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in the spring of 1832, they set out the first twenty acres of 
inoculated peach trees ever planted in this State, with a view
of supplying the Philadelphia market.  They rapidly extended
their plantation to about 120 acres,-- were eminently successful,
and one year--the very best season they ever had--their
gross income from the sales of fruit was about $16,000.
Peaches then commanded from $1.25 to $3. per basket, containing
about three pecks.  In the spring of 1836, the late Mr.
Manuel Eyre and myself followed suit upon our 'Union Farm'
midway between Wilmington and Newcastle on the Delaware river,
to about the extent of 140 acres.  In a year or two afterwards
Mr. Phillip<s>s</s> Reybold & Sons went into the business--
then a  host of others, until now [March 26, 1846] from 2,500
to 3,000 acres of land, in Newcastle Co., are planted with
and successfully cultivated in peaches--making Delaware,
though the smallest of the States, the largest producer of
this fruit."  The trees were then set twenty or thirty feet
apart; tilled in corn first three years; then the orchard was
kept fallow.  The borer was very abundant and trees were
examined for them each spring and fall. "The average life
of our trees is from nine to twelve years, when properly
cared for and protected."  They had the yellows and he calls
it "by far the most destructive enemy of the peach tree."
        