Smyrna times., 1927-07-27
|R|I1 CROP OUTLOOK DOWN
||VIE m DECLARED TO Be GOOD
u rpFFS ARE WELL LADEN
A.n " WELD TO BE EXCELLENT

m TREES ARE WE'LL II
aor ~ YIELD TO BE EXCELLENT
rnit Package Branding Law Will
y w Y Great Benefit To the Apple
pc SSIbiuments-Crop q Conditions
IN iii wet weather Of the spring
y eorIv Wv summer has resulted in a
y r sa- u the crops Of Delaware 50
l05ary garysloping On satisfactorily and be-
General crops throughout the
t,T se have been short, better prices
MI beiug obtained for Delaware
prices obtained by Delaware
n II growers this year have ranged
Y, = $50 to $500 a bushel and IN
!, nast week from $3.50 to $3.50.
Sore consumption, it Vas possl-
Il - obtain apples a half mile below
y, IA 25c a basket, which shows
tbs growers were not attempting
MA NJ tourists through Delaware
n. ~ home folks for fancy prices.
ssrlv crop is about over, with the
ton Of Williams, which will
= m heavy this week. They are
pacted 70 command top price. Al
tnob the crop has not been more
a 60 Der cent Of normal, yet for
a fruit the growers obtained
T,ble The price Of a year ago when
ere was an abnormal crop. Most OF
carloads shipped out Of the State
y come TO New England and Can
IN points and as far west as Wis
nsin Through the guarantee of the
ID branding law and government
Enection. apples shipped under the
rti6cate issued by the government
~ commanded higher prices and a
;cker market than in the old days
N thew we're shipped to commission
L. uninspected and without any
arautee. In times past the orch
kfiH shipped his goods to commits
h house and waited many months
the return. In some instances the
knmission man claimed the fruit ar
sed IN bad condition and the market
dng off the farmer has been known
have to pay for the freight or ex-
ess. But all this has been changed.
Wyoming for the past three weeks
81 apples have been sold at auction.
man would drive up to the station
III his guarantee Of U. S., No. l, 2,
5, or whatever it was and the buy
would buy the apples without look
"a at them, accepting Uncle Sans
pection as guarantee of the fruit.
k1Se farmer, if he chose, could get
ld for the fruit at once and drive
ne with the mony jingling in his
#eket or stuffed away in a roll. Us
slly the buyer gives the farmer a
C which is redeemable at the sta
MI one or two days in the week.
Been Exceptional Year for Peas
ahe past spring has been an ex-
zRtional year for peas. Not only
4tFe they free from lice, because the
n louise doesn't prosper in wet, cool
sather, but also because Of the alb
ma yield. Some farmers who 90
n largely for raising peas report that
I balf bushel Of seed this year pro-
aased as much as whole bushel last
Ut. One Gamer in Sussex county
7ao has scores of farmers raise peas
M other vegetables for him, obtain
a an enormous increase this year
zser any yield in peas for the past
years. He reports that the aver
for the past five years has been
eases Of peas to an acre. This
d mean 800 cans. This year his
was " cases TO the acre or 888
Une Gamer reports a crop
$3.50 an acre. AS peas are a
flous crop, there being nothing
about them from one year to an
those who go in for raising peas
dehghted with the returns this
orchard Reports Encouraging
reports from The peach orchards
many sources are very encourage
Dr. J. +. Adams, plant patholo-
III tne State Board of Agricul-
VINO has visited many orchards
pas two weeks, reports that
eacnes look fine, the trees are not
oaoed and as a result the quality
pecled to be much betetr than
oA Inc crop in his estimation
Eell-balanced one. At this
"Oks as though peaches rails
I. = richards Of former Governor
: fennewill, near Dover, will
H y any raised in Delaware
yraa. Nh. Pennewill expects
-0'VOO baskets. His trees are
'ars old and are just in their
F.. iaetleally all of them will
y '.'s- Another good orchard is
I iormer Senator Oliver A. New
icnl.,,t lssllsnt Of the State Board of
@ bis trees are well lad
~ y ieports. He is well pleased
GU, ~ ouIlook. DR.. Adams reports
Igss are coming along excel
H. Ansy haven't been disturbed
~ sv.. olack rot or insects to any
be- eAsent because the cool, wet
f, nas been hard on insects. Re-
jnd;oa ,a Gamers as well as farm