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if they were returnad any time during the season, or even 

 after the season is over, it was suflBcient. But this is no 

 longer satisfactory to planters, who very justly complain, 

 and say, that the use of the basket, of which this delay 

 deprives them, is nearly as valuable as the basket itself ; 

 that baskets coming home at the end of the crop are not 

 worth half what they were at the beginning ; and, more- 

 over, are bleached and unattractive. If a basket suffi- 

 ciently strong to carry safely, and costing only a few 

 cents, could be made so that it might go with the fruit, 

 a want would be supplied which has long been felt. In 

 this case the purchaser would always have something to 

 put his fruit in at a very small cost, which he would will- 

 ingly incur for the convenience ; while a fruitful cause of 

 vexation and loss to the planter would be removed. Aa 

 to return of " Empties," see Chapter XV. 



CHAPTEE XXIL 



HABEETS. 



New York city is the peach emporium of the East, 

 and hither are sent one-half of the peaches raised on the 

 Delaware Peninsula, and perhaps three-fourths of all 

 raised in New Jersey. A very large proportion of this 

 is consumed in the city. The remainder is reshipped 

 to Boston, Albany, Montreal, and other northern cities. 



Next to New York, stands Philadelphia. Her market 

 is principally supplied from two sources. First, from 

 peach growers residing near who, from acquaintance and 

 force of habit, prefer to send their fruit there, rather 

 than to a more remote market even if prices are higher. 

 Secondly, from growers on the waters of the Chesapeake, 

 who can ship in boats to Philadelphia, but not so conven- 



