The Profits Of Poaches
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This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
The Profits Of Poaches
To show what peaches have paid in past years, we quote the following figures from the note book of Mr. £. G. Fennimore, of Delaware. Mr. Fennimore has been one of the oldest and most successful growers of the State, and for many years he was unusually successful with his trees and crops when others failed; but this year, with many others, he has seen the time when they were grown and shipped in too large quantities, and actually sold at a loss. He sold -
In | 1861............... | 191 | baskets bringing.. | $206 | 24 |
" | 1862............... | 1,893 | ".............. | 868 | 35 |
" | 1863.............. | 18,423 | ".............. | 15,051 | 81 |
" | 1864............... | 25,964 | "............... | 18,434 | 89 |
" | 1865............... | 22,124 | "................. | 23,070 | 25 |
" | 1866............... | 13,675 | ".............. | 20,266 | 07 |
" | 1867............... | 27,500 | "................ | 18,551 | 40 |
" | 1868............... | 4,250 | "............. | 15,281 | 68 |
" | 1869............... | 34,000 | "................ | 14,464 | 27 |
" | 1870.............. | 16,029 | "............... | 15,607 | 76 |
164,050 | baskets. | $150,811 | 80 |
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