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We have no sympathy with the sen- 

 sational figures put forth by over-san- 

 guine persons. It is true that some 

 fruit may sell at fancy prices, but we 

 must count on seeing an immense pro- 

 duct of canned and dried fruits on this 

 coast, and calculate that prices will drop 

 with production on a large scale. In 

 the Eastern states, and even with us, 

 they lai'gely consume Turkish prunes 

 of a very cheap grade. They are im- 

 ported for about 4 cents and a high 

 duty. If we make a better prune and 

 compete with their imports, we have 

 still to sell at a low price as soon as the 

 market is over stocked. We hold that 

 we can thus compete, and yet make a 

 good profit on our fruit. 



THE PEACHES GROWN FOR MARKET 

 IN DELAWARE. 



Mr. P. M. Augur, of Middlefield, 

 Conn,, made a visit to the peach 

 orchards of Delaware, and gives the 

 following statement with regard to 

 varieties there : 



"Those have been most successful 

 who have held to the old, well tried 

 varieties. 



" The Alexander, Wilder and Ams- 

 den are about the same. The tirat 

 being considerably planted for very 

 early shipments. Hale's rot badly in 

 a wet season. Beatrice too small. 

 Early Rivers rot nearly as badly as 

 Hales. But none are as good as Troth's 

 Early except in time of ripening. Early 

 York is nearly superseded by Mountain 

 Rose. Old Mixon is very hardy and a 

 good bearer, and a good peach but comes 

 in the glut of the season. Stumps, as 

 good, closely following Moore's Favor- 

 ite, very good, resembles Old Mixon. 

 Ward's Late is good, following the 

 Stump. 



" Among yellow peaches Crawford's 

 Early has had a great nin and still has, 



but the impression is that Foster is 

 going to prove better. Crawford's 

 Early is rather tender and a little in- 

 clined to deceive. Reeve's Favorite is 

 one of the choicest peaches following 

 Crawford's Early, is considered not 

 quite productive enough, but this year 

 the ti-ees are literally breaking with 

 their load ; quality best. 



" Crawford's Late is one of the most 

 important peaches in Delaware, has 

 held, does hold, and will hold a promin- 

 ent place. 



" Susquehanna is perhaps the very 

 best i)each, but not productive enough 

 to be much planted. 



" Mary's Choice is very good or very 

 jx)or, depending on the amount of fruit 

 it is allowed to carry. When over- 

 loaded it is poor, when thinned it is 

 superb. It is productive to a fault, 

 and needs thinning. 



" Salway at its best is superb, inclines 

 in Delaware to ripen one-sided, does 

 better on the Hudson. 



" Smock is the late peach, fine for 

 canning and will yield to the basket 

 one lb. more dried fruit than any other 

 sort. Many say that in planting a 

 large orcliard the Smock should have 

 one-third the gi'ound. 



*' What is imperatively needed now 

 is a better early shipping peach. Hale's 

 Early rots, Alexander and all its class 

 are soft and cling. A Mountain Rose, 

 as early or earlier than the Alexander, 

 would be a fortune to its possessor if 

 rightly managed. 



" It is rumored that such a peach is 

 in hand in southern Delaware ; indeed 

 I saw the tree, and those who are au- 

 thority in such mattei-s say it is a gi-eat 

 thing. But it is too early to say moi*© 

 yet. 



" The market calls for and will cer- 

 tainly have such a peach some time in 

 the near future." 



