Smyrna times., 1929-08-28
(NIIl SEASON OPENS !!!! WITH aIl,
PROSPECT Of PAYING CRUZ
o,,r HAS HURT CROPS
I,,T RAINS HAVE HELPED

c.,eries Are Starting Up
"a, ,, From Now Until Frost
''la t5e iIs,c Packers win be Busy
.orato season in Delaware
lrs l1lsnd and New Jersey is now
syl1gr igd busy season is in prospect
,aits 1ir the drought which vas re-
,s,tf .[sd 70 Of have very much cut the
l.'~ lu@.. for a big crop. The
,rr'a lllT'a Clayton Townsend Ken
and other nearby cannerles
aI4 aitber started up or will start
I Litter part Of this or first Of
! 'r week. The foreign help for
III Hofecker Canning Com
nv arrived this week ana tne
a:Dsct i is that this live industry
1 make their first run probably
/ week and start up more regu-
H. next week. Tomato growers
onlv in Delaware but on the
,.tsrn Shore of Maryland, who
growing tomatoes for the open
,,Eets this year stand to reap a
Irvest if the size of the crop is
bmensurate with the initial
T. being offered at the outset Of
season. Wilbur W. Hubbard,
ner Of several farms near Ches-
ltOvu, Nd, on which are grow
large acreages in tomatoes,
ue under contract and others
the open markets, was notified
a Dover, buyer for large pack
houses last week, says a cor
fuOndent to Every Evening, that
will pay 40 cents a basket for
bOOO baskets of ripe tomatoes to
orders for large New Jersey
cking houses, which is far above
initial price Of last year and 10
BITS above the prevailing con-
let prices being paid on the
stern Shore. It is stated that
hing to the excessively dry
kather which caused early bios
uls to fall from the vines, the
hatO crop will be materially
urtened and this condition is
neral throughout the entire pen
lla. 1t is said, however, that
pse growers who have contract
at 25 cents will stick because
the liberal contracts offered by
packers, and there will be lit
or no''moonshining"in in tomatoes
season, such as prevailed sew
h years ago when a number of
htractors Jumped" their con
lcts for the more tempting
ceS on the open markets"
Big Crop Over in New Jersey
over in New Jersey it is report
that the farmers are going to
Ve the best tomato season In
my years. The crop row being
FVested is about fifty per cent.
ger than the late crop OF last
u and one Of the largest in rec
years is shown by the recent
Por Of the y. S. Department OF
nculture, following a survey of
nalo helds in Southern New
sey While the acreage is no
gen than that of last year, ap-
'Aiiilalely $4,000 acres. indica-
rs are they will harvest 168.O00
as compared with only 49,
IONS last season. The counties
sfea IN the survey are Cumber-
q Salem, Gloucester. Atlantic.
lnoen and Burlington. Accord.
. some Of the larger Gamers
.as state, the actual tonnage
Oe considerably larger thar
report would indicate. When
survey was made, they say.
u'nern New Jersey was in the
Y one Of severest drought
ads ever struck that section
~ country. Since then. rain
osen plentiful and the toma-
are fast developing.
pen Market Starts Of High
l,,r. r,nsis are enjoying the best
- r iOr open market tomatoes
'sin. lumber Of years, with prices
sstis ssg from $50 to $40 a ton #
',unated y. that those who have
~ rsoa;. SOntfacted for their crops.
!. iseelve sa E, about fifty per cent t'
:, iOf q their output. Altbougb
n ss... a. several points ranged
f. 10y . . seventy cents a bas-
lowsr anything that shows quail
srst '' ! prices are expected at
n -, c,o. u the month when the
fapsa a sl0p ?. comes into full l,il picking No
|. .sSss sa.a as soon as the cnn,as, cannnrs
Er plants ,ent la tomatoes to keep
i H.s i = running at fun capac-
Nv fror. : thought they win with
u sponas uu, tne market, buvine
j to sn Sa,i Tor their needs from
lVly now lam tanners are buying
lg made Il se ,, q the effort
Rniug At f,,,, ~ Keep their plants
other s :. IN iull capacity, whereas \,
rs coDisa. Years at this time thew
h tina TO operate on on1.
Frage urioo 1rowers expect the
put So p','s : e.. for the season to be be
crop sbo'1a' s%n' and on this basis.
200 aa comr. ,eturn about s3,-