The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-06-28
TWO DELAWARE ORCHARDS
with Plenty of Fruit-A Mystery That the
Peninsula Growers Cannot Explain-Al
the Other Orchards in IA Barren State.

DOVER, DEL, ,Iuue 90 A drive
through what ought to he the center OF
the peach belt-L ,wer Kent and Upper
Sussex counties will conviuca any one
that the much abused peach liar OF this
peuinSul: will have no chauce 30 get his
worK III thIs Sc, on for tine slmp Z reason
that there are beaches To lie about.
All aloug the 'ghways stand mile alter
mile OF welI-k pit and thrl'ty-l 'oking
peach orchards. ;he ground beneath the
trees narrowed Hnd rolled, till not a blade
of grass is left tnr b the trees of even
the very ntnale't !ractl III OF the nutri-
tion the earth II ay possess, and the trees
themselves treig lted with brightlooklDg
foliage, hut no y ach Is to be seen
outside a two oTc"ards III all hent
county.
These two orchards (ole loo ed almost
at the extreme urth; III end ~ 5he coun
~ ard the other at TIL. exGrem. southern
eud) stand III tho strorGrsi contrast OF all
their nei ghhnis, being heavily Laden With
timely hry..i ped fruit. How this peculiar
pIeuosueil"t, has been wrought Is puZz-
luz tn. VI est and most eAperIeuc, Y
peach growers here. The orchard at tie
n ,,Ier chd nt the county is on the Wood
the Delaware bay. Back Of it all along
are orchards, many of them well shelter
ed by heavy woodlands, yet in all OF them
the fruit was killed by the cold, sleety
rains of March a, d April, while here is
an orchard, unsh Uttered and exposed to
all the elements, almost on the bay shore,
whose buds wea hered all the storms and
frosts, and a.e now healthy locking
THAR il, m nj dine To
Lheit peculiar uranu, Tor pc .ches OF many
different varieties are represented in the
orchard.
Down i North ludetkIll Hundred, on
the DR. Asher # farm. l. the only other
orchard, 50 far as ,;lo he scertained, that
gives promise Of any p, aches in Kent
county. For the exis ar:ce of peaches
here, when Ill a! ,un'! ave other orchards
equally as we'll kept. aud containing
trees OF the sam" varieties, with not
peach tn b., fuul i i'll : EN-. there is like
wiss no expl ,na:ton. p .ch growers can
give no explanation at tie mystery
Tuey only know tina. the phenomena
exist. an thlt Is all
Ga account of the hearih of peaches
here, II A Richardson, of the firm OF
r Gha.LSur u Hopkins, "a" most exteh-
s.vr. fruit C tunerS in ID ilware. went to
California about a meath since to
erde, ,or To max; ARA ngemenIs to have
this seasons pack put up there to fill
orders alre aiy contracted tor He re-
turned last Mond ~ night. La regard TO
the Califoi MIA peaches he says that while
it is fine. IL oking nd andsome in color,
1t is not OF as fine Il vDr as the Mary
lard and Delaware ps;sch. The fruit sell
by tie pound there, aud on account of
the dearth f peaches on this peninsula
the California growers have pushed the
prices up. Iu one week the price has
jumped form cents per pound to
cents per pound 10 the orchards. Chicago
dealers, Mr.. Richardson SAWS are con
tracing for Ia ge quantities. The
freight on the fru t iroui the California
orchards to Chlca 20 will be 500 carload
of SEQ baskets.