Evening journal., 1907-08-29
PEACH SEASON
AT ITS HEIGHT
Sussex County Growers Get
Good Prices for Their
Product
"PEACHES MEAN
SPECIE" THEY SAY

Special to THE EVENING JOJhNAL;
WYOMING, Aug. 29.-Ihis was .he
height of the peach season and Deia-
wares peach belt sent its golden fruit
I'm from daybreak, there frequently
being a steady stream of vari-colored
peach wagons reaching almost to the
town of Camden.
! Delaware's gardens and orchards
were yielding other fruits today beside
peaches, but the Bartlett pears, red AS
ltrakhan apples, canteloupes and grapes
which came in by the purveyors load,
were simply given passing glance by
the crowd which mounted every peach
wagon and started up a lively bidding
for the ripe golden fruit with the red
blush upon it.
Charles l.. Mcbride. grower Of near
Camden, brought in load Of fine
Elbertas, drawn by two mules. The
mules were worth probably 500 each
but the load of peaches which they
drew brought the owner $2lO cash and
the peaches were hustled off to Scran-
ton, Pa, in a refrigerator car
There were two strange features Of
r the big peach market day--one was
chat the Belle Of George peaches, large
, and luscious white peaches, free stone
+ and full ripe, dragged along az less
, than one dollar per basket, while the
? Elbertas somewhat larger but rich yell
flow and red fruit, sold for over 81 per |
basket. These fruit are not so sweet |
and desirable when "cut down" as the |
Bellies. the white peaches, but the mar
ket ruled otherwise.
Again. one man brought load of
% large Elbcrtas which sold for SlSO per
basket while another grower following
>, directly behind, brought load OF the
- same variety, the same size and the
~ same quality Of ripeness and got 70
N cents
Bidding For the Fruit.
20 'Yes. that's the way these buyers
~ do" declared the disgusted farmer.
~ They'll bid one mans load up to a
,s price out Of reason, then they'll beg the
next That's what draws the fruit here
,o as most people who raise peaches like
TO gamble"
George W. Collins was getting some
' lively bids on his beautiful Elbertas
when he called attention of the bid
ders to six baskets of Georgia Bellies in
his wagon That moment bidding on
the load stopped and one bidder with
- drew They're fine peaches, those
/ Bellies" said one buyer, but we can
class them as fancy"
Harry McDaniels wagons drove IN
from West Dover, and one with thirty
fancy Elbertas drew bid at Slt9 at
a., first shot The buyers began to doubt
-, that the peaches ran like the top all
n, through, whereupon Harry Mcdaniel
i- Jr.. on the load insisted that the fruit
be dumped The bidders were satis-
'V' fed and bought the load at S1.S5.
'h John A. Slaughter drove up with a
lat large load of fine fruit. less the bril-
ma liant coloring The ripeness the flavor
es- and the juice were all there. The bes
he could do was S1.37, for Scranton
us account.
George IT, Gidersleeve's fruit whicl
arr was brought up, In covered baskets, di'
ries not appear to be so bright and attrac
sm. tive as some of the other fancy varie
ted ties, but at once attracted a larg
alb. crowd of buyers and the fifty basket
p on one load sold at S1.7O Asked VIII
nat the fruit had attracted the buyers S
,oa quickly and sold at such a high tigur
n for the grade of fruit the buyer
-, promptly responded Because tn;
man marks his name and address q
80 every package. That takes with Il
''e agent. the commission merchant an
the consumer for each knows where
,au- register his kick if anything is wron
leie- The farmers are slowly but sure
ptei learning what earns the bigge
utca money
rch- A. w. slaymaker. secretary Of Il
state Board Of Agriculture, had on
a small load of eleven baskets, b
got eleven dollars and eleven quartz
for ,his little jas.
Obtain Good Prices.
r. Harry Wilson brought in
1907 baskets of fine Elbertas on his los
on and cashed in for $4,000 for the 10;
ipec- or 81 so per basket.
1920 Charles l.. Mcbride got the bigg,
ll.0O price of the day because he brought
fine fruit in in Georgia carriers. Th'
pO) each hold about one-thrd to one-h
reg more than a peach basket, but ea
Tx carrier brought S4, and the fruit W.
right on an express car for Boston.
phle' Mcbride was asked why he J
Ners' brought some fruit in early today
ordinary peach baskets when his fr
rect in Georgia carriers realized such
large sum- simply because 1 co
IFS not get the empty carriers was
III reply. Nobody knows better THAI
that 1 lost money by putting my fl
AL in peach baskets, and it'll be CARR
y in for mine whenever / can get them.'
y Sc He got S21O for one load and
Rod FOR another, earlier in the week.
IRIS of soon as the fruit is brought, the
q dis mors are given ticket and this is /
Bank scented at the Office OF the buyer
entire whom he sold after unloading his fl
iposed and the check, for the full amour
The taken home "Pcaches mean spec
eposit said one successful grower, and Il
o per Is no waiting, only for the fruit TO
I that god and ripe.
homas
bond Portugal. according to Vice
olland Deputy Consul r. II. Kinchant