Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-06

baskets by the yellows.
John Biggs, who is Encouragement
of the State of Delaware, said that there
were not as many trees affected by the
yellows as has been stated. They had
shipped no prematures and did not have
many. AT the present time Troths and
Mountain Rose are being picked. Mr..
Biggs estimated that the shipments from
Millington would aggregate 100000
baskets.
The blight makes greater inroads in
some orchards than others. Sometimes
a country road will divide badly af
fected orchard from one in which nearly
every tree is healthy.
Samuel Hurlock expects to pick 10000
baskets from his 200 trees.
G. O. Cacy's orchards are badly af.
fected. Fully half of the trees in his
young orchards and quarter of those
in the old orchards are diseased.
Mrs. Cranes orchard of 1000 trees
has but three on which the fruit is pre-
maturing.
Joseph Mallalieu estimated that his
$500 trees would yield 1000 baskets.
The yellows has caused 1900 baskets to
premature, but the remaining healthy
trees will bear heavier than was ex-
pected, and his yield will run above
his original estimate. The diseased
trees in his orchard are growing on a
strip of sandy land.
j. E. Bailey, who lives on one of Gov
ernor Biggs' farms, said that peaches
had prematured worse than ever be-
| fore, but that the disease had not af-
fected the crop to great extent on ac-
count of the Unexpectedly heavy yield.
He said that healthy trees are so full
that the fruit is small. Mr.. Bailey ex
pected to pick 10000 baskets from the
orchards on his farm. The yellows
will ruin about 1000 baskets, but the
healthy trees are bearing so heavily
that the crop will not fall short of the
estimate.
THE HEART OF KENT COUNTY.
From Millington to Kennedyville was
drive Of IL miles through the heart of
Kent county. Kent county has the
reputation of being one of the most
fertile in the State. The land is rolling
and the soil deep and inclined to be
Clay TWAS a clear, beautiful morn
ing and the air was cool and exhilarat-
ing. The horse spun over the roads
WHICH WtIt Nusntu tltdu anu puNhCNl
hard by the torrent of rain of the day
before, at u swinging gait The buggy
top was down fiat and the breeze in
ones face was so fresh and so cool that
one instinctively took long, deep breaths
Of contentment and pleasure, Along
one stretch of road, facing the wind
the horse trotted SO fast that protection
from the cold was instinctively sought
by turning up ones coat collar
Several Of Governor Biggs' orchard:
were passed on the way out from Mill
ington. Nearly all of the scores o.
orchards that lined the road for fiv,
miles out from that town seemed more
or less affected by the yellows, showing
that the disease is gradually creeping
over the country.
Well kept Usage orange hedges lineC
the roads ON both sides. Waving field
of high. deep green corn spread owe
acres of rich land and almost hid com
fortable-looking farm houses from sight
Stubble fields, dotted by shocks o
wheatsheafs, pasture fields with grazinl
,, herds of cattle and troops of horses, an,
the blue woods at the far horizon mad
, the rolling landscape scene Of verdur
and quiet beauty. Near Kennedyvill
the peach orchards, which for severa
miles had been few and far between
grew plentiful again.
Kennedyyille is probably the chic
{ peach shipping point on the Baltimor
! & Delaware Bay railroad, which run
l westward from Clayton, on the Dela
ware railroad, 36 miles through Ken
county to Chestertown. The village
about the centre of Kent county and
D surrounded by peach orchards in fu
:. bearing. There is q larger acreage {
!. trees in bearing than ever before; a
/, have full crop, and more baskets wi
n be shipped from this point than in an
e previous season. Kennedyville expecte
i to ship $4,000 baskets in June, and
a tho Baltimore market does not dra'
l.. from the vicinity, will ship 10000
G baskets.
f In 1888 there was Just touch OF IL
j. yellows in the nearby orchards. Tn
= year ii is worse, but less than tenth
/ the trees are affected. The disease is ba
c in but three small orchards OF 5000
1000 trees each. Trees in Still Por
O Neck and Fishing Valley are bad
d diseased, and from point four mil
,e east of Clayton the crop will
e shortened one-quarter on account of Il
"a yellows.
e Kennedyville ships largely to u
l. cities OF the eastern states and Ne
l. York rather than to Philadelphia, al
a finds it profitable to do so.
l. Bedford Roe, one Of the growers ne,
l. Kennedyville, has an unusually lar
at crop. He will pick $4,000 baskets fro
ID his 5000 trees.
IS ABOUT CHEsTERTowN.
Ip Fully as delightful as the drive fro
Millington to Kennedyville was 4
re eight miles from the latter place to Che
in tertown. Chestertown is the county Sc
DO of Kent, and is typical Eastern She
or town. 1t is not large shipping poi
as by rail, because most of the fruit 20
of by boat to Baltimore. Probably 1000
re baskets will cover the shipments
he boat and rail for this season. The vie
sc will be about the same as in other pa
st, of the country, and there is no yello
g in the immediate vicinity. A. M. Brow
from $4,000 trees, will ship 10000 bl
re kets, and w. II. Brown, from sc
a trees, will ship 10000 baskets.
he Near Chestertown are many large
ot- chards on the Chester river, the ont
X crop of which goes to Baltimore. 10
us A. Groves has $4,000 trees in DUAL
is Neck, four miles from Chestertov
Use lie is probably the largest grower in
'ds country. His trees are bearing I
nut crop, which will be shipped to Baltim,
ses in his own boats.
in Another large grower is S. R. II
ny lock Of Ralphs wharf, who has nea
nal 10000 trees in full bearing. He a
ell ships most of his fruit to Baltimore.
~ In response to letters of inquiry s
INF INF by The GAZETTE, asking to W