Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04
DELAWARE APPLES SHIPPED ABROAD
COMPETE With BRITISH FRUIT TRADE
Carload COnsgnments Of Fall Varieties On Way To EurOpeNO
One Harmed By Peach SpraysTOmatO Situation Unchanged
With Grower And Buyer Waiting Developments.

stock and the Delaware farmer is at
last beginning to realize the neces-
sity for grading and selecting his
stock and properly packing them in
order to obtain top prices.
So far as known no Delaware
peaches have harmed any consumer
this year because of spraying re-
cipes sprayed on the trees to prevent
plant diseases. In New Jersey there
was quite scare a few weeks ago
because of the fact that it was al
legged people had been made i'll be-
cause of the sprays. Such was not
the case in Delaware, so far as the
officials of the State Board of Agri-
culture have been informed. No pro-
tests have come to them or to any
Delaware farmers about their fruit.
According to the scientists who
direct the spraying work, the for
mulas are not used when the fruit
is ready for the harvest, but only
when it is forming. Then it is not
harmful because too much time
elapses between then and the har-
vest. Even should the trees be spray
ed late, if the peach is skinned it
would remove any chance of affect
ing consumers unless they ate the
skins.
Tomato Situation Unchanged
The tomato situation in Delaware
and the Eastern Shore is about
where it was a week ago. The grow
ers met at Easton the past week and
discussed the reasons for the general
understanding aflOat that tomatoes
were going to be so plentiful that
the prices would be low. There was
much talk but no action taken. The /
wholesalers who attended said they
were in no hurry to buy tomatoes
and indicated they were of the opin-
ion that the tomato crop would come
on all at once in a few days and
that then they would be able to buy
as they pleased.
These Gamers and brokers may
have the right dope but among toma-
to growers there is a strong feeling
that the crop is not going to be as
heavy as was at first anticipated. If
that is the case then there will be
one wild scramble for tomatoes
within the next two weeks.
In the meantime Gamers who have
contracted for tomatoes are steadily
packing the vegetable as it is
brought to them. For ten days some
Of these canneries have been Oper-
ating and each day the crop brought
them gets heavier. They are paying
25 to 80 cents per basket, some of
them 35, but not many, and standing
pat.
Glut Means Low Prices
All of those interested know that
If the crop comes heavy during one
week that the chance of obtaining a
good price is over with and as re-
suit there is no apparent indication
Jf the growers rushing their crops
to market. It's a case of watching
each other, between the raiser and
broker with both on the anxious
bench. The farmers wants 10 get rid
lf his tomatoes and the broker needs
hem to make his percentage and
loth seem to be jockcying.
Some sweet potatoes from Della
ware came into market the past
week but not many Of them. Not un-
il about the middle of the next
month will the crop get fairly start
I'd and then the greater majority of
hem will go into storage for three
,r four months.
This week will witness the grape t
harvest at its peak. For three weeks
here have been some grapes mark ;
ted but not many. ConcOrds, which I
S the main variety, will become ac-
i've this week and the last three S
lays of last week witnessed vine !
ards busy with preparations for the v
So far the market has been I
low and dull and this hasn't been l
t all encouraging.-Sunday Star.