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Karsner, near McDonough, 300 acres, was bought for $14. per
acre thirty-five years ago; it is now [1867] assessed at
$150.00, and valued by some as high as $250. per acre. Another
farm, of 170 acres, of poor land, also near McDonough,
without fences sold at public sale in October [1866] for $120
per acre.  A gentleman near Middletown who was willing to
sell his orchard last spring for $1,500 was afterwards offered
$5,000 and refused it, and his last peach crop sold for two
dollars a basket, and cleared him $9,000."

The net profits on Reybold's Delaware peach orchards for
the three years 1861-2-3 is stated to have been $300,000--
about 650 acres (?).  He is said to put out 150 acres
last fall [1863] and to be intending to set 200 more this fall,
C. & C. Gent. 1864. p. 81. [Ask Dr. Dunlop about this]

"S. Ellwanger said the peach was largely propagated
in England on the plum, and the trees were successful, and continued
growing for a long time."  Most members thought
peach on plum was short-lived.  Notes on Meeting of Fruit
Growers Society of West New York.  Jan.27, 1864. C. & C. 
Gent. 1864. p. 78.
        