Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-09-07

THE BOSTON MARKET.
Furnished by Snow a. Co., commission mer-
Boston, Mass.
Special Dispatch to Gazette and journal.
BosToN MASS. Sept. 8.--Twenty-
cars of peaches reached here to-day, ID of
which were JERSEYS. White fruit sold at
40a70c.; yellow, T0e90c., and occasionally
higher.
Delaware Shocks, if good-sized and high
colored, sell for about Toe. per basket. but
only for the very best We advise no ship
ments of ordinary Smocks.
PREMIUM FOR FANCY FRUIT.
Furnished by W. E. Duryea's Sons, No. 1lJ
Warren street, New York.
Special Dispatch to Gazette and Journal.
New York, Sept. 6.-Delaware peaches.
40a60c. per basket. Jersey. 30a75c.
Selected fancy fruit would bring pre-
MUM. -
PRICES IN BALTIMORE.
Furnished by Snyder q Blanchard, Commits
sion Merchants, No. 2s6 Light Street Wharf,
Baltimore, Md. l
Special Dispatch to Gazette and journal.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept 6.--Crawfords,
40a50c. per basket. Shocks, 30a45c. Red
aud white, 30a50c.
BUYERS GOT THE STOCK.
| Special Dispatch to Gazette and Journal.
BRIDGEvtLLE, Sept. 6.-Five cars of
4 peaches were shipped to-day, buyers get
ting the stock at 25a50c. The shipments
the latter part of the week will be heavier
on Smocks.
THE GREATEST PEACH YEAR ON THE DELLA
| WARE PENINSULA.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
MILFORD. Sept. 6.--Ths year will 60
down in the peach industry on this PENN.
sula as having witnessed the largest crop
ever raised, and especially is this so of the
vicinity. of Milford. Before the season
opened il was estimated that half million
baskets OF peaches would be raised in this
section. This estimate fell off over one.
half. Over a million baskets Of peaches
have ripened here this year. But for the
poor railroad service great many more
would have been saved. though II is now
believed that three-fourths of the crop ha.
and will be saved. The delays in shippins
and the two storms that passed through
Delaware have cost the farmers thousands
OF Delaware and cut down what it'll,
profit they might have made out of the
crop. Very few peach growers have mad,
money out of their crops this yeaf. A few
have, but as rule the profits have beer
J very small. ~!
, The commission men have nearly al
left Milford for points in New Jersey. a
/ the crop Is now on in that State. Wal
street, as the locality around the depot TO
, the past few weeks during the peach sea
son has been called, is now almost deserted
/ Only few local commission men remain
and the occasional wagon that comes vi
) loaded with peaches hardly attracts the al
tention of the passer.by.
. While perhaps the majority of tn
a growers OF Smock peaches are going to tr
to save the crop in one way or another,
. great many are first going to take care Q
' the tomato crop. which is now on. Thi
crop will be short this year and as it wi
S prove more profitable than the peach croI
In proportion to its size, the large tomat
growers do not propose to fool their tim
with peaches and lose all. The tomatoe
this year are large and Of good quality
Q weigh heavy and prove very profitable
d growers. They are coming iii at a livel
!, rate this week.
THE LOCAL MARKET.
q T.. N. 6tayton. wholesaler Nc. 307 Kin
d street, estimates that 5000 baskets
s peaches we're brought to the Wilmingto
y market yesterday and says theEqnality
, fruit was quite good and the demand fl
If good stock was good. Wholesale pric,
II were as follows: Morris Whites, 30a75e
Crawfords Late, 50a75c.
Cartridge g. Wharton, wholesalers an
II retailers, Fourth and King streets, repol
Is the following retail prices: Norris White.
d 45a60c.; CIawfords Late, 45a65c.; Smock
I. 45a55c.
s. S. N. Smeltz. wholesaler, No. II Ea.
8. Fourth street, reports full market with
IS tendency to Guilty. The stock, he say
n was inferior; there were few goo
n peaches but very few. He furnishes Il
,e following wholesale quotations; Whit
h S5a60c.; yellows, 60as0c.