Evening journal., 1894-04-12
UNFORTUNATE PEACH !
Killed BY Late Frosts and
Early Prophets.
GOVERNOR REYNOLDS THINKS so

He Has Examined tho Buds aud Does
Not Think That Anything Hut Excuses
FOR Peaches VIII Go to Isrket-what
Philadelphia Mournor Found TO Cry
About.
This weather has put the peach bud
prophet to work again, and, for the third
or fourth time this year, one half Of the
peaches have been killed The vitality
OF the little peach bud Is one Of the most
remarkable things of the century 1t
cometh up Ike flower and is cut down
at least one half every week from Febru-
AIRY until after the "June she'd" and
when summer rolls around, the young
peach gets its revenge by glutting the
market, seemingly just to show that IL
cannot be killed by rumors, counter
rumors and spaoe writer's.
At present the eye OF the civilized
world is centered on the lower part Of
Kent aud tue upper part OF Sussex
county That is the peach belt. Jack
Frost may bit above the belt aud below
the belt aud nobody claims a foul; but
just as soon as he begins getting in his
heavy work on the belt he Is led down,
and there are always hundreds OF people
ready 90 magnify the punishment in.
liicted.
A Philadelphia paper, having heard
incidentally, Of course, that the peach
crop of Delaware had been killed, sent a
rep0rtorial nourner down to Sussex 10
help the people weep. He wept AZ the
rate Of So column, and sent in bill for
/ $l2 The following are samples Of his
lamentations over MIR Peach:
Throughout the entire State Of Della
ware 1t is almost impossible to hud a
peach grower who Is sufficiently sangulno
to predict any kind OF crop for this sea
son, In fact, the most responsible grow
era, the men who for many years have
carefully studied the business, edmit
that there will be absolutely no shipment
OF any account. The buds are dead, aud
nothing short Of miracle can help out
the AroweTs.
South Of Dover are the majority OF
the 100000 trees contained In the
Sate, and one of the most important
regions is that around the towns oi
Wyoming and Camden, IN Kent county
The orchards are now seen In full bloom,
and TO the unaccustomed eye the lovely
/
the trees are exceedingly pleasing, but
to the grower there is no pleasure 10 the
| sight, for In each bud, almost without
exception, Is the black germ which tell.
the tale OF the Frost Kings visit
"A w. Brown. who Is the secretary oI
the Peninsnlar Fruit Growers Commit
tee. declared that there cannot possibly
be crop On Monday Of this week HI
/ MA 1 La
leading varieties Of trees aud CAREFUL,
went over the entire number He founl
but 3SS live peaches.
AT Bridgevlile, in Sussex county. th
most extensive growers are II. p RnG
p l. Cannon, sons Of the only Republl
can governor that Delaware has eve
had. II p. Cannon has 25. 900 trees, RnC
as a result Of recent investigation state,
that not one bud In hundred Is living
He is conhde Mt that he will not ship
peach. The yallers' is reaching thi
section, and he thought that within few
years growers would be compelled Z,
uproot trees and fend peach CROWNS
for at least twenty years
"P. l. Cannon has 20,000 trees ia bud
but the buis are all dead and there vii
be absolutely no crop, in his opinion
Great orchards owned by the Caunons il
Western Maryland are In the sam
condition.
AT GEORGETOWN and Milford the sam
story is told j. X Truitt. OF the latte
place, said that perhaps there may be
tenth crop at that place, but he dOubte
10. AT Georgetown any buds which ar
not killed are Of the poorest varieties
Al the bay shore and st Frederick, Ken
| county. Rccordiug 20 Mr. Truitt the bud
are not so badly injured, but the suppl
will amount to nothing AZ Lswe
there is a better crop than elsewhere. bu
80 few trees that they are not worthy o
account.