Smyrna times., 1923-08-01
.IllP CONDITIONS IN STATE
'II; reaching PROFITABLE STAGE
,,ro CROP MOST PROMISING
IOIAI .noINn SMYRNA VICINITY
/. Reiug Harvested With Good
Apples Glsi,a RE- Results, More Attention
fa5%s Sn;eo Paid To Grading Them

Results, More AItehllOh
fa5s%s 9aieg Paid To Grading Them
nah +bs rain of Saturday, the
WIZ W.T. ;s for a good tomato crop IN
p Iro'pssi p..i.initv and thru Delaware and
tas \ voS+srn SiSt Shore of Maryland. The
tis ..ing n~s'o their canning houses to
iepsnaI g,al,sno and the Clayton Cannery are
Snyina, -;9g their Gaming houses to
ssn5e lTE1eIS a large pack. The HOffecker ':s..l.
asnu.v alooyv ! besides improved labor saving
salI5l. sirorv are not going to be caught
lsa1 Mathew chow we're last year. They are
~ la,g TO TO import outside labor along
soIS ,.s what home labor they can secure
WIZ WI bs s'r rsadv for a bigger pack than
.ll~ an - Thew are erecting shanties IN
.s'ir sssi, newly purchased lot, corner OF
c.,tb n,lt Street and Fisher Street and
sn sr' hove them ready in time to house
y. Va eoIorsd help they expect by the
.D.ning of the canning season. The
CTsrto1 SR. Capnery too, is making inn
eroysments and hope to put up a
ia.rsr mack than ever. The Clayton
r.Tnery S is a cooperative cannery
snonsOred by members Of the Farm
BrTeap. The prospect is the crop OF
~ Delaware-Maryland tomatoes will
slso be very late. This is due to the
JTv weather in May and June, which
Ts:ulted in many farmers deferring
tbs planting Of plants until June and
some of them after July A. The west
srn half Of Sussex county, Delaware
and Caroline county, Maryland, will
Droduce the bulk of the tomatoes
gNwn in lower Delaware this year
The farmers are not going to expert
ment with any new variety and the
bulk Of the tomatoes planted are sale
n he of the Stone variety. Practical
" all the canneries will have a busy
season this year. The one difficult!
lies in obtaining help. Farmers an
nOunee that in many sections the lOca
help has been attracted to the rOa'
building and manufacturing centers
Whenever such an occasion arose i
past years, the farmer solved tn
problem by going to Baltimore o
Norfolk and bringing back colore
help, This plan has failed this yeal
Several farmers have visited bot
Baltimore and Norfolk in search @
COlOred help, but have returned hom
empty-handed. Made desperate by th
thought Of their crop going to vast
for want Of help the farmers on som
sections have gotten together an
have organized community grouI
that may successfully solve the
labor problem. In these communit
groups, eight or ten families cOmpri
ing the farmer and his wife and the
children from six or seven years I
make out a schedule agreeing to wol
On a certain day on this mans far
and On another day on another mar
estate.
Moving Large Apple Crop in Delawa
The early crop of apples in the To-
E part Of the State is above the ave
age Prices are satisfactory rangil
u some instances above what h
been expected They are being pic
ed, graded and packed under scienti
Methods and are being shipped by
carload and by automobile truck. Ne
apples are being transported by tru
nap by railroad. That is becaJ
most Of the apples are being shipI
slofL distances, going to Philadelpl
ana New York market. Those shipI
Y railroad are dispatched to poi
u western New York and even fur
Z west. Having learned from
unfortunate experience of last "
snen' apples were packed without
sorted, and shipped to New Y
Market, where the Board of Hea
raeed a quarantine on Delaware
r'sa because some of the shipme
VI geie decayed when they arrived,
pls1 s,a1lpped out of Delaware this V
SIC SA oelng graded and sorted. T
a.s at:,i Oelng picked by men, women
% Sailufen and carted to the pack
.'uSe IN each orchard where the f
~ : paced On an endless belt that
sss'iofauons y the size Of certain g1
~; apples. As the apples pass {
~. ,l.s oelt they fall through the h
MY. NY Ine Din Of a certain grade.
~. .n are engaged in the JOB of sor
~ y ID apples that show signs of d,
s.s- '.'1 attacks Of insects and not
d js irGlt. The apples are then D
.Jp - what is known as "round y
wl;.S SSOl'Slners , sners made of wood
my. mn mold a bushel. When the
ID ,' y are are by rail, the apples are !
gs :" rel sIeirlgerator cars. Fruit 2
pries1 nave Y. been receiving spie
,ss srn1a. 50 far this year. First .
to t9s q d nave been selling at froT
and Ii-1 Priap per bushel at both Wyol
grsda a. dondgeville stations. Number
a busbsaIp apples have been bringing
the s,'sl. sasl. Some idea Of the vol1r
the fa..y f.,y crop may be obtained
carload. man an average of abol
onips ous :, a day are going out Of
inr S sbioygr y rail. These apples ar
A. 'llpped to Posto,, -