upon them or their nearness to the
towns.
2ND, The soil is mainly a light
loan, entirely free from stone, with
somewhat tenacious subsoil, never
teaching as on gravelly subsoils. 1t
is warm, easily worked, and responds
quickly to natural or artificial ma
nures.
BAD. The climate is mild, agreea-
BILE, and healthy. In Summer no
warmer than about New York. The
Winters are short and mild, ice sell
dom more than four OF five inches in
thickness; snow rarely over six
inches deep. and never laying on the
ground more than four or five days.
Lewes is in the same latitude as
Washington, but climate is milder in
winter and cooler in summer, owing
to its being on the sea-cOast. Lewes
is by latitude about lI5 miles south
orNew Y York City, and 10y the steam
er's ordinary course about l35 miles
from the city.
4Tu. The soil and climate are alike
adapted to the growth of fruits and
vegetables. as well rs ordinary farm
crops. Apples Peaches, Pears, Grapes
and Berries OF all sorts do admirably
well,
5rH. Fall work can be done until
the middle Of December, and gener-
ally, blowing can be done nearly all
winter. Spring work can be COM
menced by the first or middle OF
February. This gives earliness and
length of season. The long autmmns
give an opportunity for preparing
the soil for the next seasons work
without the hurry and anxiety incl
dent thereto in the Northern States.
9TH. Early vegetables can he put
into the New York market ten to
fifteen days before New Jersey pro-
duce begins to come in.
9TH Canning vegetables and evap-
Grating fruits are leading industries
in this section, and are rapidly in
creasing; they provide a home mar
ket for such vegetables and fruits as
are used for these purposes.
8TH. The stations on the railroad
are numerous, averaging about three
miles apart, thus doing away with
long carriages. The freight charges
are small; and as the railroad and
steamers are under one management
there is always a certainty of freight
being forwarded on schedule time.
9TH Being an old settled country
it has all the social advantages OF
schools, churches &c. Labor and
living are cheap, and taxes are very
low.
With these advantages, this Sec
ton is well worth your inspection
as with the amount Of one years rent
which you now pay for the land you
could buy from ten to fifty acres of
land and be your own landlord. To
those who may wish to inspect TINS
section the O. d g. 5. Co., will issue
excursion trckets, good for fifteen
! days,a5 half the usual rates, covering
steamship and railroad travel, with
sleeping berth on steamer. Hotel
charges are generally one dollar and
half day. To those who purchase
| lands and settle there, the company
viii also give a rebate of one half the
usual rates of freight and fare on the
transportation Of their household eff
fects, stock, and persons comprising
their household. Steamships leave
the peir, foot of Beach St, North
River at P. NJ, as follows;
During the Summer, Daily.
Spring and Fall,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
F." Winter,
Monday and Thursday.
Returning from Lewes at 3 p. NJ.
During the Summer, Daily.
" Spring and Fall,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Winter,
Tuesday and Friday.
For further information apply eth,
er in person or by letter at the Office
of the Old Dominion Steamship Co.,
corner of Beach and West Sts,, New
York City.
The Sussex County Aims House has been
VASTLY improved since the time when DR.. David