
          132

the peach orchards at St. Joseph [Mich.]."-- T. T. Lyon, 1877,
quoted in C. & C. Gent. 1877. p 765. At this time it was
already at South Haven.  Another St. Joseph correspondent
says the people knew or were told what the disease was from
the start, but refused to believe and "stopped the doctor."
p. 810.

"The Wilmington Commercial gives the following statement
of peaches from Delaware in 1874: By rail 627,669
baskets; by water to Baltimore, 54,550; by water to Philadelphia,
155,000; aggregate shipment by water and rail 837,219
baskets. It is thought that the average price per basket
received from the crop was about 80 cts." C. & C. Gent. 1875.
p. 24.

A Delaware correspondent of the New York Tribune gives
an itemized account of the Delaware peach crop for 1875 and
sums up the total yield at 8,782,716 baskets; the net profit
at $1,018,000 "or a trifle over 11½ cts. per basket."
C. & C. Gent. 1875. p. 745.

A correspondent of the Cultivator and Country Gentleman,
        