The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-16
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
ttor Additional city Inteu,gcnce see 7bad Page.l


The FRUIT SEAsoN.-During the spring
months and the earlier part OF summer, the
markets are generally more or less heapcd with
tropical fruits. The banana and the pineapple
alike tempt the eye ana the palate with their
luscious Iichness. Vessels bring large careOes
otthcse fruits, from theWest Indies, principally.
Oranges aid lemons and cocoanuts are also
generally very plenty in these months. and form
the source of very profitable trade Tor our
cCaStiug vessels. which take down our staples,
and bring bacH the tropical fruits In return.
But rich as are these fruits, they are immc-
diatcly crowded out OF our markets when the
mutt season commences here, and our own
fruits ripen and are brought into marnet.
With ell due pect for the sunny South and
the torrid regions, the fruits OF our more tenn
perate region compare very iavorably with item
in numbers and quality. Even now, as the sea-
son is iusT opening. the markets arc enriched
with the most delicious peaches and apples, and
the melon, are tast coming TO perfection, and
the most dull and unappreciatvc palate is
sorely tempted by the piles OF luscious fruit.
Indeed, the temperate zones are peculiarly
blessed in their vegetable products. In spring
aud CARRIER summer, we have our stra Tbcrries,
those princes OF berries: the whortle berry, and
a number of others that Just die out in time for
the earlier fruits. the cherries. etc, which. in
their turn. give place to the more solid and
substantial fruits, the peach. apple plum, apr!
cot, ETC.
The peaches this year do not appear TO be as
plenty, or of SOod quality IT, they have
usually been in past seasons. There is a general
complaint Oh luGlt scarcity Ill the states OF
Maryland. Delaware, and New jersey, which
generally supply oug markets with immense
quantities OF this splendid IruIt. Cuioltunatcly,
this season they ate smaller, ana appear Us
If the severe weather early IN the eprine, and
the heat and dry WeGther OF the summer, have
stuntcd them. For weeks We have seen the
unupe peach bullets on the streets, notwith-
standing the presence ct the cholera Ill Our
midst. As Il necessary consequence of peaches
Cctllng plcnter, the price Is gong down day by
day. and they will soon bc obtainable by all.
Almost the same remarks apply 70 the apple.
and lis kindred fruit the ucUI, They generally
make their appearance about the same time as
the peach, although they last lOn%cr. There
may usually be seen in our markets aud along
our streets some splpndld specimens OF the
earlier varieuCs. The grceningS and the small,
sweet carl! varieties are now qu1.c plenty aud
OF good quality. Pears arc also III proluson.
The best varieties OF these fruits arc those
which ripen latcr-the pippins, the beA4lowers,
etc. etc.
OF these truit> which ripcn later in the sum
mer and fall, the most delicate aud palatable
are generally ripened III the houses. and of
course IRON the expense OF raising, and the
consequent scarcity, arc above the reach of the
general mass. We may sec the most splendid
specimens OF grapes OF the rarcst varieties,
Dluns, apricots, and ncCtartncs at our pTlncipal
restaurants: but. with the eN NIcpton perhaps OF
the plum, they have not appeared III the
markets.