Smyrna times., 1891-06-24

0V'O''U" JOF AUtCfOQ0 Sh1Onp3f
ABOUT 200 persons responded to tbe
invitation issued by the Board ofTrodo
OF MiddletOwn for meeting of tbo
peach growers of the Peninsula 70 ho
held there Thursday.
The meeting was held in the Onoro
house and was called to order at about
I'6O O'Clock by S. NJ. Reynolds chair.
man OF the Board of Trade. who nom
mated DR.. ]. J. Black of New Castle
lor chairman. The nomination wac
confirmed by unanimous vote.
Inc following named persons wara
elected vice-presidents: George BiddIe
ana George w. Lockwood of Cecil
county, Md, Garrett Foxwell and w.
1. Hepbron of Kent county. Md Dr
w. +. Sudler and Robert r. Catlin Of
o' queen Anne county Md, Robert
'arreli and Andrew B. Roe, of Caroline
county Md, James Banning and R. F
smith, of Talbot county, Md. John @
CorDiC and George NJ. D. Hart of Naw
castle county, Del, Wilbur H. Burnito
ana y. }. Cummins for Kent county
Del, John w. Causey and E. L. Mar.
.in ior sussex county. Professor Voc.
ley Webb, of Delaware and F. q 1r,u
ton Maryland, were elected secre.
taries. SoOie-
CHAIRMAN Black stated the object ot
. 'ne meeting to be the comparison of
estimates of the peach yield of tho
present season and the discussion Of
all topics of interest in the HARVESTING
ana distribution of the crop and de
oi"reu The meeting to be ready for bus.
ness. ''' JUS
The peach growers present woro
generally from the southern mart Of
New Castle and the Northern mart of
Aenticounties. There were also com ,
mission merchants present from, NJ
York, Philadelphia and Boston Tbo
proceedings were entirely informal o
and consisted of reports of the oondi
non oI 'he fruit and estimates of the 4
probable yield. q
From the reports made if IS ovido..
nat the peach crop will he a very, Lore
me- probably larger than anv neaeb "
Fop ever harvested on the Peninsula = =
Inc estimates of peach baskets range ~
rom 100000 to 100000, the former :; -
eng the most conservative estimate =
-. lie reports Of the growers are to the -
Meet that the largest yield is from old y.
'ees' In every section, the voung
'ees' under six years of age. have .,
few peaches, while the ~ ~
"a trees are loaded down. This font
shrewd buyers, is declared to indi' - -
'Ie that the estimates made ara much
o large. The young trees are esti- -
a'ed TO contain 20 per cent of all tho
ees bearing, and conservative observ. -,
; 'hlnk 1t Improbable, that, although IT,
. number oftrees is much greater than -;
er' thirty per cent of the trees can ~
ouuce the enormous crop anticipated
the growers. D.
lie reports of the condition of other
l' crops Is quite as iattering as that Wis
p peaches. The pear and apple crops S
tne Fenlninsula are reported to ba z
eu with the most perfect fruit that y
" nave ever produced. The crons r
We also grown to perfection. without
usual difficulties of fruit cultnre A
no instance were the annie and no,
If trees sprayed more than once 70 the
tect them from insects. A groot trot
ny orchards have not been SPRAYED bv I
all. ~ -
hese conditions of the fruit cron Har
owing the harvesting the market dem
ana sale of the largest and most mos
htaOle fruit crop for years past the
9 made the Peninsula farmers s1O
py' and the meeting here TO-DAY mart
a cheerful one. nroa
. il"ue III response to in- and
les sent out by the board of trade Ho !
sent to Thomas J. Budd, its COR di,;o
secretary, indicate that the Est;
OF the peach crop of the PENN. nan'
will be found within the following rao5
ldaries Ni,1u
'tween the Delaware and Cbesa. IT,
'e canal in the north, and the Nan. W
Re and Mispillion rivers in the a.
H. In Delaware the heavily laden tions
ards are in the Southern portion of cinit,
Castle and in the northern part of ost :
counties. In Maryland the bulk hn;l1
10 crop will be harvested in Kent oono
IN Anne and Talbot counties. nraao
% figures returned to the secretary -, ~
Board of Trade show estimated 49,.
nents of baskets of peaches from toua
arious railway stations as follows. -