Milford chronicle., 1923-10-05
DELAWARE APPLES
in WORLD MARKET
The Shipping Point Inspection Now
Going On In This State Proves
To Be Big Success.
FIRST YEAR OF THIS SERVICE
Work Is Being Done Comparatively
By Commonwealth And United
States Government.

The shipping point inspection ser
vice on late apples being provided by
the State Board of Agriculture is
proving to be one of the most i'm
pOrtant branches of work ever under
taken by this department, and favor
able comment is being made by grow
ers, brokers, transportation cOmpan-
| ies,, jobbers, retailers and consumers.
This is the first year that this SER
vice has ever been provided in Della
ware and is being done comparatively
by the State and the United States
government. Wilmer T. Derickson,
director of the Bureau of Markets, is
in charge of the work for the State.
Hugh c. Miller is in charge of the
Federal inspection service work at
Wyoming, Dover and other Nearby
points; and R. L. Sutton, another
Federal inspector, is located at Bridge
vile and is looking after the inspec-
ton there, and at other nearby ship
ping stations.
The growers and shippers listed be-
low, each and everyone of them are
either using the service now or have
made arrangements for taking advan-
tage of this service on all or a portion
of their crop.
Wyoming: F. w. Richardson, c. L..
Terry, Isaac R. Jackson, J. A. Hud-
son, S. J. Speal, Hartman & Manahan,
F. M. Soper, J. A. Frear, Dr. Fl. w.
Marvin, DR.. w. M. Wine, Rev. Alfred
Smith & Son, S. H. Derby, Sunnyside
Fruit & Orchard Co., Inc.
Dover: W. D. Ross Company, w. L.
Mifflin.
Cheswold: Commercial Orchard Co.
Bridgeville: o. A. Newton & Son,
Bridgeville Packing Association, Lay
ton & Owens, Baker Brothers, Della
ware Apple Company, George w. Will
lin.
Georgetown: Wissahiclkon Orchard
Company.
Milisboro: John C. Townsend &
Company.
A perusal of this list shows that this
service is being used by a large per-
centage of the largest apple growers
and shippers of Delaware. A large
percentage of the growers not listed
ire in favor of the service but nave
already sold their crop, and are ind
ing out from the buyers whether or
not they want their stock inspected.
Some of the firms listed above are
handling the crop for several growers,
and are having the stock from all
their individual growers inspected.
Delaware U. S. No. apples are al
ready on sale in most of the large
markets in the United States. Thls
week they will be offered in England
and considerable stock Is going INTO
storage for sale in the winter or next
spring, One local broker informed Mr.
Derickson that he received premium
of from Is to 20 cents per bushel on
tbe first car that he had Inspected.
THE buver called him on the telephone
when the car arrived and told him that
his customers gave preference to the
stock that was stamped "U. S. NO. 1,
when it was offered for sale on his
nlatform. The buyer also told the
broker that it was great protectlon
to him (the buyer) as he had not had
a complaint on a single basket that ne
had sent out to his customers, TINS
helm was in addition to the aid IN sell
ling. The two inspectors located IN
Delaware are experienced men, ana
are rendering excellent service. They
are on the lob "a hours every day.
Practically all of the inspecting
work is done at the various packing
houses where the inspector can see
the stock as it comes in from the
orchard. The official shipping point
inspection for Delaware will be pro
vided until October 18th, by whlcn
time the majority Of the apples VIII
be sold or in storage.