Evening journal., 1893-08-05
PREMATURESIN MARKET
City Peach Buyers at Ship
ping Points in This State.
BIDDING SPIRITED ON THE LINE

| Open Next Week-Agents Down East
| Opening Markets for Delaware Fruit.
Peach Exhibit on Delaware Day"
The Peninsula growers Of peaches will
be In the midst OF their work next week
and there will be little cessation Of labor
until from 5000, 900 to 9, 500, 900 baskets
Of luscious fruit has been sent TO the
hungry millions Of metropolitans.
Thousands Of tramps have been put to
work aud IL will be some time before
they will have excuse for idleness.
The buyers from the cities have al.
ready stationed themselves at sentral
points, and the bidding for fue fruit will
be very spirited This is lust what the
growers want. The more spirited the
bidding the more money flows into their
pockets There Is a daily increase In
shipments over the Delaware railroad
aud its feeders. The steamboats, are also
doing good business, particularly those
plying on the Eastern Shore tribu-
tarles OF the Chesapeake, the shipments
to Baltimore being large.
Opening Up New Markets.
A. N. Brown, OF Wyoming has gone
to New England to open new peach
m arkets for the Peninsula Psash
Growers Association. President Henry
Ridgely, Of Dover. has received eneours-
ging letters from glastonbury, Conn.
His recent trip embraced Stanford,
Bridgeport and South Norwalk Dealers
from these points promised to come 10
Delaware when the season properly
opens.
Mr. Brown will confer with dealers in
Hartford. Merrldsn. New Briton, Will
mantle, Norwich, Providence, New Lon
don, stonington, Newport, Fall River,
New Bedford, Taunton and Boston.
Edmund Bailey. late reading clerk Of
the House OF Representatives, Is doing ef-
iective work In Western Pennsylvania
in behalf OF the association.
Splendid Prices for Good Fruit.
At Milford depot the fruit has sold
we'll. Local dealers have had TO pay
from 80 cents 20 81 20 bAsket. The
city consignments are bringing big
money TO the hands Of the growers. The
variety commanding the highest price
there Is early So. Johns, but Troths will
take the lead In few days.
MIR. Conrad on the Peach ExhibiA
The free distribution Of peaches at the
Worlds Fair on Delaware Day will do
much TO open Western markets.
An EVENING JOURNAL reporter saw d.
, G. Conrad yesterday and asked him about
the contributions OF peaches for distri-
button.
eve are receiving very encouraging
replies. he said "The full program for
Delaware Day Ia not ye. arranged"
Clerk Houston on the sussex Shipment.
, Clerk Of the Peace e. W. Houston. Of
Georgetown. was in Wilmington this
morning. He will go TO the Worlds
Fair on August 2l. Speaking Of peaches
g he said:
{ There are great many prematures.
The varieties being shipped In SUSSEX are
Troths, st. Johns and Mountain Rose
The growers are getting from 90 cents
to { 90 a basket, according to the grade
p OF fruit. Over along the Delaware rail.
4 road there is an elegant crop but down
Z on the line Of the d. NJ & V. the growers
= have practically none. There are a few
In and around Georgetown. Some
growers in the neighborhood have good
crops, and Baltimore hundred boasts Of a
n few full orchards.
,tI "Georgttown and Milford are the
o principal points OF shipment on the d.
NJ. & V. railroad. The bulk Of the buying
Is being done At Bridgeville, eesfcrd and
8 Laurel, on the Delaware railroad. The
growers will haul their fruit out Of the
q way In order to reach a buyer They
would rather carry the money home
than have their fruit in the hands Of
commission men,.
Lots OF Fun at Milford station.
" OF the peach buying at Milford the
Chronicle prints the following:
X There is lots Of fun for the many
= spectators who assemble At Milford
? depot each morning now. The twenty
a or more peach buyers there assembled
each morning, while usually good
= natured and friendly, quite often forge
themselves and lose their temper. TIT
OF big road where the buyers have thei
booths, their clerks and outfits, has beel
le terms the Wall treet Of Milford an,
w the hurry and hustle and bidding Of tn
~ buyers is done with as much vim ant
energy as is the buying Of stocks In tn
~ New York Stock Exchange. Il has beei
oy suggested that an admission fee to thi
ri circus be charged and a grand stan
AZ erected conveniently located to view tn
en- performance. We do not think this wi
be done, however, as the diversion eoul
not then be enjoyed by the masses at a
times It is safe to say the "mammot
q, aggregation" will continue 70 be free I
all. Il is likely, though, that sewers
RS sets OF boxing loves will be procured, q
his the many expected bouts during the pre-
ent season will be much better eonteste
'n- with gloves than with bare knuckles.
Many Prematures IN Town.
ar In the local market to-day premature
ace predominant Some Of the varieties reI
resented should not be in market Il
osn egl three weeks yet Troths are the bel
riy variety on sale to-day.
The bulk Of the supply comes fro
SiI down the state. Prices range from
% en- cents TO $1.sccording to the grade Of Il
fruit. On the stands fine fruit sells
ted from to 10 cents a quart.
OF Prematures from the neighborhood
'u Glasgow and Newark brought from 25
orv 40 cents basket A few Old Nixon Al
ing HAles Ea ly come from that neighbo
Tor hood.
No Bridging Reed Street.
lith F. Blumenthal & Co., are erecting
large iron bridge on Reed street