Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-04
PROFIT IN PEACHES,
A JerSeyman Talks Entertainingly
on the Four Chief Products
of His Little State.
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE GAS CITY.
Numerous Orders for Fine Carriages Sent
to Pittsburg Nowadays From All
Over the World.
COMPLIMENTS FOR THE GAS CITY.
MODERN PAINTINGS MUCH PREFERRED
Chats Remembered by Reporters and Retailed fo
Reading on Sunday.

Sitting in downtown cafe yesterday, a
lunch, was a Jersevman. A DISPATCF
reporter sat opposite him. The gentleman
from Jersey gave his order and settled back
in the chair in a anticipatory mood, await.
its fulfllment. A plate of fruit adorned the
center of the table. He picked out an
ordinary peach from the bunch and held il
up scrutinizingly before the reporter.
''How much do peaches like that sell for
a basket here?" he asked.
about so cents
He chucked it carelessly back into the
dish. and smiled lazilv.
You can buy them for 10 cents crate
down where 1 come from.
This was the opening for the reporter, and
he inquired where was this Utopian place
that luscious fruit could be purchased so
cheaplv He said his home was Trenton,
y J.. and his name was Aaron Hart, and
his business was lumber dealer. He was
a plain looking. reserved sort of man,
dressed in a negligee way, but his conversa-
ton told him to be a shrewd and close OBJ
server of men and things
4 GREAT DRUG On THE MARKET.
"Why, said he, ''that grade of peaches
would not be salable down there 1t looks
like walnut, and the chances are when it
was shipped it WAS as hard. You folks out
here don't get the good and true Jersey
peach, because when they are ripened ready
for picking it is impossible to ship them
further than New York and Philadelphia
The crop has been enormous this season,
on his product As an instance to show
how 'drugged' the market was, friend of
mine sent lis crates of peaches to frui:
dealer in Fulton market, New York, to sell
for him He could not keep them at the
orchard because they would spoil He
waited for his check from the dealer and
when he received it it amounted TO the
munificent sum of so cents This seems in
credible, but it's absolutely true. The
fruit dealer in New York could not dispose
all of them and they had to be dumped into
the East river
''WhaU Will he the production of peaches
this season in New jersey" questioned the
reporter.
about 1000, 900 bushels. Only the half
Of these will be used for table purposes, not
to say anything of the loss by spelling. The
remainder will 90 to the preserving and
canning establishments.
SOMETHING ABOUT PEACH TREES.
''Peach trees are not worth anything after
they have borne fruit five years The prod
uct then becomes practically tasteless, and
the owner usually cuts down the tree and
replants. Out in this country l notice you
use them as shade trees
AT this iuncture the waiter served the |
luncheon. Among the side dishes was a |
sweet potatoe Mr. Hart touched it with |
his fork, remarking: There's another of |
our products. We have four great and |
grand growing industries down our way |
peaches, sweet potatoes, oysters and sand |
In the latter we excel.
The gentleman is a Republican, and re- |
ferring quietly to politics in New Jersey he |
said littl but thought, as many Jerseymen |
do that Blaine could not be elected Presi- |
dent, the reason being that history shows |
that no smart, brilliant man, so well known |
10 the people, was ever elected President.
Il have Just come up from Cincinnati"
he continued, and it looks very much Me-
Kinley down there"
He drew from his pocket one of the Ohio |
tickets, which was as large as blanket.
A REGULAR BLANKET-sHEET TICKET
"What do YOU think of that?" opening it |
up and displaying the names Of all the |
candidates on the four tickets, Democrat,
Prohibition and Peoples. |
"N-hy, a man might as well vote a paper as
large as TIE DISPATCH. 1t would keep |
me from voting at all. .
"How is the lumber business"
'Quiet; very quiet. The people have got |
ahead of themselves building, and there is |
little demand at present for supplies. You |
have great town here; its Improvement |
since ! last visited it-eight years ago-is |
phenomenal It's away ahead of Philadel- |
phia or Cincinnati for push and hustle, and |
has a more business-like appearance. Check, |
please, and the staid citizen Of the Sandy |
State sauntered out into the street to make |
his train for the East.