The daily Republican., 1902-10-09

Three successful seasons of peach
eS have set the Delaware farme RS
to think seriously of whether the
growing Of this most luscious of all
fruits will not return again to the
soil between the bays, says Albert
W. Cummins in the Board of Trad Q
journal, When peach growing
was III its prime, some twenty-five
years ago, the growers thought
themselves lucky if they could have
three good seasons in succession
The profits from fruit growing in
the State, aud especial ly peaches, are
somuch higher than from anyother
agriculture produce, and the culture
is attended with 50 much more pleas
ure and opportunity for the eXerci-
Sc Of skill, that naturally anything
that appertalns TO a prospective re-
turn OF this one time chief of our az
riculturo Industries is of momentous
Importance to Delaware.
SO tar as can be aseertained. a
bout everything in the peach line
has been IS satisfactory this year
as could lie expected. The prices,
while rot SO nigh as they were sev-
eral decades ago, still nelted the
growers very handsome income
and the profits are doubtless as re-
muneratIve as they were, all things
considered, III the earlier periods of
The industry.
One Of these orchards is on the
farm occupied by Hon. Robert II.
Wilson. III st Jones neck, below
Dover, owned by John =. Wilson, a
successful commission merchant OF
Philadelphia. This handsome or
rhard, containing chiefly the boauti-
fui EIhcrtas. consists Of twcnty-thrce
acres and the income from the past
season is reported to have been
~. Coo.
Further up the State near Smyrna,
is an orchard Of handsome Elhertas
on the farm Of the David j. Cum
Minis estate, known as Glrnfeln,
and tenantrd by Fred Thomas.
l'hiS year. undoubtedly large
number Of Young orchards will be
planted N the lower counties. In
Kent some fire young orchards are
already growing On the lands Of own
crS who several years ago, were con.
VinCed that it was about time to try
reach growing again. Those orchards
planted wlcn ii was almost conceded
that peaches were gene for good, have
NOW come into hearing and are ustl-
lying the hopes Of these who c)ung to
teaches during the darker DAYS.
The E!bcrta is Il most beautiful
peach. It is "a general favorite.
Every new orchard that has been
put out or will be planted during
the coming season will have large
purpOrtiOn of Elhcr.aS. It is Il
Georgia graft and was brought here
from the SGuthcrn State. On Della
ware soil it hoGl'ishes fully as well
il not better than it does in the
South. The growers report the
peach as strong and hcarty,a better
bearer by far than the Reeves
favorite and the flavor well, it does
not require an expert to tell that in
the yellow fruit it is not surpassed
for taste
Some ofthem color very highly.
Leading growers declare that this
peach is the acme Of the orchard.
AS climatic conditions during re-
cent years appear to have favored
peach culture, the trees also appe ar
to he very little affected by disease
of any kind and where the growers
skilfully attended to their orchards
they are not complaining of disease.
Tho State,atOo, now keeps watch
fnl eye over the industry. Orchards
are inspected by experts in the EN-
ploy Of the State. They keep a
lookout for signs or symptoms Of
disease in the fruit trees The feel
ing that the yelows and other plag-
ues would totally destroy the fruit
trees now seems to have died out.