Smyrna times., 1893-08-09
Fruit Notes


One Milford Gamer will put up GOOC
baskets of peaches.
Laurel claims to be able to ship ten
carloads of peaches day.
The Rev. Jonathan 5. Willis has a
crop of probably 10000 baskets.
The Ohio peach crop is larger than
was first expected. 1t is expected that
1000 carloads will be shipped.
niagara county, n. Y, expects TO
ship 10000 baskets of peaches this
year, the largest crop ever raised in
! that county.
Peaches sold well at Milford station
last week. On Monday prices went as
high as Sill; on Tuesday to SIOo.
on Wednesday to $1.07 and ON Thurs
day to $1.O7.
There was slump in prices Satur-
day which continued through Monday
and yesterday. At Wyoming yester-
day buyers paid from 22 to 30 cents
Tor Iroth, 40 to 30 for Mountain Rose.
and 60 to 20 for st. John. Samuel
Armstrong attributed the low price in
part to their specking, having had
considerable rain there.
Word received from Mr.. T. Bailey
and a. N. Brown, canvassing for the
Delaware Peach Association is Ger.
tainly encouraging. They are meet
ing with "A hearty welcome all over
western Pennsylvania. Ohio. ana in tLe
eastern states.
At meeting of the Queen Anne
Fruit Exchange, il was un3uirnou.I,
agreed TO run the exchange on the
same plan as two years ago. Ruxers
from northern cities come 10 Queen
Anne for peaches. Thenunhsro fb,s.
kets calculated TO be Slipped from tLis
station is said to be POO 900
For some uucouutah!e re..o,,
peaches took slump in price af Mi.
ford Saturday Excellent n.,rl.",
could be bought for - cent, b,.kot
ana this was the ruling price dpIino
the day. The supply did mot ...,'
any larger than usual, and There ,.a.'
plenty OF ouvers on hand, bui ibr.. dil f.
no, push The price ueyoua - cents
ne falling IN price had IL d.pl,-siug
erect on me p"acl growers y3.. .ro
1iTaid that prices may again aU toat
IoW dul 'n& The season. When urarI..
sell belo" - cents basket tLera +.
but iIttie profit in them. aud ,.,. .,,.,'.
ers are in hopes that tais fcyra Vii
again be reached. 'i'
Ihere Is lots Of fun for The many
Spectators who assemble az tlc Milford
""gP"' gach morning now says ts. CZyo,l.
'c1e' The twenty or more peach buv-
ers there assembled each morn;ng
whlie usually good natnr-d "nJ
IflghdIy' quite often forget themselves
''t" Io|5 'neir temper. The big road
" mere the buyers nave their hoofh.
he'f clerk and outfits has been
.erned The Wall Street or AGilard =
'nd the hurry and hustle and Lill;,'.,
,! lhe buyers Is done uitb4- l..r.l, ,..-.
ana energy a* is the huyiu.- ~ -t.,.l.'
'n the Ne" York Stock ExchaDg4
japan iiHnhs are grown bv p En-
'rS"H "i "yominE. the fruit is Iarr4
'''""tIullN caiorrd, and of "a drlci,rs
i"Nor' II ftpen~ nI the last or TuIv
~ IN The time TO realize fancy ur;c..s
y e understand that the CarcgIio H. {
atch ''.''"S 10
In The FELTON, peach market Horr.,.
arlE peaches sold rs hipb "a. 81 no r.,. Il
''[% = -; e, ana yellow 81. John from 81 90 S
e, - 'o; Feitoh IS fortunate IN having
ur7t class set of buyers and lhey posj. p
Vei} feiase 70 handle premature a
Good peaches of standard varieties e
re now going in and will continna a
htll the end. Opinions differs as 10 =
ne number of baskets Of good peacbcs fl
men viii be shipped, bur IL seems d
lat 100000 baskets is the favorifo 4
stimate. '''''''e !.
some Of the peach-groweis on the f,
astern Shore Of Maryland are well. q
leased a, The prospect Of being abla :, G
mp THEN crop by water 10 BiItimors
Inns , .nls way they viii escape heavy
eIsn' rates aud viii be able TO secure /
rgcr profits. y