Milford chronicle., 1927-07-29
DELAWARE CROP
OUTLOOK is GOOD
AT PRESENT TIME
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wear over any yield in peas for the
mast five years. He reports that the
average for the past five years mas
heen Is cases of peas to an acre.
This would mean $50 cans.
This year his yield was 81 cases
10 the acre or 8S8 cans. One Gamer
renorts a crop worth $3.50 an acre.
Az meas are a vicarious crop, there
heing nothing sure about them from
one wear to another, those who go
in for raising peas are dellghteu
Nth the returns this year.
All reports from the peach orch
IDS from many sources are very
encouraging. DR.. ]. f. Adams, plant
nathologist for the State Board OF
Agriculture, who has visited many
orchards recently, reports that tne
teaches look fine, the trees are not
pverloaded and as result the quar-
-, is expected to be much Detter
- common. The crop in his es-
tinration ~ will be a well-balanced one
At this time it looks as though
coaches raised in the orchards OF
for,ner Governor Simeon S. Penne-
-Uai1 near Dover, will be the best OF
MANY raised in Delaware thls yo yeaI,
Mr. Pennewill expects about lo'oUo
baskets. His trees are five years
old and are just in their PRIME 1lS
practically all of them Will be FL
bertas. : +Lo+ of
forrner senator Oliver A. Newton
nresident of the State Board OF az
Iiculture. His trees are well laden
cd he reports. He is well pleased
with the outlook.
DR.. Adams reports that grapes arc
coming along eXcellently Iney
bavn't been disturbed with the Dlack
ROT or insects to any great exent pc
aause the cool, wet weather mas
been hard on insects.
Peports from Gamers as wen DIS
farmers indicates that the crop OIL
green string beans. has been an eA-
oaIlent one. The beans have been
deliciously tender because OF theH
1nick growth and the Gamers nave
put up big pack for THIS SIaIe.
Delaware tomatoes are Just start
ing. Unfortunately for the Gamers
This is one of the crops that there Is
soroe concern about. The price Oh
fered bv the packer this year IS zoe
rrofit to the farmer. In the opinion
nf many it should be at least SOC
and nossibly 40c a basket. But the
Gamers are up against the proposlt-
ion of competing with competltlon
from abroad and particularly from
Italy. ee.oio1,
Even the government offlclaIs
realize that the duty should be III,
creased on Italian paste and canned
tomatoes. In Italy it is possible TO
get labor for SOC day, the laoorer
working IA hours for day. IN
other words, the Delaware farmer
has to pay as much for a WhlIe
1ahorer for one day as the ltallan
Gamer has to pay for six days. IN
addition to this the white laborers
in Delaware don't like working II
hours a day. For that reason the
Italian packer can pack tomatoes
and tomato paste and snip II W
America paying the freight ana duty
and even sell at lower rate imam
the American canner. .
Cantaloupes and. watermelons
look good at this time but they
hayn't progressed far enough Ior
any definite conclusion as to the
Weld. The wet weather caused
much replanting and this has been
a handicap to he farmers.
1t is expected there will be fair
crop of sweet potatoes. Because OF
the difficulty of disposing OF them
quickly last winter, many OF the
sweet potato growers have reduced
their acreage a bit and this is gener-
ally believed to be a wise decision.