Democratic messenger., 1889-09-28
More About Peaches.

lhe iOhoWing communication hppehTcu
In the Easton Gazette of last week:
I'VE do not desire, nor either Is il ouI
intention TO enter into any public contro'
versy with the Delaware Peach Grower,
who. last week wrote the long funeral ad.
dress of peaches and had il published In
the Phila. Record. After % years ofcxper-
ience aud prosperity resulting in hand
some fortune for him and his neighbors,
finds that the trees In their vicinity are
suffering from the effects of ycllows, sits
down and writes an article as long rs u
death warrant and as solemn as eternity
The greatest peach.growing country in
The world he says will In u decade be as
bare Of peach trees as when Reybred
planted his first orchard. He further
states that the yellows, the deadly enemy
of the peach, has driven the orchards out
Of existence. There have existed many
peach prophets since the early culture Of
this fruit, few Of whom made q local
reputation, but they with their prophesies
have long since passed away and good
peaches and good prices still survive them
and we have no doubt that the Record
correspondent is victim destined to the
same fate Of his predecessors. In iS53.75
every peach tree in the peach growing
world was loaded TO its fullest capacity.
During the latter year and just at the ri.
pcning season Of Cnwford's, Moorc's aud
Nixon. heavy rain and wind storm pre-.
vailed which stripped the trees ofall their
fruit. The railroad was washed out in
several places and for several days cOnsc.
quently, the fruit had TO lie on the ground
and rot. That settled the question with
a great many peach growers, and they i'm.
mediaicly set To work pulling ou, their
orchards, but every year since with the
exception Of two has been profitable TO
peach growers The ycllows he says has
driven orchards out Of existence. This
may be true with New Castle county, some
parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
the upper counties of Maryland where
they have been growing peaches for 10
years or longer, hut il our ReeoTd CORES.
pondeni will visit Kent aud Sussex coun.
ties in Del, and Queen Annc's. Talbot,
Caroline and the lower counties of this
State, he will find as fine, thrifty aud profit.
able orchards rs ever grew on the soils
of America, and with few exceptions, in "a
good state OF cultivation, and entirely free
from ycllows or any other disease. II has
been our privilege 10 visit great many
orchards, occasionally we find an inexpcr-
fenced fruit grower claiming his one and
two year old trees TO be affected with vel.
lows, but an close examination aud few
questions we find il To be an excessive
use Of fertilizers, which will cause the
leaves 10 curl and turn yellow and in some
cases the tree will die, others for the want
of cultivation and proper treatment is
called ycllows. Also trees that are set in
low, wet land, will usually prcsen, red
or yellow appearance, especially il il is u
very wet season. This is some times pro.
nounccd yellows, but u genuine case of
ycllows has never been seen in this section,
and we will venture TO make the assertion,
though we do not claim TO he prophet.
cal that peaches will be II profitable crop
for the mex, twenty years or longer il care
and iudgmcn, are used in selecting young
trees and the proper treatment and cult
valon is given them"