The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-24

The growers are experiencing con,
siderable difficulty in obtaining Das-
kets, as all those available have been
secured and are now in use.
The crops of the years 1889 and 1890
were practically failures and the result
was that the makers of peach baskets
all over thisState went out OF business.
The talk about the crop for this year
was SO conflicting that very few facto-
ries began operations, As soon as it
was determined what the crop would
be IL was evident that there would be
q big demand for baskets. Large
forces OF men are now employed all
over the Peninsula, working night and
day, but they have utterly failed to
keep abreast with the demand.
Governor Biggs was in Philadelphia
on Saturday in search OF baskets, and
in an interview said:
you have no idea Of the difficulty
under which we arc laboring, We are
unable to get the fruit out of our
orchards. The baskets on hand were
used in a twinlling, and we have
been sending all over the country for
them. My son and myself have used
10000 baskets, and we need about
25, 600 moro. The baskets we are using
were made in Massachusetts. A mum.
Der of the growers have sent there for
them. Indeed, they have even gone
out to Michigan after them.
1.-THE fruit has ripened on US very
fast. The warm weather has had a
great deal to do with it, and there has
been deal of bad fruit, which ripen.
ed early and was sent away.
Another important consideration
that enters into this famine is the in.
creased cost of baskets. We have
been compelled to pay. in some in
stances, three to five cents a basket
more than ordinarily This is q con-
siderable item in view OF the fact that
we are not receiving as much for
peaches rs formerly. There is more
competition nov than ever before.
More places are growing peaches, and
sections where we got good prices we
sell very few now"
what will become OF the peaches
that you are unable to shipr
1.-THE canneries are taking lots of
them, Large forces Of men, women,
and children are working night and
day canning fruit, and enough will be
put up this year to last for some time.
This will be good thing, because
the stock OF canned peaches had been
exhausted. Then, lovers of peach
brandy will not want for it next year.
doubt II there is barrel of IL Iii the
State at the present time. This year
the distilleries are turning out barrels
OF 1t. 1t will not be as good this Win
ter as 1t will next, but still 1t will be
good"
The Baltimore market was glutted
last week, and tho steamboat men
were requested on Saturday by tho
commission merchants, not to receive
any peaches consigned to them until
tomorrow. A member OF one of the
prominent commission firms in that
city said on Friday: Baltimore has
become the dumping ground for in.
ferior and trashy fruit. About sixty
per cent. of the receipts during the
week have been trash and buyers are
not looking for that class OF goods.
The receipts have been unquestionably
larger than for any previous year In
my recollection, yet good, choice fruit
Is notin excess OF the demand. as sales
have been nude at seventy-flve cents
u busket. The packers and out-of-town
shippers take all No. goods offered.
The condition of the market is due to
the heavy shipments OF poor stock.
The farmers should only ship good
fruit and keep the little stock at home.
believe there will be reaction by
the first of next week"
The packers of Baltimore can use
from 10000 to $4,000 baskets daily, but
the want good fruit. For this they
are willing to pay from so to 60 cents
a basket.