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 | | Large quantities of small fruits, particularly of strawberries, raspberries and flberries, are produced, the southern portion of Sussex county being particularly favourable for strawberry culture. |
 | | The principal industry was the manufacture of iron and steel products, which, including steel and rolling mills, car, foundry and machine shops, and shipyards, represented more than 30% of the total capital, and approximately 25% of the total gross product of the manufactures in the state. |
 | | At Wilmington is the Ferris industrial school for boys, a private reformatory institution to which New Castle county gives $146 for each boy; and the Delaware industrial school for girls, also at Wilmington, receives financial support from both county and state. |
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