The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06
The Peach Prospect.

The following expressions of prominent
peach growers as to the prospect for the
coming crop will prove of interest.
| William G. Hill, Clayton, Del, Nor
them Kent.-Our prospect for peaches in
upper part of Kent county is dwindling
down to almost failure, with a few sin
gle exceptions. | would say that the
showing on large orchards, embracing
| from four to ten thousand trees each, is
| now but from five to fifteen hundred
baskets. The fruit is still dropping and
largely defective, so much so, that 1t is
not safe to estimate that the yield will be
as large as the season of 1887, which was
about a fifth of a crop.
Ezekiel Cowgirl, Woodside, Del, Wes-
tern kent.-Our present outlook is good,
| think, for half of an average crop.
Some orchards in this vicinity have a
good showing on most varieties, while
others are bare.
j. G. Brown, Rising Sun, Eastern
Kent.-From present indications there
will be a full crop of peaches IN all that
part of the county east of the railroad
from Dover to Milford, while the fruit on
the old trees will yield about the same as
last year; to these may DE added all the
youdg trees that are now IN bearing for
the first time, numbering many thou
sand, all of which are in good condition
for fair crop. As the June drop is now
over, good crop may be looked for in
that section.
William G. Postles, Dover, Central
Kent.-The peach yield of Central Kent
county, will certainly not be over one
fifth of crop.
Rev. Jonathan S. Willis, Frederick,
Southern Kent-From best evidence l
can secure after careful investigation, l
am of the opinion that one-fourth of an
average yield will measure the peach crop
of Kent county this season.
Simeon Pennewill, Greenwood. Nor
thern Sussex, Del.-FrOm present indi-
cations we expect a half crop of peaches
in the upper part of this county, as the
June crop is about over.
Ex-Governor James Ponder, Milton,
Eastern Sussex, Del.-Cannot say what
the number of baskets of peaches pro-
duced here and IN the neighborhood will
be, but the estimate is there will not be
half crop.
James ]. Ross, Ross Station, Western
Sussex, Dell think l can safely say
that we will have good half to two
thirds crop in this section.
DR.. Edward Lewis, Sycamore, South
ern SUSSEX county-From the present
outlook, l think there will be full half
crop.
Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs-I would es-
innate the peach crop i'll Kent county.
Md, about one sixth, and in Queen
Anne's about one half crop.
Robert A. Davis, agent, Slaughter,
Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad-As
far as have travelled, and from what
can hear from reports from northern part
of Caroline county. Md, there is IA good
prospect for quite a full crop.
J. w. Kerr, Denton, Southern Caro-
line county, Md.-The condition of the
peach crop in this county is rather better
than in any of the other counties of the
Peninsula. Yet, as compared with the
crop last year, orchards, as a rule, will
not yield nearly as much fruit. Gener-
ally speaking, the growth of the trees, as
we'll as the set of fruit buds last year, was
quite satisfactory, and the orchards pro-
duced an abundance of bloom this spring
but from the period of blcssoming up to
the present time, there has been a grad.
ual dismissing of the set of fruit, until it
is plain to- observent growers that half
crop is an estimate fully covering the
outlook.
James Wallace & Son, Cambridge,
Dorchester county, Md. From the best
information we can obtain, there will be
from one fourth to one third of crop OF
peaches in Dorchester. Certainly, not
more than one-third of crop, and we
think one-fourth will be nearer the actual
figures.