New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-30
THE STRAWBERRY TRADE IN NETWORK.

Among the many fruits that grace American
tables, there three that may be regarded purely
national These the strawberry, the peach, aud the
apple. The strawberry onefOuIth Of the
year. On the 10th OF April 500 packages OF berries
received by the Charleston Last year the ship
ments from Rochester and Wayne st. Lawrence and
Niagara Counties in HewYork lasted till the Goth Of
July. Beginning at the southern margin OF the United
States, and closing with The growth Of Upper Canada,
the extremes of the take in hundred days. In
a commercial the business commences in the
middle OF April continues TO increase till the 10th 18th
Of May, when, having reached its maximum 10 remains
at that point till the 2O25h OF June IL then decreases
quite rapidly tall the middle OF July, when the straw
berry time is virtually Charleston has begun the
work of making April a fulI strawberry month BY
thousands Of crates.
Among the largest planters OF the strawberry are Viz
ginins. In 1866 Norfolk shipped here weekly about 100
crates for three weeks Now Norfolk sends 10000 crates
berry l. mostly wilson Of medium sze and In sales
at New-iork commands 20 cents. This means from II
cents to cents TO the grower aud from IS cents to 30
A planters account shown by his merchant. runs
thus on shipment: The gross sales SCAT on
another, the next week, Si0s next, S60S then sllo
total I; In all rs gross sales IN New York. beside aS
much more sold In Boston, Baltimore and Phiaderha.
He has 35 acres in strawberries. There four i've
growers near Norfolk that produce about the
the grower referred TO- and 10 that have from 10 Il
acres OF frult ana score on more Who nave from one 10
The amount Of berries annually Skinned from Norfolk
Va, to NewYork is 100000 quarts; from Delaware
Peninsula, 100000 quarts The strawberry trade from
NeW-Jersey including those sent Philadelphia and
New-fork markets reaches nearly 20O00OO quarts and
the Strawberries raised the Hudson River and sent 10
this city and Boston amount TO 1O00O 2OOOO quarts
more so that there Is aggregate Of berries raised
within reach OF 50O miles OF 7oooo o TO 1OOOoG0 81
quarts yearly IL costs about $500 10 lay
out "A strawberry bed, and Il takes capital Of $3.50 10
every acre for crates and baskets alone. One HUNDRED
dollars 10 an regarded satisfactory return
the capital invested
Growers often lose their strawberries the arrival
OF trains too late one day this the shipments To
NeWIork reached 2J6 quarts hut the train arrived
late and the decline ice created loss t. the
OF nearly $1,000 The cOnml merchants sag they
do not care II they receive 30OV quarts In morning,
provided they get them before O'clock they tam al
ways sell them hut later the morning buyers become
impatient OF the delay Of the train, and take but
crate, when they would take two or three II they had
sufficient time 10 select them Occasionally ght arises
In the market the real OF which not oyerproduc
ton. but the large arrivals OF fruit unit for shipment 10
Northern towns Two days OF moist and hot weather
Will throw 10000 crates Of Delaware and Jersey berries
on this market, when but $500 he consumed Ia the
usual course OF trade The other 5000 should e shipped
up the Hudson on. the Fall River line up Erie and to
ward Hartford. Springfield, Worcester, Portland and
Montreal But the moist hot weather the berries
shippers afraid OF them. and leave them In first
hands. Hence the gut.
Last year there glut OF Norfolk berries, which
only 1T for shipment when cool. aud II II j. warm
day when they arrive here they wilt The largest
portions that arrive IN NewYOrk out of the city and
are shipped TO different points Boston, Hartford, New
Haven. etc. There Is one dealer who makes trade Of
buying for shipment u retail dealers in the different
Eastern cities taking 100 10 200 crates day When Della
ware berries arrive Norfolk fruit declines In price, but
this year II has not sold below 10 cents the average Del
aware cells Ut " cents.