Smyrna times., 1918-07-17
IPPIE CROP IN DELAWARE
SURPASSES ALL RECORDS
,,,es WILL MAKE THE STATE
.,o0s FAMOUS THAN PEACHES
.Trees Planted and 10 Years
sgo Come Into Full 6earing-At
wvoming Fancy Fruit PaYed Well

.ro Come Into Full Bearing-At
wyoming Fancy Fruit PaYed Well
II all of Delaware's food crops
u,re TO increase in the same proper
inn as its early apple crop, the little
Dive Hen States contribution to the
..ton's food supply would be mat
"a, of pride to every loyal Delawarean.
For although the season is not yet
ogsr the early apple crop, consisting
,ftbe famous Yellow Transparents,
h. already broken all records. In
,55tion to larger yield of the fruit,
tbe apple season this year began about
tvo weeks earlier than last year and
the apples have brought an excellent
rree on the market. Records on file
in the office of the State Board of
Agriculture, at Dover, show that the
sutire crop last year amounted to
24zO0O barrels, and the 1916 crop
vas 26O, 900 barrels. On Thursday
Of last week the shipment of early
spples from Delaware had reached
the 9O0,000 mark, and Professor
Wesley Webb, secretary of the State
Board, estimated that by the close
Of last week, the shipment would be
approximately 350,0OO. The season
is now nearly over, but without douh
the fruit remaining to be shipped will
bring the total figure up and beyond
the 400, 900 barrel mark.
Two Weeks Ahead of Time This Year
Last year the first early apples were
shipped from Delaware on June rs,
when % barrels were shipped, and
the FIRST shipment was made this year
on June 13, just thirteen days sooner,
when % barrels were shipped. On
July 9 of this year 267.64 barrels
bad been shipped from Delaware, and
on July 13 Of last year. when the
season was about similarly advan ced,
only l23, 600 barrels had been shipped,
showing that the crop this year is
about double that of 1917. This,
however, does not mean that last
years crop was failure, nor that
the apple trees this year are unusually
heavily laden with fruit, for the crop
Of 1917 was considered to be fairly
good. The explanation for the great
increase IN the crop, as pointed out by
Professor Webb, lies in the fact that
about eight to ten year ago thousands
Otyoung apple trees were set out in
Delaware, and these trees are lust
coming into full bearing. In the fol-
loving years, up until the present
ume' many other young apple orchards
nave been planted in this State, so
II IS likely that each succeeding year,
lOr some time to come. will show an
Increasing apple crop.
States Natural Advantages for Apple s
As growers in other States become
'ducated to the advantages of Della
ware as an apple-growing State, the
acreage OF apple orchards steadily
increases, for there are a number of
Instances where growers from distant
Ssa'es have located in Delaware.
lns Dig Commercial Orchards. near
Cue'"Old' containing some twenty
AOussnd OF fine five-y year-old trees,
= owned by two Western growers who
e enthusiastic over the natural
-l'an'ages' and shipping advantages,
possessed by this State. One of the
~sseSt advantages to Delaware apple
SOssfs' which has been widely ad-
'I'lSed by the State Board of Agri-
N,' 1i'ure' Is the peculiar fact that
Dsia"are's apple crop is always Just
m opposite to other States. The
' ''a'' .nat other States have a full
s s.p u apples, and the prices there
'' ''"' are off years" in Della
S. s' While "Off years. in other
r' r'a's' are Delaware's bumper crop
, vars Thus when other States are
~ is,ODuclng y small crops of apples, tend
s, - !" Keep prices high, Delaware
sos s,S"sfS s ship big crop and reap a
neh harvest.
:, EpsS al Wyoming 1886 a Baskes
bs.D as prices for the early apples have
tT;. IL. unusually high this year, the
,s;,s! ' brokers' at Wyoming, the main
he irplag apa station of Kent county, hav-
f. : S palu as high as So. 35 a basket
vs;,l apples PIE direct from the grower.
n,;a S@'OO has been the average
finn. ior good fruit. Even inferior
sllor.S Snich in past years has been
br0,.su bu 70 rot on the ground, has
b,.ssl a' prices in excess of s1.Oo a
drp., :. Growers who have shipped
,siv.s . y !. The markets have also re-
EARL Olg prices. The fact that the
men,. 'sOp is large does not by any
,ro. !. ~, indicate that the late or winter
t,.. sp Will be likewise. On the con.
tbe,s : !; generally happens that when
Tie ls,s bumper crop of early apples
ihs n,sp n.y. crop is light, and reports of
insiss,s is,sssnt q condition of the late fruit