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The estimated number of peach trees on the Peninsula,
[Md. and Del.] was in 1873 - 5,000,000 representing 50,000 acres.--
The Horticulturist, etc. 1873, p.219.

Profits on peaches, from note book of E.C. Fennimore, Del.,
cited in The Horticulturist, New York, 1871, p. 316.

He sold in:--

Year,: 1861
Baskets,: 191
Bringing $:206.24

Year,: 1862
Baskets,: 1,893
Bringing $:868.35

Year,: 1863
Baskets,: 18,423
Bringing $:15,051.81

Year,: 1864
Baskets,: 25,964
Bringing $:18,434.89

Year,: 1865
Baskets,: 22,164
Bringing $:23,070.25

Year,: 1866
Baskets,: 13,675
Bringing $:20,266.07

Year,: 1867
Baskets,: 27,500
Bringing $:18,551.40

Year,: 1868
Baskets,: 4,250
Bringing $:15,281.68

Year,: 1869
Baskets,: 34,000
Bringing $:14,464.27

Year,: 1870
Baskets,: 16,029
Bringing $:15,607.76

[Total of years]: 10 years,
[Total baskets]: 164,050 baskets,
[Total bringing $]: $150,811.80

Horticulture on the Delaware Peninsula. Chas. Downing,
Geo. Thurbur, P. T. Quinn, Wm. Parry, Randolph Peters, and Howard
M. Jenkins, of the Delaware Tribune visited this section
        