Smyrna times., 1904-08-17
FRUIT SHIPMENTS LIVELY
INDUSTRY WITH FARMERS
FIFTEEN THOUSAND BASKETS OF PEACHES
MOVE FROM THIS SECTION DAILY.
Peaches, Pears, Grapes and CantalOupes Nov
ing Off in Considerable Quantities
fern Farm the Banner Peach Farm.

ISoSnes' Teais' uIdpeS anu ChntalOupeS NOV
ing Off in Considerable Quantities
fern Farm the Banner Peach Farm.
Fruit is moving lively from this
vicinity and Judging from the large
shipments from Smyrna Landing, Bren-
ford. Greenspring and Clayton, our fruit
growers are contributing their share
to the great fruit shipping industry of
the state. The Transportation Com
pany with its daily line of steamers,
Brady" and Frankie are shipping
from 1000 to 5000 cases of fruit a dav.
and the wharves at Smyrna Landing
present lively scene where farmers
for miles around haul their produce to
be shipped to the Philadelphia mar
ket. At BrenfOrd the scene is almost
as active and probably no shipping
point on the Delaware railroad pre-
sents greater activity. Buyers are
present from Philadelphia, New York
and other points, but r. Y. Wallen
and j. W. Jones of this section vir-
tually control the situation, having
purchased at private terms the or
chards of Reed Lofand, Georoe w.
Thompson, Charles H. Carey, .Benja-
min Wallace, John 2. Jones, Ephraim
Lower, S. &. Wilds, William Boyd
and Daniel G. Bailey. Yesterday
ten car loads of fruit were shipped.
nine being filled with peaches, and
one with cantaioupes. At Clayton
the scene is not quite as lively, but con-
siderable fruit averaging two car loads
day are being shipped. Peaches are
ON IN large quantities, but the prices
are low and are not encouraging the
fruit growers like it did last year.
Possibly the largest peach shippers in
this vicinity are the Cummins heirs
on "Glenfern Farm, tenanted by Mr..
Fred Thomas. 1t is said that their
crop will amount to more than
10000 baskets. A close second to the
Cummins heirs is Mr.. Thomas J.
Middleton who lives up the State road
over the New Castle county line. His
crop will amount to 5000 or 1000 bas-
kets. Ephraim Lower add Daniel G.
Bailey, of near Brenford, will have
fully 5000 baskets. Reed Lofand of the
Mrs. n. F. Wilds farm, will have In the
neighborhood of 1000 baskets; William
Armstrong, 5000 or more baskets; :;
Charles Carey, about 5000 baskets;
Edward G. Walls, the 'Rothwell
Farm, about 5000 baskets, S. Gilbert
Wilds, Thomas Kirby, the Misses
Cummins of "Woodlawn," H. D.
Boyer, Joseph B. FAIRIES and others,
between 2OOO and 5000 baskets. Peaches
to-day were bringing rs cents per
basket in New York and between so
and 80 cents in Philadelphia.
J. E. Carter Leads the Field in Grape Culture.
The grape industry which is of
much Importance i'll this vicinity,
promises to be large and starts out
with good prices. In New York
Monday they were bringing S1.5O per
case and in Philadelphia S1.OO per
case. The largest grape culturist in
this vicinity is Joseph E. Carter, and
his crop is varlously estimated between
5000 and 1000 cases. Mr.. Carter has
possibly the largest vineyard in the
state and makes more of a speciality of
grapes than any other crop. His
vineyards are models of neatness and
the growing and shipping of this fruit
Is under his personal direction. An
other grape culturist in this vicinity
is Mr.. Walter Il. Massey, one of our
most up-to-date and progressive farm
ers. Mr.. Massey will have between
4OOO and 5000 cases. Others in this
vicinity who will have between 1000
and 1000 cases are E. W. Lapham,
j. W. Anthony, Levi Anthony, and
Daniel Morris.
Pears and CantaOupes Bring Good Prices.
Keltfer pears and cantaIoupes are
being shipped in considerable quanti-
ties, especially at Brenford. Among
the largest growers of pears are Dan.
iel @. Bailey and Joseph B. FARES,
who will have between 1000 and 5000
baskets. The Misses Cummins of
"Woodlawn," have been shipping
many loads of pears this week, but
they have not been keiffers. They
have made a speciality of the "Bart-
lets, and have been very successful
with them. Cantaloupes are grown
quite extensively in this vicinity and
just now they are being shipped lively
and are bringing from $1.OO to $3.50
per crate in city markets.