Bie-Lancaatar Fanning, Saturday, April 30, 1994 The other evening I decided to forget responsibilities and go fish ing. One reason was because my husband was away for two days in order to fish for trout at his brother’s cabin. Walking down through our meadow to the Conestoga River, I found the way was blocked as our cottagers have put fences and gates with locks around their buildings. So, I had to climb down a small ravine and then climb over a fence. Immediately, I caught a Peach Blossoms Ablaze In Gloucester County CLEMENTON, NJ Spring is here as blazing pink blossoms abound throughout Gloucester County. “Peaches, the largest indi vidual cash crop in the state are centered in Gloucester County with 7,000 acres,” said Jerry Fre con, agricultural agent with Rut gers Cooperative Extension of Gloucester County. Mr. Frecon said acreage has declined in recent years due to a depressed agricul tural economy and poor prices for peaches but growers are more optimistic about 1994. “We have a beautiful crop of peach flowers now that we hope will mature into a crop of large attractive flavorful peaches," said Frecon. “Unfortu nately many things can happen between now and harvest that can reduce the crop like low tempera tures during bloom,” he stated. Low temperatures to minus 23 degrees fahrenheit hurt many Free Things To Send For (NAPS) - For free cookie ri B hl for dripping Texas SpringS recipes in a cookie cutter cata- weet omons (and a lot of «her C» «■ For information about healthy eating, call the American Dietetic Association’s toll-free Consumer N utrition Hotline. 1-800-366-1655. For recipes for dips that are just Ida Risser small sunfish which I threw back. Then my line-got caught and I pulled and pulled and finally tore the whole thing loose. Next job was replacing the sinker and hooks. Now 1 decided to find a new spot as 1 hate to replace every thing when it snags. So, I climbed a hill and pulled myself “under” a high livestock fence rather than take a chance on catching my clothes on peach orchards in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and throughout the upper Midwestern states but southern New Jersey peach grow ers were lucky because the trees were well asleep, and tempera tures as low as minus 11 degrees fahrenheit did only slight thinning of the blossoms said Frecon. “Occasionally a grower’s disas ter is a way of helping another grower get a better price,” empha sized Frecon. “The peach market is very sensitive to the law of supply and demand.” One Gloucester County grower very active in peach marketing is Dan Haynicz of Monroeville in Elk Township, Gloucester Coun ty. Haynicz serves as chair of the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council. “Our council is responsi ble for developing a cooperative promotional program for the New i u 99 C... i a sl.o9 Lt :Ss£~ l " d $ 10.95 the wire. There was a dock nearby and 1 fished there. A few more small fish were returned to the riv er and then a big fish took my worm, but just as I lifted him from the water, he tore himself loose and got away. The wild flowers were very beautiful. I enjoyed the large grouping of Virginia Bluebells with their blue and pink blossoms as they made a spectacular show. The delicate Dutchman’s Breech es with their while, pantaloon shaped flowers were in full bloom too. And, a large patch of a dandelion-type flower was also blooming near the bank of the river. In a recent article 1 mentioned white water rafting and named the wrong river. We rafted on the Lehigh River in the Pocono Mountains in the spring when the water was eight feet above normal level and flowing very rapidly. 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