Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-29
The Peach Prospect.

The Chestertown Transcript publishes |
one and q. half columns of letters from |
peach growers and deduces therefrom ;
first, that the bulk of this years crop will
come from Kent county, Md. second,
that the increased number of young trees
which have been and are being set out
will make the Peninsular crop materially
heavier in the next four years. Moreau
Brothers, Middletown, write that the
prospect there is excellent and that sit is
estimated this section will produce in the
neighborhood of 10000 baskets" James
Fl. HURT of Locust Grove, W. S. Maxwell
of Still Pond, W. W. Stephens of
Melitota, and B. F. Sappington of
Eastern Neck Island, all in Kent
county, Nd, send in favorable re-
ports. A. E. Sudler of Sudlersville, Queen
Anne's county, says 'the peach crop is
very much damaged here !" "cannot be
over half as many as we had last year,
a when il was considered we only had half
a crops" 'the yellow peaches are more
injured than the white" John w. Perry
of Centreville, in the same county,
expresses the opinion that nearly all, if
not all, the orchards bordering rivers and
bays, will have at least three-fourths
crop, but orchards in the interior will not
have one-half crop, including all
varieties. Yellow peaches, particularly
Crawfords, are nearly total failure in in
land orchards. F. S. Phelps writes ''The
present outlook is favorable TO twice as
many peaches in Smyrna vicinity as we
had last year. This does not mean q
large or even half crop, as last year the
yield was light. The yellow varieties are
short" "From very reliable source, '
he continues, 81 gathered the informa.
ton on Saturday that, from present ap.
pearances, there will be as many peaches
shipped from the Peninsula this year AZ
there were last year." John F. Sauls
bury says that the prospect about Dove
is poor, "not one-fourth of crop
There are few peaches in the Wyoming
Camden peach district, but not a fourtl
of crop. Down on the neck lands
close to the Delaware bay, the prospect i
better, but on no orchards in that section
viii there be full crop. Farthe
up the State the prospect is
little better. The peach crop in Ken
county, Del, is not one-quarter that G
last year the yellow fruit is mostly de
stroyed." Robert Clifton, FELTON,, is il
formed that the crop in that immediat
section will be very light. T. K. Robson
Easton, Md, thinks Talbot count
orchards will not yield 'more than froi
fourth to third of a crop of the tend,
varieties, such as Crawfords Silv,
Medal, Magnum Bonum, Old Nixon, &c
while there is fair chance for Smocl
and other harder kinds" ]. L. Harne,
Harrington, says that in some sections
Sussex the crop promises TO be fair an
that ''the feeling among peach grove
in this section is at present one of gro,
ing hopefulness." H. L. Hynson, NJ
ford, writes that should all the buds nc
alive mature as fruit, 'the result for I'll
section could not be over one-tenth of
average crop" j. b. Clark, Georgetow
looks for livery few peaches in this il
mediate locality" Estimates of t
probable shipments from that place iva
from 10 TO 200 baskets" He adds Il
in some orchards there are few blossoi
in the tops of trees, in others none Il
there are more live buds of the Trc
variety than of any other that So
orchards near the bay and ocean are
of blossoms; that some growers arou
Laurel look for fourth of crop, |
that, taking the entire county, it is pre-
certain there will not be one-sixth
many peaches as there were last ye
James F. Melvin, Cambridge, learns Il
Dorchester growers anticipate a vi
about two-thirds that of last year.
free spoken correspondent from Prime
Anne, Md, whose name is considerat
withheld, exelaims that the peach grow
thereabout are such great liars that
cannot learn anything authentic rega
ing the prospect. S. H. Wiley, Sn
Hill, Nd, finds ''good prospects for
average crop" especially about Sy
puxent bay. "The early varieties, Ha
EARLY particularly, if any, are injure
he adds.