Evening journal., 1888-08-18
The PEACHES.


Prices and Fruit.
The shipments of fruit still continue
large aggregating 1870 cars over the Della
ware railroad yesterday. At least one
half MS many more were shipped to Balti-
more and other points by boat and rail
There has not been a break in the prices
once this year. and Notwithstanding the
large number shipped to Jersey City and
/ Philadelphia, a glut has not occurred. At
Wyoming the following prices are quoted
for the days named:
On Monday they brought 81 90 per
basket Tuesday they went up to 81 80
and about twenty one car loads were
shipped Wednesday, ST. As was realized.
and seventeen cars were shipped; Thurs
day. 81 35 per basket
The-canneries and evaporators are run
ming at full blast furnishing work to
hundreds Of women and girls, the supply
of help however has not filed the demand
and large number have been brought
from Baltimore for the establish
ments at Harrington and Milford. The
Dover Sentinel denies the story of 10 600
tramps on-the Peninsula, and says: "The
farmers have been glad to have the ser
vices of those who will work. A certain
percentage of them are not eager to find
work, and they are the ones on whose ac-
count the workingmen have to suffer
even to Imprisonment.
How thepeach growers would get their
fruit picked without the aid of these PEG.
pie is the question. For many years the
same ones have been coming regularly 70
the farms where they first worked, secur-
ing regular employment during the sea.
son. They make the best kind Of
help, willing and eager to do the
work to the satisfaction of their
employer Mr.. John Cleaver, who
lives upon Mrs Dupont farm south
n Wyoming, employs forty weight of
them regularly picking and delivering
500 baskets Of peaches daily Mr.. Cleaver
says that he never had such efficient help
around him. He pays them one dollar a
day and board But they can eat, he
says. Just to show, he says that on
Tuesday they ate 200 ears Of corn. five
bushels Of potatoes and fifty loaves of
bread, besides meat. They have their
breakfast and are ready to go into the
orchard by sunrise and generally eat
their supper after sunset.
In the local market there are at least
5000 baskets to-day The Mountain
Rose is about done and the principal
varieties are York, selling at 40 cents
basket; Reeves from 80 to 80 cents; Early
Crawfords 30 to 60 cents, and Old Mixons,
90 cents.
The fruit was distributed yesterday as
follows:
philadelphia 30 Jersey City .......67
Binghampton ~ North Penn Junc't i
Scranton. ...........2 Waterfront. Ont .... 1
1870
Previous shipments .......................l6 n
The Baltimore Sun to-day says: A large
quantity of peaches arrived yesterday
the quality of which was much better
than that of former shipments The
market was brisk The prices ut Light |
street wharf were: Pie fruit 30 To 40 |
cents; cutting fruit 80 cents TO Si2J. |
twenty seven packers attended the 230 |
o'clock sales yesterday morning at the |
Fruit and Produce Exchange and paid |
from 10 to Sc centsper basket for peaches. |
Six thousand baskets and boxes were re.
ceived during the day Prime fruit /
brought from s. cents to 81 per basket. |
boxes 80 cents to 81 % medium, so to 10 /
cents per basket and pie fruit, very ordi. |
nary IN quality from 23 to 30 cents per |
basket Pears brought s. to 80 cents 4
per box.
Pears Of fine quality are being gath
cred and shipped Walter 4. Morris, |
cashier Of the Farmers Bank at Dover.
has a large orchard of fine Bartletts. a /
ear load Of pears were shipped yesterday
to Cleveland 1t is thought that the |
peach shipments to Boston and points
west will be very large to-day