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in August, 1871.  Some of their statements relative to peaches
are as follows: I quote from a synopsis in The Horticulturist,
N.Y., 1871. pp. 306-7-8.

Large Peach Farms.

Several near Middletown, Del.; Farm of late Cantwell
Clark, 280 acres of peach orchard; Farm of J. T. Ellison, 100
acres; B. T. Biggs, four farms, 35,000 trees [about 350 acres]:
Farm of J. B. Fennimore, one of the largest growers [size not
given].  "The orchards near Middletown are in fine condition,
the land being heavier and trees more productive than at
points farther south." Farm of Samuel Townsend, near Smyrna,
Del., contains 400 acres [of Peach] and he ships three cars
of fruit per day; at Round Top, Md., is the farm of John Harris,
who has 1,013 acres in peaches, nearly all in full bearing.
The biggest orchard in the United States is said to be
that of Col. Edward Wilkins, near Chestertown, Md., who now
has (1871) "136,000 trees", or "1,350 acres".

"A well known peach grower near Chestertown [Md.]. favored
the party with figures of his gross receipts from a 
peach orchard of 325 acres, during a term of nine years.
Trees in this orchard in 1862, were then but four years
planted:
        