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

GREAT INCREASE OF THE TRADE AT THIS FORT
MILLIONS or COCOANUTS PINEAPPLES,
BANANAS, AND ORANGES.
There are few walks that afford so many
objects Of interest to the observer round the
NewYork business docks The varied results of the i'll
dnsy Of the human the productions Of all parts of
the globe there TO be seenproductons Of every
ceiyable variety and in immense quantities, from red.
hcsded emigrans the only exports Of the Emerald Isle
down TO rags the chief product OF beggarswarming
&ates. There is huge clipper ship from Germany
crowded with humanity which has TO seek free.
don and competence upon this distant shore; there
battered whaler just returned laden with OIL from
tie cold Northern Seas lumber from the Frigd Zone
iogwood from the Torrid, tea from China conee from
South America Manchester woolens, Lyons silks and
velvets and thousands upon thousands OF other
things as wonderful and as diverse here Here
crowded too waiting for expectation the products OF
own fertile landbig bales bursting with eecy cot
toR the boast Of the south ssnch canaboas bureued
the waters edge with yellow heaps Of Western grain
shPloads Of coal from the vast mines Of the Middle
States and from Down East, Yankee notions in every
variety which the ingenuity Of has been able TO
eompass-wheelbsrrows by the fifty Dozen patent soap
~ the hundred boxes shoepegs by the bushel etc All
and thousands Of other things daily be seen
On these wonderful wharves. ..
But among all the multifsrious varieties OF commerce
aero are few things which afford interest than the
,mportaoD Of fruit from the tropics commodity which,
like almost everything else, comes in great quantities TO
1s universal There ia special attraction here
those who have long known and loved the juicy pine.
apple and melting banana the succuent orange and the
tfowzy cocoanut To learn where they from, how
taey are brought how packed, how many rot in coming
what they cost In their luXuriant homes, how much
pont squeezed ont OF them by the avarcious middle
men from whom you buy and so onto learn ali these
thngs Is IKE finding out the past history of ,ome int
Inc best way TO do it is to 20 down to
BurlDgshp near Fulton Ferry board the vessels AZ thev
come IN ron the West indies and note the contents
eocoanu.s anu bananas come first in the season and
eS oIe .osetner IN the same vessels The best
4uanues Oh coceenuts come from Carthecena New
Granada, ana koutan and San Bias in Central Imerica
but the greatest quantities come from Raracoa ~ %
West Indies. They are picked before thew sra nrto
iPe In order that that they may decay on the
sage, and they begin 10 come about the lat Of Anr LA
continue during the summer aud Fall Those which
come from Central and South America are richer and
larger than the West Indian Dnts are ronabt in
entire cargoes, commanding high prices in the ,nsr[ats
here The West Indian nuts generally come packed itb
bananas, serving the double purpose OF frejoht
900 ballast, and taking up room which could he
put TO no other Banana vessels bring generally from
seO 10 $1,000 cocOanuts besides many thev
could bring they other freight NOtwth
me preeaution in picking cOcoaDuts green, &C. oesxt
cargo on an average is destroyed upon the passage
1ne baracoa nuts cost there 90 20 s2 per thousand in
$oo tne south American about twice tbose prices
Csthagena nu at times " great scarcity after they
70 this market bring s95 per thousand but the
lno " 30 - about the average price. BaracOa
Dfhk ~ bnt at present they their lowest
prices about VS. They mostly bought by desiceatng
~ nDishaents which prepare the nuts or cOcOanut,
Ghes pes, pudding ar the inAnito variety of fa,les
Sieh are made from them ~ ''N' " 0'''~S
A." greatest popular faYgrte Of a., tlcec dts Is lie