>>>First, 10 Quick Reasons to Love Peach!<<<
The dehydrator article you posted earlier had some interesting tidbits. Earlier I had posted that Delaware was the ‘Peach State’ before Georgia... See the following:
“With the exception of peaches,
none of the fruits named can be successfully raised East of the Rocky Mountains, and even the peach tree is a more regular and certain bearer in California than in Deleware, which is at present the great peach orchard of the United States, and produced in the past season 10,000,000 baskets of peaches of thirty pounds each, which, at twenty-five cents per basket, would amount to $2,500,000. There is not here the market for fresh fruits that exists and is within reach of the Deleware orchardist, but Philadelphia and New York can be supplied with Alden peaches as cheaply from California as from Deleware. Nice Alden peaches are in demand in the Eastern markets at from thirty-five to fifty cents per pound, currency.”
All this in confirmation of what my Grandfather told me about the quantities of peaches grown here. Hmmmm 25 cents a basket. So, they are now worth 60 times as much now. That’s an 8.7% annual increase over 135 years for the producer, and only triple retail price.
All this in confirmation of what my Grandfather told me about the quantities of peaches grown here. Hmmmm 25 cents a basket. So, they are now worth 60 times as much now. That’s an 8.7% annual increase over 135 years for the producer, and only triple retail price.<<<
Interesting.
Yes, things do change, but then California was not so developed then and did not need the large groves.
Are there still Peach groves in Delaware?
I find those old books both informing and interesting.
Did you catch the politician that they had pushing the dryer.
As always follow the money trail.
Just wondering-can you can goods that have been previously frozen? My family much prefers frozen foods, but if we had no power, I could thaw the food and can it on my wood stove. Would it be safe to eat?