Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

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PHILADELPHIA PEACH MARKET.
Furnished by Warren Harper a. Bro. commits
mission merchants, No. ITO Dock street, Fhila-
delphia, Pa.
Special Dispatch to Every Evening.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 26.-Ar-
rivals OF peaches very heavy, both by
rail and water. Market in buyers favor,
moving slow; 10 to 40 cents per basket.
MIDDLETowN's HEAVIEST DAY.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening.
MIDDLETowN, Aug. 26.-More peaches
were shipped from this station yester-
day than on any previous day this season,
and John w. Jolls' shipments alone
aggregated nearly eight carloads. The
fruit was mostly of the yellow varieties
and very fine. The prices are generally
low.
X. I. Cochran made probably the best
shipment, yesterday, of any grower in
this section, having sent away 626
baskets. Mr.. Jolls' shipments for the
entire season aggregate 66,636 baskets
and the 100000 baskets estimated early
in the season will probably be reached
before the shipments cease.
THE SCARCITY OF BASKETS.
A great trouble with the growers. and
one that promises to assume very seri-
GUS aspect, is that peach baskets can not
be obtained in large enough quantities
to supply the demand. There were none
at all to be had yesterday, but two car
loads are expected to-day and these will
last for o short time only. Two gentle
men left in the first train this morning
to purchase some baskets and will do so
if they can be had at any reasonable
prices. Thousands of baskets of peaches
are ready to be picked and if baskets
cannot be obtained soon the growers
will find themselves in very unpleas-
ant predicament.
DRUG ON THE MARKET AT DOVER.
Special correspondence OF Every Evening.
DOVER, Aug. 26.-Peaches were
drug on the market here yesterday.
Not one of the local or foreign buyers
bought any fruit or even bid for it,
although the quality was good and fruit
plentiful. The growers took the risk
and did their own shipping. Six car
loads were shipped to Philadelphia and
four to Boston from here. The largest
shipment from here so far was 10 car
loads on Saturday.
The buyers were offering from 10 to
As cents at Wyoming yesterday, and 80
car loads We're shipped. The largest
shipment from Wyoming so far this
season was on Saturday, 30 cars.
There is great difficulty in getting bas-
kets. The demand is much greater than
the supply. Messrs. Hazel and Penne-
will have increased the price of making
from cent to cent AMI quarter per
basket, and are working day and night
to their full capacity. Some farmers of
fer an extra cent to the basket makers
to work overtime, which is done every
night. 1t is impossible to get the maters
ial ready for such demand. PAPER
baskets can be had at So per hundred,
but the buyers refuse to buy fruit that
is marketed in them. They say they
will not stand the rough treatment in
transportation This is the first year
that peach baskets have not been re-
turned and used three or four times. The
plan would work we'll if the growers
had expected such tremendous crop
and ordered sufficient supply early in
the season.
Several shippers have been unfortun-
ate and have had to remit money to pay
tiiS AiCisht Ou tlltll lIulls ". II. hlillLB-
ton RENTED SO yesterday to pay freight
on small lot shipped last week. Fred
Thomas, local buyer of Wyoming,
shipped three car loads to Pittsburg,
which will be total loss, about 81 400,
Fine Bartlett pears could not be sold
here yesterday at 10 cents basket.
To-DAY's 10000 BASKETS.
To-day's local market shows the
heaviest total Of peach baskets brought
to Wilmington this season.
The estimate ia 10000 baskets, includ- |
ing those by rail and wagon.
I. N. Stayton & Co. report light |
wholesale market and prices ranging
from 10 to go cents.
Pears are scarcer, the price being |
about the same as last week, 25 to 40 |
cents. Bartletts are going out and |
Seckles coming in.
In the retail market peaches are SELL
ing from 10 cents to 25 for the half peck;
Bartlett pears 10 to 20 per half peck; APP
pies 10 cents half peck.
There appears to be large surplus of |
all varieties of fruit and vegetables in |
the market. Generally speaking the
supply is much greater than the de-
mand