Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-31


FANCY STOCK WOULD SELL WELL.
Furnished by W. L. Duryea's Sons. No. ia
Warren street, New York.
Special Dispatch TO Gazette and Journal.
New York, Aug. 30-To-day's prices
for peaches are 30aS0c. per basket.
The average quality of the fruit Is
poor. The demand Is slow. Fancy
stock would sell we'll
GOOD DEMAND IN PHILADELPHIA.
Furnished by Hill q TruAx, commission mer-
chants. No. 800 South Front street. Philadel-
Special Dispatch to Gazette and Journal.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 30.--We
auote, to-day same prices as yesterday.
The demand is good.
THE BALTIMORE MARKET.
Furnished by snyder & Blanchard, Commits
sion Merchants, No. 226 Light Street Wharf,
Special Dispatch to Gazette and journal.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug. 30.-To-day's
prices for picked peaches are: Red, Goa
3Oc.; yellow, 25a40c. Windfalls are OF no
| quotable value.
| BRIDGEyILLB MARKET QUIET.
| Special Dispatch to Gazette and Journal
BRIDGEvILLE, Aug. 30.-Twelve cars
OF peaches were shipped from this place
to-day.
The market is quiet and unchanged.
White, 25a4Oc. The yellow fruit was
not so saleable, as it does not carry so
well. Buyers are getting most Of the
stock.
I COMING IN SLOWLY AT MILFORD.
Special Dispatch to Gazette and journal
MILFORD Aug. 30.-Peaches are COM
ing in slowly this morning, and only
about dozen carloads will be shipped
to-day.
Prices range from Csc. to Acc. per
basket. The most Of the fruit shipped
to-day is sold, very little being shipped
on consignment
THE STORM sHoRTENs THE SEASON.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
BRIpeEv1LLE, Aug. 30.-The storm
of Monday night did great damage 10
the peach trees and fruit. SO great being
the damage that the season will be
shorter than expected and the future
J supply considerably lessened.
The crop has circulated considerable
money down the Peninsula, but Who
has got that money? Nearly everybody
except the right one-the man who Hal
all the cStp, trouble and expense-4tht
farpler OF grower. He has gotten scarcely
anything. A stack of postal cards notify
ing him Of the low and unsatisfactory
sales and few small checks after wait
ing eight or ten years for crop of frui
constitutes what he has received.
A circular just received from Chicago
!, states that Bridgeville took second
, honers in the peach display at til,
! Worlds Fair, Delaware Day. Tina
honor fell to Mitchell Layton, who sen
I basket Of beautiful large Glob
peaches, which are Of a golden color
, The highest honor fell TO A. N. Brow
! Of Wyoming, who secured that homo
!. by carefully wrapping each peach Ii
!, paper, causing the fruit to carry better
The circular states that the fruit was
, great advertisement for Delaware, an,
i was eaten by people from every part o
: the country.
I. THE LOCAL. MARKET.
q The local market was glutted yesterds
with rank bad peaches. i. N. StaytoA
wholesaler, No. 307 King street, est
mates that 1000 or 5000 baskets wer
: brought to this city this morning. Tive
10 thirds OF the shipment is "windfalls.
Most of the fruit is green or bruised q
II specked. 1t is thought the market wi
n not be cleaned up :o-day. The deman
!. for good fruits good but for such peache
J. as are in market now the demand
+, very slow. Wholesale prices are as TO
}. lows: Stumps, 20a35c.; Late Crawford
Il 30a50c.; Old Mixons, 30a40c.
lie Cartridge g. Wharton, wholesaler
g and retailers, Fourth and King street
ID report the following retail price:
re Stumps, 40a50c.; late Crawfords, 50a60c
Mountain Rose, 40c.