New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-07

banana d S,iStans believed that It was e Eve with
me-, he old serpent selected 10 Temp is called by the
in the aHfm S 90 Of Msa Parodisdca until tis cut in
mat reason III the Ino The isntain and consd,
slcdS yery delicious prepared Inc ne leaves the
wood b9s ~ the inner firmly about and maE MAXIM Of
sk like that Of the flag Each Iee oe hoI The stalk
n aid fbrous in the extreme as hSeS sc pe often
Tie Weight OF the immense Dnhches, "a cnt green
tl6 tbap mar can lift. The banana rs Su nSeep in
we same reason that the cOcOanpt Is picked Se red
order that il may not decay upon Ine e IN NewYOrk
bananas are larger prices and the French
thin cs sms QUALITIES eaGfTit ~ the also 60
S6SnS Vessels the bottom Of
favorlte When the bnncees .S are T coCcsnus most
Gr the Gb ballast layer Of buncsSs sd aheI door is
Upon close together and 1ces open above the fruit
FOR purposes OF and 70 on this 6or then
Another 0S ygs az and on hold full The
LAYERS are also divided into separa1 nshs are made
@ qGd DOWN through layers tStnS bottom S
the hold the matches are then eis o sn 70 cool and
SnatS the crowded punches The percentage OF Ds
nanas spoiled the passage M ~ otte ones
SeTs trn black after their arrival on account ~
having been picked too green me puhcnvs ore b;ps
b TS the him Tie purchaser buys one or nOto uo,
v, t w tSey lie at 80 much bunch, the bin thr0nga
rpe Srces and rotten 1t is customary fo h eSSTed or
allow some discount of in consideration OF shoSi
rotten fruit cost at the panaoa s brSt Of
T5Sy nFS s saneS
periods when all fruit has been scarce they hVe the bn
as much as q or 81 so per p9hch " in 'nV assort
t the b nISan0A and sell them to retailers
at all prices ranging from 81 80 TO sV @ Cost o mer
Chants5Ie fruit aud it Intended to be the same upon
bananas but flaw in tho drawing o1t OF tne law o d ds
coVes However until the importers had been pay
@ per cent for D sGs Se SECRETARY aS Of Treasury
Of IT, and found by correspondence VIII him that nc wa, was
~ a. naors had been paying duties bananas, and
& & ,bat the Government owed them large sums OF
money m Condition of receiving half Of all he got
Tbo vstifed dealers. going the principle that nan
9al IS DgSous Gentleman made snug fortune by the
"peration The duty bananas, accordingly is now ~
Most Of the pines which here are from the West
Indies from Eleuthera, Harbor Island. Jamaica Nas
by the little shoots which be at the
base Of the fruit The plant takes two years TO proouee
on 1t their sides and Piled tier upon tier up to within
inches Of the decE The space so %nd Ter c
Which Is absolutely to protect these tropical
fruits from utter greater tier pTGPoTS e1be or
frut1four.tent6s or nearly onehaf the whole qqan-
ty being the average loss on cargo ro inns
of the fruit, but from the manner in which
it cut and packed The cutting Is often done IN tne
takes place much fruit is hurried into the vessel before
the water has dried out OF the shoot OF corona Oh @
syttabiv raises rottenness Thunder storms, bad
do 0 from Havana and these are also the ones
which decay the most Vessels which only lose quarter
or third of their load are considered fortunate In many
cases the larger part lost in not long
vessel containing 1900 dozen magnificent plneappes
obliged on Monday morning to go dcwn the bay and dump
the whole cargo into the seaali hopelessly rotten
Pines cost at the place of growth about IS or 80 cents
dozen fer the first cuttings OF the season. which include
finest fruit so 10 81 cents dozen Tor the sec4nd anu
two tbansand 70 six thousand Dozen according to size
They sold here not by the dozen but by the hundred
and the finest Havana sugar loafs bring s5 TO SIS per
hundred at the wharf The glutted condition of the
homo fruit market affects them as well as bananas ana
al the present they bring acr lowest prices tho
poorer qualities being often as low as - per huhured
o. this time Of year AT that ,ss price snsy
as they are technically called who cut them mp for preser
trd tSe West indies and these come nearly
all year round The Havana and Porto Rlca oranges
sready come from BaIacoa but they small and sour
none OF those before Autumn worth much
The 4SaARs Rs6R n NCSveber 1 and Keep
ing TIL March Immense Numbers OF these also rot 90 tho
voyage; one cargo during the past year out Of a 900
oranges lost by rot 2296oo Beside the principal yarie'
IMPORTANCE The s6addock which looks Ike an Immense
grange often to these waryes from the indies
and the grape fruit another of the orange family
makes delicate dish when cut IN slices ana tIioa'
ing pleasant drink and making pickle very popular
auong the Bostonians though unsuitable strange to say,
The great mart for the sale OF these fruits Wash
ington market There the obber who has purchased by
tho bin or thousands sells his assorted goods
to dealers OF various rates Tho largest punches OF
bananas the nnest pinos and oranges sold 70 Broad
way dealers for fancy prices, the rotten and refuse Ia
sod hucksers for almost nothing. One OF the most
important branches OF the licensed vendors" trade
purchasing large quantities OF this damaged fruit. IL
must be Immediately sold and no regular dealer win buy
It. so it falls to hs share at very reasonable rates He
carries off from the market hundreds OF punches of dam
aged bananas at ten cents bunch picks those which
sound only partially decayed, getting half dozen
from bunch Of 10 or So washes them and from the
whole meas gets enough to load his and sells them
the street corners for two three and cents each
making excellent profit on the lot PiDeapples are
bought in the way. the rotten part the
remainder sliced and sold at cent slice Lenons
very profitable 10 these dealers Boxes Of deosyed
lemons from Spain and Portugal often sell at auction FOR
five cents box Few boxes have less than half dozen
sound in them, and these arc OF the frat quality
Old merchants look wOnderingy at the enormous guam.
titles these Injuries which now resinber
the time, aud not very long ago either, only fifteen
twenty years when only two or three Of pines
! and cocOanuts and bananas into the
port OF NewYork in a season; when dutIes
were low, and prices in the plantations
were almost nothing and when not withsandng il was
very difficult TO dispose at reasonable profit OF even
months at the wharf and rot for want Of purchasers
present with cost HIGH duties enormous and prices sc
cordiDg, whole cargoes sold off every day We can
see how the tastes and demands for these Injuries
increasing by comparison OF statistics of the last
year with those which have just been made out this
year. Two special officers from the Custom. House
Major Bostwick and Mr. WiDslOw, are detailed 10 look
after these fruit vessels They tally cargo which
is unlOaded and from their statistics which perfectly
accurate, we find that In the year 1863 between April
and July which includes the busy part OF the fruit
season, there 10 this port Cocoanuts 1887 300 pine
apples, 1,o900 900; bananas, punches, 1854.
From April TO July 1862 there came 10 this Port
COcOanuts, 2064,292 pine-apples, 2,579li baBaIss
punches l5547S These figures give the exact state
the trade showing the increase In the business In this
single 10 he nearly quarter OF the whole
done.