Middletown transcript., 1895-08-31
the following to say about the peach
market at that place last week:

the following to say about the peach
market at that place last week:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
witnessed the largest shipments OF
peaches from the Peninsula for this
year. The glut, if there was any, was
last Tuesday. Twenty cars of peaches
were loaded that day at Milford, and
what is rather remarkable, there was
no slump in prices. Nixon sold at 25
cents for the poorest, and from 80 to SO
cents for larger stock.
Milford loaded Is cars on Monday,
20 on Tuesday, 12 on Wednesday, Is
on Thursday and yesterday. Proba-
bly, ten cars will be loaded to-day.
Saturday last Reeves sold at 95 cents
to 81. Is per basket. They were prin-
cipally bought for New England points.
Crawford's Early sold at 40 to 70 cents,
according to size. The first Nixon
brought so to go cents.
On Monday prices started high, but
declined greatly before noon. Early
in the morning Reeves sold at 81 to
SLIP, and Ole load Of Nixon went at
IS cents. Later, Nixon sold at 40 to
55 cents.
On Tuesday there was great plenty
of fruit, yet the buyers took it all.
Nixon sold at 80 to 80 cents. Since
then the market has been quite steady,
Mixons and Stumps cor stituting nine
tenths of the fruit, and selling all the
way from 30 to so cents"
The Georgetown peach growers are
inclined to grumble at prices, at buyers,
at agents, at commission men, at the
drouth, at the heat, and finally at
themselves for being again cleft with
the bag to hold," or at least their town
papers are grumbling for them aud are
presumably expressing the thoughts of
the growers. The SUSSEX Republican
of the Oath says:
"Peaches have been going forward
this week. The warm, dry weather
hurried them along. Eleven carloads
were shipped from this station last
Tuesday and from six to eight per day
since. The season is now more than
half over and the glut in the market
is past. Some of the best peaches are
yet to be shipped and should command
good prices. The prices thus far have
been disappointing. Fruit that sold
for from 60 to 70 cents basket here
would have brought from ST.. 90 to $1.25
at Bridgeville. The trouble is the lack
of buyers. The few buyers here got
together and had an understanding not
to go above certain price, no matter
how nice the fruit. Another trouble
with this market is in the careless
manner in which the peaches are picked
and brought to the station. Then those
who had peaches were not only at the
mercy of the buyers, but were help
lessly in the hands of those who char
tered cars and the commission men the
former making off the shipper from
$50 to $40 per car, and the latter re-
turning what per cent they had mind
to of the sales made. 1t is now too
late to remedy these abuses for the
present season, but by another year the
peach growers should form an associa-
tion and look out for themselves.
The editor of the Ne,us and Aduer-
tiser who is peach grower and well
posted in prices corrects the following
statement from the Times.
GA Kenton agent who has been in
the shipping business ten years, says
peaches have been bringing better
prices this year than any other year of |
that period. Good peaches have sold
this week at prices to net over ST.
per basket. .'-iSmyrna Times.
1.-THE statement is not accurate. In
1887 half of the merchantable peaches
If Delaware sold at more than one dol
ar per basket, and $1.25 was common
price during the first half of the sea-
ion; while the average for the year
was about so cents. In 1889 prices
ruled 30 to 60 per cent. higher than
his year, while the few peaches mar
,eted from the Peninsula in 1892 and
1914 averaged more than one dollar
,er basket. It is doubtful that the
Peninsula peach crop will average
more than 40 cents per basket this
ear-which is an excellent price, of
ourse.'"