Democratic messenger., 1911-11-18
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Some Facts Of What van
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This Section.

A booklet issued by the Pennsylvan;
Railroad Co. gives these facts relatiy
to the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
peninsula:
It would be impossible in small space
to give comprehensive account of local
industries and activities on the peninsula,
but any discussion would be incomplete
without mention of some of the salient
points of local interest.
Bridgeville. in Sussex County, Della
ware, is the greatest shipping point for
Strawberries in the world. Pushing it
close for the honor comes Selbyvilla-
Sussex County, Delaware, and Ridgely
Caroline County, Maryland.
AT Ridgely the Armours have just put
in new canning plant for jellies. jams,
etc. All this season a similar one has
been in operation at Berlin. Maryland.
A large grapejuice plant will be built
this fall at Dover, Delaware.
At the National Apple Show, held in
Denver. Colorado. in 1910, apples from
the peninsula took 16 blue ribbons.
Wherever peninsula fruit is shown il
excels in taste, flavor and color.
Grains, grasses and corn from this
region. which were shown at the corn
show in Columbus, Ohio, last year, look
ed as well as any of the western prod
ucts, and many prizes were taken.
Accomac County. Virginia, produces
more and finer sweet potatoes than any
county in the United States. 1t yields
fully five per cent. of the whole crop of
this country at a money value which is
enormous.
In 1910 there were 452, l35 barrels of
potatoes shipped from Cape Charles.
Virginia; 4S2, 4O3 barrels of whites and
10. 1872 barrels of sweets.
The Eastern Shore is noted as the
home of the diamond-back terrapin
Lewes. Delaware, is one of the largest
centers of the fish industry in the United
States.
Crisfield, Maryland, is one of the most
famous places in the world for crabs.
1t is renowned among hotel men the
country over.
The highly priced Chincoteague oys-
ters are shipped from Franklin City. y..r-
ginia During the winter Of 1901 the
Delaware Railroad transported the equi-
valent of 1873, 793 barrels of oysters and
CLANS from this region.
Harrson's nurseries, the largest of
their kind in the world, are situated at
Berlin, Maryland.
Ocean City, on the Atlantic coast of
Maryland, and Rehoboth, on the Allan
tic coast of Delaware. are fast becom-
ing two of the most popular summer
resorts in the south.
Fast freight trains connecting with
all points of the peninsula leave every
morning for Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York.
In the season fruit expresses run every
morning on regular schedule. Fruit
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markets in time to be on the breakfast
table the next day.
There are four railroads on the penin-
sula-the Delaware railroad. the New
York. Philadelphia and Norfolk. the
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic.
and the Maryland, Delaware and vir-
ginia railroad. During the year 1910
these roads carried from the peninsula
36, 2ls. .7l9 quarts of berries, 7O9, ,989
baskets of apples. $685. ,67l baskets Of
peaches. l,262, l46 baskets Of pears.
1872. .7l5 baskets of tomatoes, $50, ,435
pounds of grapes, S44, 56S pounds of
plums. 8. 023. $50 barrels of potatoes and
3. 25S, 153 cases of canned goods. In ad-
dition. to this, large shipments were
made by water over the Maryland. Della
ware and Virginia and the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic railways. which
operate steamboat lines on Chesapeake
Bay and rivers tributary to it.