Smyrna times., 1904-08-31
PEACH SHIPMENTS REACH
CLIMAX IN THIS VICINITY
FRIDAY WAS BANNER DAY, IL CARS FROM
BRENFORD AND 6OOO BASKETS BY BOAT.
Biggest Days Shipment of the Season and
GOOd Prices Continue to Prevail-LiyeIy
Competition at BrenfOrd Station.

sach shipments reached the climax
IN this vicinity on Friday last when
1000 baskets moved off from Smvrns
Landing and fourteen car loads left
Brenford for the city markets. This
together with the several cars from
Clayton and Greenspring constituted
the largest output in one dav that has
been seen In this vicinity for several
years and numbered about 25. 600
baskets. Saturday, the next day 5000
baskets were shipped by boat. Yester-
day was also big day at Brenford and
fourteen carloads are said to have been
shipped, seven of'which were those of
Jones and Wallen, while onlv 1000
were shipped by boat. The shipping
stations In this vicinity presents one of
great activity, and not since the
seventies when the Delaware peach
became renowned far and wide for its
flavor, has the scene been like i
Fruit growers are pleased with the
seasons output and a number have
made enough from their crops to pnr-
chase good farms. Prices have been
uniformly good and have been selling
as high as 70, 80 and a $1.OO right
along and some choice fruit has
brought as high as S1.25 per basket.
The result of the good prices has been
bonanza for some of the fruit growers
who have been farming under diff.
cultles for several years past and have
had constant struggle to make both
ends meet. 1t seems to be an estab.
Hshed fact that the Delaware peach
has come back to stay and this fall
Will witness many new orchards being
planted, which with those coming in
bearing in year or two will make the
acreage very large. The peach belt
this year seems to have been between
Greenspring and Wyoming on the
Delaware Railroad and extending
across the Peninsula, for here it is
that the largest crops have been
grown and the shipments have been
heaviest. After this week peach ship
ments will be on the wane. The
Reeves, Elbertas, Moores, Mixens
and Stumps will be wound up bv this
week. The Crawford's Late are now
on and give promise of bringing good
prices, and the late varieties will be
mostly Smock, Fox Seeding and a
few others. Thomas J. Middleton on
his own farm, and Fred Thomas on
the David J. Cummins Farm" seem
to be in the lead in shipments, and
will, so it is said, average 5000 or |
10000 baskets each. Daniel C. Bailey
on his two farms will have full 9. 900 |
baskets which he sold for 60 cents a
basket.
CheswOId Farmers Happy over Peach Crop.
CHEswoLD, Aug. 31:-Farmers in the
vicinity of Cheswold who had peach
trees in bearing this year (and they
are many) surely made hit. Prices
have been good in the main and crops
have been good though we hear it will
be of short duration, the later yellow
fruit being scarce. 1t is thought the
bulk of the crop will be over this week.
Those who have travelled this PENN.
sula say district of country through
here embracing a radius of. 10 or 70
miles Of which Brenford is the centre
Is noticeable for having a larger crop of
peaches than any other section. TIE
prices obtained would indicate there is
falling off some where. Prices here
on Monday ranged all the way from 35
cents to 80 cents per 5 basket. Ell
bertas were favorites on the market.
At the ''siding" it seemed at times a
veritable blockade of teams. Seven to
elghts cars of the various fruits were
loaded. d. H. Boyce alone loaded
three with tomatoes. Mr.. Harry Ross
on the John Heitshu home farm is ,
about commencing to gather his grapes.
His crop is promising but late.
Big Growers Over 10 denton Hundred.
KENToN, August 31.-The peach (
market at Kenton has been one of .
activity for several weeks and while !
many from this vicinity have hauled
10 Clayton, Brenford and Smyrna
Landing, there have been large ship
nents from this point with prevailing c
good prices. Possibly the largest
shippers from Kenton Hundred have
been Gamaliel Garrison and Robert !
d. Darrah. Mr.. Garrison whose I
young orchards are very prolific and '
ruit highly graded, will wind up the i
'eason with 5000 or 1000 baskets, for S
which 1T is said he has averaged 70 y
md 70 cents a basket. Mr.. r. H. T
Oarrah has also been shipping some t
Inc fruit and his orchards will yield d
lim 5000 or 5000 baskets. "A