DELAWARE AGRICULTURE
HISTORY & HERITAGE OF
THE 1800'S
TRANSPORTATION
Delaware's agriculture
industry greatly benefited with transportation improvements
In 1815 steamboats were
common on the Delaware River. The Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal opened in 1829. 1832
Delaware Railroad linked the north with the south of Delaware.
All were a help to farmers
to get their produce to markets
Supplee-Willis-Jones milk
station at Nassau was built in 1920's to ship milk by
railroad to Philadelphia
from Lewes & Rehoboth area, making a market for the farmers
milk.
The peach growers
profited because of the railroad. In 1840 this fruit was shipped
from Sussex by rail,
steamship and sail. 1890 saw four million peach trees in
Delaware.
The peach blossom was the
state flower. In late 1890's “peach yellow' disease shut down
the peach industry and
strwaberry's and apples were the major fruit production.
Canning became a major
industry in 1855. A cannery in Dover produced canned
fruits, vegetables,
deviled ham and plum pudding. It closed in 1976. 1889 Delaware
had
49 canning houses
producing canned tomato's, sweet corn, peas, lima beans and
other
vegetables
A major influence on
Delaware Agriculture was John Gillis Townsend involved
in timber, fruit and
vegetable production. He was also involved with T. Coleman duPont
in building a highway north
to south in Delaware.
The Delaware State
University in Dover was established as a land grant college
for students to study
agriculture on 1890.
Abstract of Delaware Dept
of Agriculture History & Heritage in 1800's
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