Evening journal., 1893-08-19
KING PEACH REIGNS.
Vast Regions Supplied BY
This Little State.
PEACH SEASON NOW IN ITS GLORY

1t Already Promises to surpass the
Famous Season of 1S75-The Trans
portation Department Making a Fine
Rscord-The Fruit to Be Distributed
in Chicago.
The peach season is now in its glory
and the words peaches, peaches,
peaches are heard everywhere. In Kent
and Sussex counties nothing is seen,
heard or thought of but peach orchards,
peach buyerf, each growers, peach
sellers, peach wagons, peach cars and
peach plucks of every description. On
Wednesday 257 carloads were shipped
from the Peninsula. AT Milford and
Bridgeville as many as 90 carloads have
been shipped per pay and Wyoming
has shipped twenty fue car loads.
Peaches have been selling all the way
from 10 cents to $1.25 per basket.
Big Local Peach Market.
There was a big local peach market
this NOR ling. and the good peaches are
rapidly taking the place Of the prema-
lures. The pavements from Fourth and
Market streets down to French were al
most blocked with peaches The good
Dchtlco nlcob Niln lAlllh chlct Dul JUG
prematures are hard TO sell For the
best the prices ranged from 40 cents to
81 % per basket, according to quality.
Next Week the Time to Buy.
The poorer kind could be bought for
much less. The varieties now are the
Mountsin Rose, Crawford Early and
Reeves. Next week will be the best
time for buying peaches to can and as
the majority of the people T. cognize
this it is thought that the prices will
gradually rise during the next few days
Must Ship Only Good Peaches.
The commission merchants have sent
word to growers to ship nothing but
good peaches, and the General Assembly
is condemned for not passing a law for
bidding the sale of prematures. They
are afraid that the ordinance which the
City Council viii probably pass will come
too late.
For the worlds Fair.
The car which is to take the load. of
peaches to the Worlds Fair arrived
last night from Philadelphia. 1t was
sent down the Delaware railroad at.
tached to the Norfolk express. The car
was fitted up especially for this occss.
ion by the Pennsylvania railroad and
OcldWhIc lIull Will DC Wol huNtIblftQ.
To Start Next Monday.
The car will start for Chicago on
Monday, and the fruit will be distributed
Immediately after the Delaware Day ex
ercises.
Shipments at 1IiddIetown.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
MIDDLRTowN, Aug. 19.-The ship
ment of peaches from here yesterday
was about the same amount as shipped
on previous days of this week. Thl
number each day averaged about 90I
baskets. A great deal Of the fruit ship
ped this week has been of the Noun.
tain Rose variety but the number sen
away was also large in consideration o
the fact that no peaches of any conse
quence are now grown in this section
The well-known shipper John w
Jolls had a lot of Mountain Ros
peaches in freight car standing on tn
side track and offered them to peopl
here for only 10 cents per basket an
he disposed of many baskets yer
quickly TO persons who desired ther
for canning purposes.
A Basket of Peaches.
magnificent basket of peaches, O
rather basket of magnifcen
peaches was laid on on
desk yesterday with the compliment
of James Bradford. of Wilmington. A
we were locating them under our vest
we thought, how sweet TO be remem
bered-with a basket Of lusciou
peaches. The only fly in the ointmen
of this occasion, was the fact tina
Mr.. Bradford did not live in DelawaI
county so that we could not send him I
Congress, to help repeal the silver pu
chasing clause of the Sherman law an
help maintain protective tariff, whiC
starts up mills, puts unemployed men
work and promotes Hthe prosperi
of the country generally.
Times.