, 1874-10-18

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slckiy riety,--CtArford's. s.-early and 1ate,-
Old Nixon, 4orris' White, White Heath, Key.
Our peaches arc nearly all furnished by nllnole
and Michigan, 70 per cent OF the entire nmount
being from the Inter State.
] A NEW PEACH.
Deal ers and fruit g1owers will bo glad To lean
that new Seeding peach made it's appearance
! IN this market during the last month. The par
ent tree grew near the residence of Mayor Free
! man, OF miles ves. of Golden. He named
it FEeeman's October. It is verv large, and
Of most delicious. spioy flavor, though different
tasted. Mayor Freeman las 2500 trees Just
coming nicely into bearing, and if nothing uu-
toward hsPpeas to them. our citizens generally
will next year bare liberal opportunities to on
joy this ueT aud splendid fruit
| PEARS, ETC.
Native pears consist Of tho Bartlett, Sickel.
Duchess. D'Angouleme V1rgalu, Flemisl, Beauty.
and Sugar pears. These are exclusive of tho dlf-
fereot varieties OF California pears. which will
he enumerated under the proper head. New
York, California, Michigan, and Illinois furnish
most Of tho pears
The best varieties OF ounces s1s the orange,
apple, and pear, They are never plenty, and are
| AEAys IN great demn1ld.
Plums .ro shipped in crates OF four drawers,
each drawer containing half bushel, and in
! variety consist OF the Dawson, grecu-gage, aud
| Mild rcd: We may add they arc nearly always
| scalce, those in the market being shipped from
distance, more coming from Ohio than any
other region.
Grapes food tho market IN endless variety,
| and in almost unlimited quantlty,-the CAtauba,
Delaware. and Concord being tho favorltcs.
Bes,des these, Ne have the Isabella, B1ack Ham
burg, Rogers II, Iowa Seeding. Iooia, Clinton,
Diana, and Malaga.
Three~fourths Of all tho grapes shipped to this
market come from Michigan aud Ohio. the bal
auce from New York, Indiana, Wisconsin, and
Illinois; OF those from Ohio, Berlin Heights
aud Kelly 1nland furnish the greatest quantity.
The price during the season he's averaged cents
per pound.
Apples abound in their usual variety, the
tweuty-ounco ,pippin. being, tho favorite and
Red Astrachan, Rhode Island Grcening, Pac1s,an
seek-no-Further, Baldwin, Russet, Summer Pip
pin, Fall pippln, BelIaowcr, EAimau Sweet,
Pound Sweet Tompkins' King, Winesop Snow
Apple, Gilldower, Lady Apple, 5pitzenberr, and
Northern Spy, are among tho common varieties
in this market. Seventy ty-five per cent OF nll the
APPLES received in Chicago come from Michigan;
tie balance are divided between New York
Ohio Illinois, and Indiana q very few coming
from Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, mud Kansas.
All early fruit comes Tie first OF the scason by
express prepaid. When fruit il plenty, the Il
linols Central Railroad Company run special cali
edx
rnad wl,;ct does tIis ssro ia S;chsa.r Gaa' c.'
tEa1, which runs what is called Il peach train.
These trains sometimes consist Of fifty cars. All
early fruit reaches the city by rail the rest
comes by steamer from Michigan. 4 Wesk OF
1aarke1 and tha rclest var;et;es c.n % l.e hanas a
for song. During the second week OF Septem-
ber the average daily receipts we're $1,000 bas-
kets and 10, 900 boxes Of peaches alone, and the
price for best Crawfords ranged III low as so
IN Te1. lat IL, l..
commission men On consienmenta of c1een st. f,,;i
The winter trade of these hanses cona;s,. in ~
hsudiing apples, pears and dried fruits. Michi-
sties. our died peaches cone @ mainls fro,n % The
South. fo''N@'~' '"''0 ''@''@'' '-0n1 ''1e
,,,,,ro,x,,.
carry or the naIm rrha1,veq ,sq'i bnorr ,or ,;7.
avor aud 5eauty Of Tho I'D dsnis3
js,aa 'o ao on. ~ ~ uns oesn u;Gsuay
nh; ooo oas -. oaa1aotolna'5 1an masnlneeace.
~ f,,;r th.n ~ ~. poa sens mote ny. u
par,;.a ~ o.s aso 'n1n Se9 oo" 1o!a Clty.
'uo ~ " esot seut on 1Is
49,, "y 80 :. I;I ~ oI ul nGeoaoa'5, 3e
season was on tba 2ith of .Ju]v' and cnn.ssed ~
pears and plums. The slioments viii nrnhahlv |
Close by Nov. /. Al Of this frnir comes p1 IL
boxes. each pear. sop1e. or nIura bcnr Eranned |
carefully in paper, Duiinc the frat thrty dava I
Of the season all shipments ms made I
hv expresa at q cost nf Sg]t nar r.rgo
a., +i,,a tha .t,;,, n,o,+. - l.. F-:,F.
- 81 ~, o ~ f ie" a. W teion, a. cos.
OF S9ol per car: Coming BY express, the frns is
on the road from SIX to seven days, aud BY |
freight from thirteen to fourteen days. Each
car coptalus 500 boxes and eacn hox will weiph |
Is pouuis. There are aix frzna in th;s cttT
whn handIo california fru;t md dnr;ns tha sa.,
"no uAt'llo c'o'n1a tlals, 1no au1lu8 tue sear
sou an average W OF Ten carloads 70 recelTed per
week. We give below the varieties and prices of |
California rea's and grapes, per box, in this
car of Wakefich} ~ m. pnun,1 Paa- AZ m
Rsrtla,t 81 m. R.,,.~1s H.ra, "a e. Gas.a,
~ utte nA'ut, xn'ou; Iaste1
beutee, m TO; nintef - Sei1is, S5;oo; columbia,
@4VU; Bourre Dlel. @J.9o(D3.5u Lawrence, /
$500; Diana, $3.50; Orange, $500; Duchess,
$3.50; Dixon. 500: Gio2t Norseau 81 30: |
Seckd ga Flemish Bex1tr ~ m 1ha ~
vor;ta ~ ,>;. n,rto+ ;s az W;sta MI;
r., ---.o. 49,. r,o,- a. -'~'' |
nound hInerat 15c. and Rna N,rts,i. 1no
0ulncas frins, ~ m nor hor ~ fra and
beaches are a:so sLjnneI from r,j;t:,u;a. ~
[ot Of peaches bringing readily 81 IS ner DOZEN
rha ioss IN aa-Ir fr;,t 10 aa1I nv 20 uo.eu;
}ur;o, thn eeaao,, will .rarogn IL ,snt ~ tha
on,;ra amount ,eca;vad n i, ea;d ~ ds1
INT this hss heen had scasn, for tbar In
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