The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-25
THE FRUIT CROP cY tsJa.
Yield or thc Different yeI,esse.-l;ere-
nl Failure Of tlAe Crop-,tra w ascr Rios,
Raspbcrries, Blaekberriss. Grapes, Tss~o.ses.

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| Raspbcrries. BiaekLerriss, Grapes, Fs~o.aes,
| Apples, Pears, Sc, Sc.
The fruit crop OF ts year has pros - ia'.lt ,'iGcs
compared with former The berries artieuss Y
appear TO have suffered from Tho weather and not more
than one fourth of tho usual yield has bccn o'ia''i.
For this the Transactions Nashnsto, niarAei
which Is now the great fruit depot OF ,c city an h"ai
which large supplies OF apples, pears, Se are shpIe G.
kngand-lavo been rather limited, ami the business ~,
been dnller thar was known for several years psst
The chief supply OF strawbcrr'es-~ich are gene,ay
the first fruit that appear in tho market como from Pom
syyania and TO dealers facte up n qnart
boxes The quantity obtained in this way va, ,lget
than usual owing the aeness of crop, which
vas than week beyond the usual tine II coming :,
maturity. Those which were procured from Jersey,
where the cultivation OF berries Is carried 10 gerry high
state of perfection, the largest and bees, that
raised. The crop OF Strawberries less abundant aad
in quality well quantity inferior that Of las.
year. The fruit had not the same q .mn-s, amd
noticeable, particularly, for is u flavor an!
peculiar watery taste Tho Mcssrs. iaa., who .r,
among the largest fruit dealers IN the market inform
that the great falling of in the yield this
ly attributable TO the cold and weather which
CURED al the time when the berries rpenng pc
rod At which they require warm, dry atmosphere Tbs
trade III both Strawberries and rasberrics has become
very large within the last five six years aud drm
sold as much aa thousand dollars worth of the for.
mer description alone in single day. Our great sup.
ply Of raspberries i raised around Milton Newhsug,
Cornwall and in raj OF tho hudson river counties
This fruit sold during the At an average price
81 basket but their first appearance
market they brought from fifteen to twenty cents. 1hs
crop unlike that OF Strawberries unusually good this
season. and the demand greater than the supply.
Blackberrcs, which were formerly gahsrea Wild ana
which cultivated eater largely into tho frt
trade aud rapidly making their way into Pablo favor
They raised with much and attention, aud
nave, by sccrhc culture been greatly improved in qua
,y. Whole have been planted vita blackberry
bushes and the plantations have been nal" profitable
those Of other kinds Of berries The greater part Of tie
supply is however, still collected IN the .!id state, aad
obtained from the river counties.
From the section Of the Statc-ai IL, from the
counties bordering the North river-se also receive
largest yield of grapes. IL fact tn BANKS of The
Hudson promise the not far distant future to become
celebrated those Of the Rhinc for the num5er OF their
vineyards, well A. for tine abundance their harves5
One grapery at Croton formerly afforded the prin-
cipal supply Of markets, and tho proprietor en
joyed an almost undsputed monopoly but tho cultivation
Of the grape has been extensively and successfully
by others within the last fvw years that the trade
no longer mcnopozed and the market abandsnty sup
piled. considerable portion Of each years vintage Is
converted into wine; bu, the bes; grapes always kept
for sale the bunch in TIA, form bring the highest
prices. One grapery alone near Nowblrs raises
nearly four tons to the The yield this year
exceeds tho vintage Of last il tho two very essen
tial points Of quality and quantity, aud the prices
range from 10 thirteen cents FOR prince wh,c those
an inferior kind bring from four TO cents poInS
The demand for grapes IS fully commensurate With tbo
crop as is shown by the with which Tho ,ro
always 6nd purchasers. Tn culture d tho grape
and to this fact indebted Tor the very supa,
quality which in markets. Tho cultivation u
the grape, however, IL not confined e The country
every house the city chat has yard I'll adapted
the purpose, ami owner who i partial % the rat
has lis grapcry. large quantity is thus ased esch
year, independent Of that sent to market
Pears have been very scarce, having rroyet almost
total failure. The later varieties, such ne Vvrgic1
the Barctts and the Sickel, have Cor this
mandcd unusually high prices am have sold u rates
varying from twelve twenty dollars per barrel m
average al which they have been disposed x ,ooa.
ten dollars Our most abundant yield =, ibs delicious
fruit procured the river counties those
which produce the best grapes; bat large amount : o0
tanned from Long Island. The crop a., ss,spa e-,,-
mated at fourth the average yisa.
Our supply 81 peaches Tho pabL, .lrctiy aS.r
greatly reduced this year. ami lsrge part
from South Carolina aui Georgia Th"e scnl from ~,
South brought BY the steamers and packed IA
little square boxes each o. which would hoii
Of tho ordinary sized peach baskets. Every
brought from fifteen hundred b tao thousand y tae
boxes, and the weekly supply from the SOUTH
alone amounted to between three AMI four thousand
boxes which equal 70 double thai number Of baskets
singular and valuable property which these peaches
appear possess those raised tho immediate
nCghborhocd Of New York consists n their biting les
affected by the atmosphere. Tho New Jersey peaches
have proved a total failure. Before they became ripe
there was promise abundant CROP bat tho weather
ntcrfercd very considerably with ths promise to
the crop less than has been gathered for any
during several years past The qua,y also very
Inferior aud we're not Tor the .upfcccocuedy largo
supply wlSrh came 10 from South Carolina
ga, and later In the from Mary aud Delaware,
Tia, large class OF the community who have particular
regard pr uss fruit would have hal rather scanty al
lovancc thls summer. We have aso hai very consie
rsbc supply from the valley q the Connecticut q
average Of . dollar and . half basket. The prices
during the ranged from dollar and ball ~ three
dollars a basket
The remark which have usadr with
gard 10 the general fruit harvest apples 70 tho
apple crop IN New Jersey part cuary 4 has been very
little less than total failure and but FOR the
ties FROM which the supply very ABUNDANT, would
he lcft with than quarter crop q Ihs ndssn
sable fruit The qualify docs not max. ~ the redGc
ton IN the quantity for n this resrcc thc apples % tbs
season Interior thos" which have heretofore becn
accustomed TO in markets. There are, in fact,
very few primo apples The greater portcu u the yield
being wormy knc,iy, impcrocty rpe. and ie w,~d,
generally poor. IN thu Of this state the
crop has also proved very Improbable, and the orchards
in Instances have produced than thru n
the yield Of as year This Is mainly i At wholly attrba
,abl, 10 the unTavoabe weather. A. - appIc IN
N, qape OF he trad the ailnrs of crop
been quite severe H. effects upon producers and dealers
whose receipts have been very mate tally unfinished there
by The apple cropn Connecticut sod Massachusetts, has,
contrary turned out 20 b. abundant ihau list
va and we shall not therefore, suffer = 20 great an
extent a. might otherwise have been eApe-tcl The