Middletown transcript., 1910-10-22
WYoMINc'S APPLE ORCHARD
An Interesting Trip Through
the Delaware Annie RaIf

All Interesting Trip through
the Delaware Apple Belt
THE TRAEscRIPT IL fortunate ID being
able 70 present to its farming readers and
others Interested in fruit culture very
interesting and profitable account Of q
visit last Thursday by Mesars. c. P. Coch-
ran and Victor Green to the apple belt
near WyomineSin KentC County, as follows
Mr. Darby, one Of the large apple
growers, whose crop Of 5000 barrels now
being picked from $50 acres, is the largest
raised this season in the state, grows the
following varieties, viz: the Nero, the
Stayman Winesap, the York Imperial
and she Old Winesap. From some single
trees be will pick 100 baskets Of prime
fruit.
His orchasds, as clean Of weeds. etc.
as any well kept lawn, are cultivated five
or six times each year, and the trees
sprayed as often. go or 20 persons are
now picking and packing the fruit, the
finest 10 boxes, the other grades in barrels,
for shipment to the Reading Terminal
cold storage plant in Philadelphia, to be
put upon the market in February when
apple prices have gone in the opposite
direction to the thermometer.
We also visited another and even
mora widely known apple farm that Of
Mr.. Francis Soper-ths father Of this
profitable industry in Delaware.
In his 100 acre orchard 10 grown many
kinds Of early apples, most Of which we're
marketed several weeks ago. Mr.. Soper
has just sent few barrels to the MiDnea-
polls apple show, where in former years
be was one TO take many prizes. He is
truly "a jolly good fellow" and has
very proper pride in showing visitors
through bis finely kept orchards.
a third noted apple farm is that of
Messrs. f. F. Bancroft and Son, well
known horticulturalists specializins in
apple culture. They too grow many
early varieties, having already shipped
several carloads for which they received
$l.00 per hamper, q measure something
over basket. They also receive fancy
prices in Philadelphia for their cream,
theproduct. of ine herd Of thoroughbred
Alderney cows which are stable fed the
entire year, and being well housed and
cared for and in appearance look as sleek
as moles. The cattle food is derived from
huge silos yearly filed with green stuff
for winter and spring feeding. These
gentlemen raise large quantities Of green
crops and cut them in summer for feed.
Their dairy returns them a handsome
profit.
The Messrs. Bancroft also have thrifty
chicken farm which yields them 4 big
returns in eggs and broiIers. They EN-.
phasize egg rather than fowl production,
using for this purpose the Leghorns famed
for laying, rather than other varieties,
like the Dorking for example, in which
the brooding instinct is more developed.
Their methods from egg to egg, from in.
cubator to broilers and layers, are method
ical and scientific to the minutest detail.
Each laying hen is expected to produce at
least 100 eggs every year, though in fact
they average more. About 10000 eggs
are marketed annually. They receive
for their white eggs from a dealer
Ia New York City, from 2 TO cents
above the Philadelphia market quotations,
The dealer also paying them freight on
The eggs and on the returned crates
We were met at the Wyoming depot by |
Messrs. G. H. Jolls and Edgar Witsel, and |
taken by them in an automobile to the /
IRrms described. Mr.. and Mrs. Jolls
Us in truly royal fashion at
heir lovely home in Wyoming, beanti.
led within and without, with choicest
lowers. Our hostess, Mrs. Jolls, is es-
oecialIy an expert in growing large and
handsome chrysanthemums Of which she
8 very fond and has won many prizes
With them at various floral exhibitions.
Her yellow and white varieties were not
IDLY fine flowers and the many different
Kinds filed small hot house with yarie.
,ated bloom.
A large ice and cold storage plant is
low being built at Wyoming with a ca
'acity of 1900 barrels of apples. Wyom-
ng's wide awake town, with fine houses
nd we'll kept streets and sidewalks.
hey are erecting water plant.
Farms around Wyoming which ID
ears ago we're q drug in the market at
1900 to 5000 per acre, are now readily
slling for $4,000 to $l00.00 an acre.
Can't some OF our Middletown farmers
uplicate these superbly profitable fruit
of Messrs. Darby, Soper or
'ancroft2 Or raise eggs and poultry in
ne scientific way the Bancrofts do?
We think they can If they only chose to
$50. And then, why should not our
delaware farmers in groups put up their
wn cold storage plants and reap them,
slves some of the fat profits which now
0 solely to the city middlemen and deal
rs who ordinarily buy of the farmer bis
roduct when the market is at its lowest
nd keep in storage till it is at its highest.
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