Smyrna times., 1906-04-11
SMYRNA GROWERS PLEASED
OVER PROSPECT FOR FRUIT
UNLESS LATE FROSTS INTERFERE THE
PEACH CROP WILL BE VERY LARGE.
Spraying More Generally INDUCED in than
Ever in this Vicinity to Combat San
Jose ScaIe-Prospects Down State.

Ever 10 this Vicinity to Combat San
Jose ScaIe-PrOspects Down State.
Fruit growers in Smyrna and vic
unity are pleased at the prospect for a
large crop of fruit. Unless late frosts
kill the buds, the peach belt of
Smyrna, Brenford and vicinity will |
yield large crop. True there is more
or less concern over the San Jose Scale, |
but the manner in which growers have |
taken steps to fight the disease, gives
promise that they will in. the majority
of cases get it under control. All of |
the large growers such as Fred
Thomas on the Cummins Farm, Reed
LoAand on the Wilds Farm, W. T.
Massey, Joseph E. Carter, Daniel G.
Bailey and others report prospects at
this time, most encouraging. A good
fruit year will mean much for the
farmers In this vicinity as we'll as for
shipping industries. Brenford and
Smyrna Landing will as usual become
busy fruit shipping centers and will
doubtless be considerably aided in the
event of the new passenger and freight
trolley line being completed by that
time The favorable March weather
has kept buds back and the few warm
spring days of this month have ad-
vanced them but little. Not only do
peach buds show a healthy sign, but
indications show there will be an un-
usual crop of plums and grapes.
Growers are making every endeavor to
prepare the way for a mammoth crop.
Spraying has been more generally in
dulged in than ever before and tons of
solution have been used on orchards
to combat the scale and other diseases,
which have manifested themselves.
Barring late frosts, growers have rea-
son to look forward to fine crop of
all kinds of fruit.
Favorable Fruit Prospects Down the State.
From the "Peach Belt" of Bridge
vile comes the report that the pros
poets are favorable for big crop oi
peaches. The trees are not vet il
bloom, but are filled with live buds
1t is not believed they will bloom by
the middle of the month when danger
from frost will not be great. Frost a
that time, is of course, to be feared, Al
the crop last season was destroyed
about April IS very cold snap will
frost following heavy rain. Spray
ing this spring to kill the San Jos
scale on the peach trees has been NOR
extensive than eyer before. The farme
realizes that spraying is essential
one wishes to continue in the peac
business. The lime, salt and sulphu
wash has been the mixture most exteI
sively used. If there should be Gro
of peaches this season, forty to lift
cars Of the luscious fruit will b
shipped from Bridgeville in one day &
the highest of the season. Fru
growers of lower Delaware are no
getting into a paniac over the poss
bility of a shortage of refrigerator car
which must be relied on IN rushin
fresh fruits northward when HI
weather comes. The Fruit Grower
Express of Atlanta, Georgia, writir
to Milford representative, says: sc
account of our being unsuccessful
our efforts to reach an understandir
with the P. b. & W. r. r. Co. ,regar
ing the use of our cars, in time to clio
certain options for ice, which expir
January 1, we feel that in Justice
you and ourselves we should adv
you now that we have been unable
secure sufficient ice to warrant as hea
operation during the strawberry 81
son as heretofore, and, while we v
furnish as many cars as possible,
think you should not depend too mt
upon u.s."