Milford chronicle., 1915-05-28
AGAIN SETTING PEACHES HEAVILY

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Dover. Del. May eth sale of the
Or. Horace Marvin farm, an the bay
road about two miles east Oh Dover
during the past week, two young
asew York men for the sum Of sl4,OOO
and the subsequent fling OF charter
nv the purchasers, is one OF the many
visible evidences in this section that
Delaware is coming back as peach
state. and that the raising OF tEis
luscious fruit is once more to be one
c,f the chief industries of the state
The purchasers OF the farm were
Arthur A. Assmann and Stanley II.
watson. both of New York, and a Iew
sdavs after the sale they together with
Charles w. Boyer. a Dover real estate
man filed incorporation papers un-
der the name of the Dover Frult
Farms. Inc" with a capital stock OF
300 600. to acquire farm lands, raise
fruit and manufacture fruit juices
professor Wesley Webb, secretary
of fine state board of agriculture III
commenting upon the culture OA
peaches in Delaware IN recent years
Do;uted out the fact that lew years
ago the Dr.. Marvin farm could hase s,'
been purchased for $1,000 or So'OOV'
and at that time 1t contalneu IUu
acres. The farm, as sold to tle ne"
York men, contained but % acres
bu+ also had one of the best OF peacn
erebarde The sale Of the orchard
and the price received Tor it. is SUD
stantial proof taat Delaware peach
orchards are no longer drug III the
market as they admittedly were al
one time. .,..4 +ho
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naach culture in Delaware, for the
nast twelve or fifteen years, has been
an the decline, and very few OF our
farmers cared to risk planting trees
which we're susceptible both to frost
and various diseases. San Jose scale
and the Yellows were the chief cause
III the destruction of large orchards
-snd il was not until the growers dis
covered that by spraying and care
ful cultivation they could conquer
these dread diseases that they once
more mustered sufficient courage to
SET out new orchards. Today the
country. especially throughout Kent
and Sussex counties, is dotted with
pDung peach orchards, and the fruit
fthat is being produced is equal to any
ever grown either in this or any other
state of the union.
AS the growers begin to realize that
nv a little attention and care they can
once more bring their peach orchards
uD to the highest standard of produc-
itOn. they are devOting more and more
of their time to personal care OF the
trees. Sprays are used freely with
the result that the trees today are III
better condition that in number OF
wears, and there is every indication
Tor full crop. 1t is a little early
however, to estimate just what crop
the state will produce.
Colonel Charles L. Terry, of Cam
den, near Dover, who has fine peach
orchard, is giving all of his attention
to the care of the trees. For some
years past it has been Colonel Terry's
custom to go south when the straw
berry crop begins and to come north
as the crop advances from the south
ern to the northern states. By buy
ing and shipping strawberries
throughout the various states, he has
been able to make good profits. but
this year he decided that it would pay
him better to stay at home and give
all his time to personal care Of his
peach trees
f. NJ. Soper, the apple king whose
success raising the best grade of ap-
nles has won him fame throughout
the country is also entering the ranks
of the peach growers and is planting
numerous trees.
The general revival of interest in
the peach industry can have but one
result, and that is that Delaware is
once more to become the leading state
in the peach growing industry. The
trees have passed through success
sion of pruning. spraying, fertilizing,
and cultivation, and before many
more weeks we will all have the pleas
alre of sinking our teeth into a big
suicy peach that will tickle the most
particular Wilmington Sun
day Star.