Smyrna times., 1884-08-27

Delaware" She is in fact a "Garde,
OF Eden " compared to her sisters-'s :
tmng OF beauty and a JOY forever.
healthy climate, located betweer
TWO beautiful bays, a place wber,
earthquakes don't Shake us mn onf
where cyclones blow us not int
smithereens.
On Monday - cars of peaches were
shlpped from Clayton and lG Yesterday
Inc number Of ears that went Owe,
the road yesterday was I67 the Who'll,
number to date has been 2,868.
The following We're the prices Obtain.
ed this morning; Philadelphia 70 cte
to $3.50; New York, so cts to sI "a 50.
Boston, $l.25 to $3.50. '''0
,,,!j9: Geo. +. Hotiecker, on J. Frank
WIGS larm in the Alley, picked q
peach OF the Reeves Favorite yariet
IhaI weighed 1 Of a pound and meas.
ured IL inches around it. Mr.. IT
IhInAs thlrty or forty such would fiji n
basket Now we are waiting for SOM
one to come along with a basket fo,. n,
70 sample that twenty-five peaches
IHE pay roll for labor at the cannino
anu eVaporatlng establishment of John
500. N0> 'ii'o''ii'e" to
The Tygert evaporators on Roilroo5
|NV,'"T' Iouf IN number, have NOT been
started up Yet by the gentlemen whn
purchased the property last Fall and
not Hkely to be, the good prices for
peaches making the shipping of frnit
more profitable than rvInorotina.
FOR the same reason. the rvanoro toss,
Oh Hardcastle * Jonc, and V6shaII q,
Jerman have not been run with tbo
same Vlgor that WAS cxpcctpd haforo
the season commenced
Inc Old Nixon glut " proved truo
10 time during the going in os tbis
variety during the hot weather of last
week but it was ON y coo,n,r.ti,-o
modified scale, the "botlom not f,jI;nl,
OUT - us has mostly been the case here
1o'ore; Nhen some shippers would be
brought IN debt No one has Skinned
IhiS year without profit. and ms tbe
yellow varieties except the Smorll are
scarce on the trees, the market is likp-
~ TO Keep well up the rest of the son
son. blessed is the farming communi-
" lhat has three good peach crons in
'uITeSSi"i!' ~, as Is the case with this,
Inc statement published in a local
paper last week that Thomas Cayender
Iad peaches Of the Reeves variety ~
OF which filled peach basket wos
"lIhout authority. They were never
counted. Mr.. {. was asked ;f tbaua
WeTch 80 or 10 in the basket. and he
replied very truthfuly, yes. The
number was placed between the two
ana thus published. They were very
me- but the Reeves have never been
Drought yet up to this grade, nor have
we ever heard Of any larger than tbosn
OF MI AnthOny'5 noted i'm orr Io.t
issue, 30 to the basket. The Snsumns
mamma, larger Variety, has made -
Dexter record, john II. llofTrckrr nick
lng several baskets last wear That
RANGED from 46 to 30 to the basket
lhe busy hustle in the markctino of
the peach crop must strike visitor. f..
Our town not only with the nulnbrr nf
me frequently passing and heavily
Ioa',ep wagons hut th6 diverse wovs
OF their travel. 4 tcala will come sew.
efal miles from the section east of tbe
town sometimes passing near tho
steamboat, taking their peaches to The
cars, viii meet similar teams from IN
equal distance Oh the other side of tbo
railroad on their way to the boat TLe
pest frult as rule is forwarded To tho
most foreign market which must oo IN.
rui' Whlle that not so good seeks y
market that can be reached with loss
expense. Then the Gamers and evono-
rators have fruit coming to them fam
an points Of the compass and thus.
rom one reason or another. the carry
lhg, seems to be at cross purposes.
The steamer Joha L. igqra is max
ing daily trips from RothWcl's Land
ing to Philadelphia. The leaving time
Is late IN the afternoon, giving tbe
growers nearly all day 10 pick and de-
iiver their fruit. The patrons of tbis
line say that they are getting more
money from their fruit than from onv
other market. The freight being low
the fruit delivered in gGod condition
and landed in market away ahead of
any other fruit that goes 10 PhilodeI-
phla. The fruit by this line is sold
and delivered before any other 0ets in
the market.
Brenford is loading six cars a dav
two of which go West.
Wm. K. Smith, near Brenfori. has
Sold his entire crop of peaches 10
Roberts " Williams at 60 cents ner
basket. lo'
;. II. & +. II. Frost, of New York
sold for J. Garrison, Of Rrenford. ten
baskets of Reeves Favorite on Satur.
day Tor $4.00 per basket.
D: }. Cummins is shipping between
daily.