Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20


A GOOD MARKET FOR GOOD FRUIT.
Furnished by snow " Co., commission mer-
chants, No. Fulton street, Boston.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening.
BosToN, MASS, Aug. 19.--With good
weather and only 20 car loads of peaches
and all in general good condition, the
market to-day was brisk and early
cleaned up 1T prices as follows:
Whites, roc. to $1.25; yellows, 90c. to
$1.35; occasionally something fancy at
$3.50.
Boston will take from 20 to 80 cars
daily, if good, sound fruit is sent here.
Heavier receipts will result in lower
prices.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
Furnished by W. L. Duryea's Sons, commits
sion merchants. No. 1l9 Warren street, New
York
Special Dispatch to Every Evening.
New YORK, Aug. 19.-Delaware
peaches sold this morning at 50c.aS1.25
per basket, according to quality.
New Jersey fruit, 20c.a%1.
The market Yves only fairly supplied
and the stock was generally good.
PRICES IN PHILADELPHIA.
Furnished by Warren Harper Il Bro. commits
mission merchants, No. Ito Dock street, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 19.-The,
receipts of peaches from the Delaware
Peninsula by rail this morning were
light, but the shipments by water and
from New Jersey were heavy.
The bulk of the railroad receipts from
the Peninsula were common and OF
medium quality, and the natural result
was slow sales.
Good fruit found ready sale at Goa
75c. per basket, with few sales of
choice cuttings at 95c.a$1.
Small, inferior fruit moved slowly at
20a35c. as to quality.
THE BEST PRICES OF THE SEASON.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening.
DOVER, Aug. 1S.-The best prices of
the season were realized for peaches
yesterday. Fruit was selling from 80
to So cents here. Nine car loads were
shipped. The quality was excellent.
The prices were little better at
Wyoming, being so, rs and So cents.
One extra fine lot brought $1.06. They
were late Crawfords The heaviest day
of the season, probably, was Saturday.
1t is thought that this will be the best
week Of the season. Fifteen car loads
were shipped from Wyoming yesterday.
All of the canning establishments in
this county are now running to their
full capacity.
THE LOCAL MARKET.
To-day's fruit market is another illus
tration Of the wonderful fruit growing
capahility of this neighborhood and the
Peninsula.
Standing at the corner of Fourth and
King streets the spectacle suggests itself
that every variety of fruit existing can
be produced in Delaware. The prodigal
display, fragant odor and varied color
of the fruits and vegetables is enough to
make any one proud Of the Diamond
State.
II never saw anything like it in all
my life" remarked Henry G. Banning
this morning.
WHOLESALE PRICES.
There are close to 1000 baskets of
peaches in King street market to-day,
1000 came by rail the bulk from Wyom-
ing and Dover and the remainder by
wagon. They are Old Nixon mostly
and of pretty fair sample with very
little poor peaches among them. Prices
are better to-day at from 40 cents to 81
and they sell more readily.
Bartlett pears are plentiful and dull.
Prices range from % to IN cents. The
fruit is very fine. There are no Sickles
in yet. There is an idea that they may
be scarce this year.
Cantaloupes are plenty and very fine
at from 90 to 35 cents, wholesale. Green
corn. is plentiful, also, at 80 cents per
hundred.
A few grapes are coming in of the
Moore's variety, and are selling at cents
quart box, wholesale.
Watermelons, mostly Jersey, and a
few southern are quoted at SIG hun
dred and all very fine article.
Apples are "played out" There is a
great profusion They are quoted at is
cents Il basket, wholesale, and no price
obtainable. The immense harvest makes
the consignment difficult TO handle
RETAIL PRICES.
In peaches, chance choice lot will
sell at S1.25; average price in good
extra whites is 10 cents; ordinaries run
from 40 to so cents.
In pears, Dartletts bring so cents, and
there are plenty of them and very good.
In the apple market, Fancy Blush,
the best variety found to-day, bring 30
cents.
Grapes sell at so cents per peach
basket for Moore's variety.