New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-19
FRUIT IN NEW- YORK.
QUANTITY OF FRUIT BROUGHT TO THIS MARKET
THE POPULAR vARIETIEs-CANNING AM

have been running race In the fruit market; but 30 far
Demand ahead Tothe modern disciples of Pythagoras
who according ovid. first probited animals 10 be
served mp az Ac table of mcn the prospect Is, indeed
cheering. To horeulturIsts aud epcurts is scarcely
less Our people arr beginning 70 learn that in the hot
snmmer weath cooling aud refreshing fruit is far pre-
best expression OF the popular thought in this direction
iU@G more S II" fy Into & % Toc rs p E
ever before visit 81 Washington Market, and tak with
dealer in fruit there and has wrought On the Market
since lac was boy of "a, viii convince every thoughtful
OF the greatest fruit markets Of the verdi The 10000
quarts on si1w Dries uat 43lS cane 'o Ic H%IAo
Rave becn thoroughly farm cd with strawberry plants
Haminouou aud Viuclaud which pour such a food into
our market, while they tmh Tie Scripture, are them
place shall be made gdd aud the desert shall rejoice and
blossom the rose" Whether Isaiah meant Jersey
or not makes no ducfence; the tact Is Tue same Ihil
Eve or forty ago the supply Of mutt in New-Iork
tcSs frHe tRo popStton Of Ne~-YoTE has increased
greatly since that times but the consumption Of rut has
Of fru are not to b. found in our cmigiant popula
ton, which has afforded the largest vital in
ss:scs The lcwertasses of New-York especially the
IRISH, have an edueated, even morbid iondness for
and the less Ied vegetables TO think of an irish
horcr living mainly on fruit aud grains, such as rye
The Irish stomach aud the English is trained
~ work neat ana potatoes and has but very sght
dram pocket An the stomach with such food is
heavy The OverwOrked and underpad labOrer clalnors
taught how To live upon grains and fruit II Is trne That
a. meat if the consumer faStidOus to quality but
used in connection with grains, much cheaper meal Is
way Of free family of fruit have been considerably
lsSened Forty years ago no Hovey or Wilson straw9e
TER Ter or O iswt6n 6ack6efres, were 10 be found
they were,not-yet invented Then aud before. the wild.
sncultivatcd berry was brought into market IL was
simply hint from nature 70 eaerpIlsing s9i es me
people swallowed the berries, ana the soilers sW9l-
lowed the hint B3th were Penfnlg2 ane re %pT
able give what wanted. Now the number and Va
Statement II is said by prominent fruit cuunsts that
within the last ten years we have nade more progress ia
developed plants have thus received vital imeus and
left offspring charged with better mission Inc diner
varieties winch the mother pant produced nave come
to have reco gIzed value fruit stands, con
serystories and hotels. Where customer would
nov asks FOX Hovevs,"" HOokerS," Antwerp " Law
finest varieties well assorted clean and nicely packed
Will always pay the grower Anu ; y, i the noH
edgemcnt due to cleanliness.
The Increase she business Of fnit growing near the
CITY Of Ncw-Yorl surprising. The once barren and III
occupied lands OF Jersey the agricultural Nazareth
own a respectable tree have literally began to blossom
with the rose Of which family me s3%oeIy ~ sucn gu
weschester Long Island have come to see that it is
nips wheat barley, and oats, than 20 spend their
strength and their capita the SMALLER fruits Many
who owned large farms have Gnt mem INTO si,il .
parcels individuals have dubbed together ana worked
NOT Hpconluou i'm tLis Vicinity At Manchester aud f.
wood. n j., large companies nave been FORMED Ior Is
ing cranberries the former place many Is 400 acres
Haoe Do,n W., j York ave fnsh win rasJl
berro. as HamOnOn and Vineaud with their desert
conquests To give idea OF the magnitude OF TINS CON
quest IaOnton, the reader should know that during
the 10 days OF the strawberry at that place 343
quarts were shipped 70 vaIious points, making daily
average Of 1850 quarts A. many a 1879 were shppu
on one day These figures large they probably
i d rSp s s S y bea SS P an Which delayed the
picking aud damased the RIPE berries Inc Coz %
Perence Of an eminent grower ~ uSusiy IRON U60
nritv
ern NewJerey the Philadelphia raspberry Il
ly grown, and 500 20 $500 Is usually returned rom plants
when ~ fun bearing condition The blackberry as a
general thing does not bring SO nigh price m tne lnsi
ket a. the raspberry but the yield acre Is often great
er When peaches plenty, the sale of late black.
berries consequently diminished The largest ana De
at wholesale aud at this price 500 to $500 per acre
'~" FRUIT MARKET.
Fruit in the city Is on the whole rather plenty but the
demand will not suffer market CLINT The strawberry
season is over. RaspbeTies have largely taken thelr
place They are not saeh lOPua Commences pont
the first OF july and lasts until ne lnlde OF august lh5
week the maretward tide Of this exceentftut Will reach
It's highest point Tie greatest raspberry region OF eou'
try along the banks OF the Hudson NGS onrsn
villages in tie immediate vicinity of the river are daily
Improved berry. About 100 crates, or nearly
5000 quarts; leone come GO"H washington MSTEct'
One OF the principal dealers there receives from 80 70 IS
S O. 200 cTa Gu" or more than 5000 quarts hotels
grocers, and peddlers tap the naIket Ant~eIPS are
Bringing nom 10 to l2c. quart NewJe[sey ana Long
Island making attempts to get on the track OF our
river counties NewJersey sends III some DLack I4sp
berries and Staten Island IS making an atenPI " grow
them But whatever be the value with pOmoOg!sts OF
the black and orange varieties they DO not begin TO com
Some dealers say that their customers VIII re
feet superior iavors and qualities Tor inc sake
OF a good color. The crop TINS year is very goOd'
Blackberles are not quite in yet Long Island CGnnect
cut aud NewJersey all augment te 9hieI supply ron
river counties. The season ruus uuIhs lhe mont
of August The prospect this year IA not good iOr
heavy crop Huckleberries are abundant. they come
principally from New7Jersey and the Sh0ngo Mountains
They sell well market and, lasting INTO sepeune
they MI want when other berries are gone Iho9sahu5
OF bushels annually gathered from the woods ana
fields Much might be done for this berry by culuva
tom and is strange that hoItcuturiss DO not pay IL
The demand for currants growing greater every year
The red cuTant, cherry currant, ana wDte grape cur
rant are the varieties known In our MARKET Inc CHERRY
ourrant the largest red one ia cultivation commands INC
highest price. This year II Is rather scarce Ihese Del
come from up the river Inc Wnte cuIIanIs arc %
extensively Staten Island Currans are not a. gen
eral thing consumed as largely rs many other khs on
the small fruit They are little 100 acd 70 DO pOPr III
their natural state, yet, uncOmpOunded WIN Sweets I
a valuable tonic, people only knew H. Ihousah4s
of bushels Of this fruit are yearly MADE INTO ey
In preserving establishments and great quanuy
IL sold 10 the shipping GOOseberres generally come mo
other berries the quantity small Its use IL chiefly con
fined TO making pies and taTts - .,, a.
diminutive msnamed insipidities on the fruit stands
the harbinger OF the peacl-crop blessing
FRUIT PREsEHvISG.
Since knowledge OF the OF fruit preserving has
been extended the consumption or NUT Ior ths PuiU5
has grown 10 be In place OF the odashQned
grandmother method Of keeping by collaboration when
could hardly be called preserving since th3 ny
OF the fruit lost In It's own weight OF sugar o lS
natural rife stewed OF it-cannng Is now the genera
rule The rgnal taste and qualities OF me nuit are
preserved almost entirely by this method IL iS ceIaiu
much more health4u than the antique plan by he use
Of this process good prime favored fruit may De had on
New Years day well az on the FOu!lh OF jury.
hotel grocery dining saloon IN can SSecs
70 be rstcass unessits shelves are Hod Sa,n , ~
Of frmt The business OF fruit preseTvlhg mas gr thb
be quite extensive This city contains several estDsn
nents devoted exclusively tohs p9rPSe: me S o
are domestic fruits put up in this manner Dnt aGe