The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-24
A BIG PEACH CROP.
Million Bushels Expected in Connecti-
 


 Hartford, May 23.-J H. Hale of South Glastonbury, the peach king of New England, stated to a Post reporter yesterday that the Connecticut peach yield this year would be about 1000, GOO bushels. If the crop justifies present expectations the output this year will establish a new record for the state. The conditions at the present time are thoroughly favorable The peaches have set well and the recent frost did no material damage. The quality of the fruit bids fair to be excellent There are 3,000,000 peach trees in Connecticut, and various orchards will come into bearing for the first time this year MT. Hale estimates that the yield from his Glastonbury orchards will be 25,000 bushels and from his Sey- n1our farm 10000 bushels. About one third of the expected crop of 1,000,000 bushels will satisfy the needs of the Connecticut market and the surplus will be shipped out of the state. Especial railroad accommodations will be provided for the export trade. Re- frigerator cars will be supplied and the fruit will be delivered in New York, Boston and the other big markets at the earliest possible moment. In pre- vious years the railroad facilities for handling the product have been wholly inadequate and 1t has been impossible to get into the New York market with the promptness that the conditions de- manded. Under the arrangements which will be made for the transportation of the crop this year, however no delay will be experienced In making deliveries to New York.
 The Georgia Crop.
 MT. Hale expects to raise about 75,- 900 bushels of peaches on his farm at Fort Valley, Ga, this season. His farm there comprising 2,160 acres, is the biggest peach orchard in the world For Georgia as a whole the yield this year will be only about two thirds of the usual size, but the crop in MT. Hales orchard will, as the result of superior care and fertilizng, reach normal proportions. The prospective Georgia yield is about 2,OoO carloads, which is the equivalent of 1000, 900 bushels. Georgia peaches will be placed on the northern markets about June 1b, and the season will last about seven weeks.
 MT. Hale thinks that the peach in- dustry can be carried on in Connecti- cut under rather more favorable con- ditions than In Georgia. Tn Connecti- cut 1t is easier to watch the status of the market and to adjust the market ing to the conditions of the hour. More- over, to place a carload of Georgia peaches in Hartford cost $500 for pack | ing and freighting. From MT. Hale's farm the same quantity of | peaches can be delivered in this citv for $60. The difference in price is not | sufficient to cover the difference in the l expense of marketing. On the other hand, the labor conditions governing | the raising of peaches are more favor | able in Georgia than in Connecticut.
 MT. Hale is conducting various ex- | oeriments in his Glastonbury orchards. One of them is to reconstruct an old orchard by cutting off the tops of the rees and bringing the growth and crop town closer to the ground.
 The Apple Crop.
 MT. Hale reports that the advices which he has received from various sections indicate big crop of apples his year. The yield In the east bids l air to be almost unprecedented. In he great apple growing region of Missouri, however, the parching lrought of last year will seriously affect his years crop.