Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-06-13
THE MARKETS OF EUROPE
May be Openedto the Peaches
of Delaware.
HOW FRUIT SHOULD BE SHIPPED
Secretary Morton Doing an
Excellent Work.

His Statisticians Are Mt Work Procuring
Information, ANA lie Will soon Issue a
Report-Mr. Thomas Hoicoinb Presents
some Interesting and Valuable Informs
tion.
Editor Gazette DC Journal: have some
information IA to the English market
for peaches and other fruits which Wi
be Of value to the fruit growers of our
State, and know of no better channel
of communicating ii than through
EVERY EVENING.
When sought the Information there
was promised very large crop of
peaches aud an enlarged market seemed
very much needed. At the present time
the prospect is for crop no larger tnan
is likely to be taken by odr own
markets, yet feel quite sure that the
time has arrived when, by mtans Of
rapid trans portation aud refrigeration,
we can place our peaches in Luhdon in
good condition for the market.
The fruit should be shipped Oi South |
amptun, us the transit by rail frbm that |
point 10 London is very much shorter |
than from Liverpool and the clrs run |
alongside the steamer in dock, 80 that |
the fruIt can be transferred rapidly and |
be III London within two or three hours
after it is taken from the steamers cold
storage rooms. The TWO German lines
touching at southampton do not take
freight to England, but the American
line does, and in reply to my letter to
that company received the following:
INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION Co., No 6
BOWLING GREEN. NEW YOEK. April 18th,
lSg5-.M Thomas HoLcOmJ, Washington, ~
C.-DEAR SIN; Your favor of the 23d
instant, relating to shipping peaches to
London Is at hand Railroad cars run on
the dock alongside the vessels at South
Amptun as You suppose. We can furnish
| you with cold storage providing an entire
| compartment is used for eacn shipment.
| The capacity of the smallest refrigerator
ON our ships is about seventy-iiye (75) tons
| measurement.
The rate through to London including
! delivery at Consgnees warehouse free OF
| landing charges aud dock and town dues,
| is forty-iiye Ci6l shillings English sterling
| and per cent per ton of 40 cubic feet.
| Room on any particular steamer must be
| engaged a few weeks before sailing date SO
US to insure space being reserved and 4
sufficient quantity to ill the compartments
engaged must be guaranteed.
Yours truly
Il. F, KoBBE,
l.astbo Freight Agt.
! estimate that there are about $3.50
cubic inches in the boxes, the same as
referred to in the letter above, in which
California peaches'are shipped, or about
So to the ton, and the cost of transpor
tation and cold storage from New Yofk
To London would be about 20 cents per
box of so to 100 peaches,
The following letter from w. n.
White u Co., Limited, of London, is
full Of interest and speaks for itself:
LONDON. May 0, ls95.-Hr. Thomas Hol,
comb Treasury Department., Washington, D.
q. L. $. imsrica DEAR SIR: Yours Of
18th ulto. respecting peaches which vol
contemplate shipping to this market The
whole Of the California peaches that havi
come to this market last wear and previous
years have been entrusted to our care, auC
the bulk of the Californian fruit come Il
J US. Some of the peaches are very good, VII
1 the treestones, but the clingstones
! although OF good appearance are of bai
! | quality. These come forward in hal
! | boxes packed only two layers in EACH eacl
peach wrapped in paper and they rang
from ~ to 100 peaches IN box according
70 their size. II is very good package, an
think TWO layers quite sufficient; a thir
( would be likely 70 nrulse, The box is yer,
thin on account OF the weight and is onI
: Of sutlcInt strength to carry the fruIl
. Ventilation Is lett lor the peaches. Price
:, ranged last year from 3 10 s shillings boz
J Three years ago they ranged from @ to /
= shillings 4 box, We had a very large Gro
e OF fruit OF all kinds last year, which al
counts Tor the di ference in prices Ii you
d fruit IS good color, nice, rosy appearance
q one side, 40 doubt they will sell. We sha
, be very pleased to receive whatever col
:, slgnments you may be forwarding to til
!, market Our charges for these goods woul
be Fence per package for warehOusin
Is storing and sOrtiGg and commission pt
y cent, Yours truly,
: Vs. II. WHITE & Co, Limited.
/, w. y. WHITE, Managing Director.
r. 1t Will be noticed that last wear WI
!. an abundant fruit year and il Is pr
!. sumed that the lowest prices were f,
Ne California cltngs. When We know fro
!" experience that the best California FIRE
VI stones Will compare fayorably with d
N Delaware peaches only in appearance
wa can Judge how poor the clIngs mu
III be.
re Further comment is not necessar
Each fruit grower can Judge for hiI
self as 10 the practiCability of makii
shipments. by shipping by Americ,
line We ought to place the fruit in I
- LONDON market within seven DAYS fro
~ the oicnard, anu most Of that time t
peaches VIII be in cold storage at a vi
~, form temperature Of about 40 degre
~ In this connection | will say that | 4
-" informed b. the people who run sire
~ fruit stands here thar it Is their Z
~ Derlcncc that peaches that have been
u" cold Storage long enough to becol
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