, 1875-01-01
DRIED FRUITS.
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DRIED FRUITS.
IT Is EsT1NA1ED
TINT not less than S70oO00 arc invested In the
dried-iruit trade in this city. and that tho sales
Of greon and dried fruits combined for the Bes-
aon Of 1874 clossly approximate s2,5oo,ooo,
Chicago maintains her position as tue chief dis
tributlng point Of tho Northwest. Although
the dxed-fruit huaineas Of 1874 has,
perhaps, not shonn 30 rapid = growth
aB in soma previous geAsons, the
increaso--whon No take into consideration
the causss thnt have operntod to rctard ita
growsh-must bo considered Is beyond all rea-
sonahle expectations. OF what may properly be
called
sT4PLE pnIED F8ETs,
embracing apples, peaches, prunes, and raisins,
the amount Of aalcs has materially exceeded that
Of any former year but in those linos which
moro appropriately como under the head OF
'sfancy tTuits,"a somewhat diminished move
msnt WIS witnessed. The lsssenal demand for
the latter wxs tie natural result Of the practice
OF economy, so much in vogue sinca the panic,
and MAS by no mcans peculiar to thia market.
Concerning
DohERT1o FRUITS,
tho crop Of 1874, With the exception Of spp1ss
and blackberries, WAS below the average. Tbs
apple crop wac partial failure at tho South, but
ia The Eastern. Middle, and Wossern States .
large crop was gathered. ThiB iusurea
largo supply Of dried fos tho season Of 1875, and
lon prices may ho expected to rule. peachea
wore scarcely moro than one-third Of cron.
Michigan had = bounttful yield. but In Illinois,
Ohio, Tcnncssee, Kentucky, and North Carolina
the crop was failure. Tho market for tue COM
Ing year, MILL therefore, be acantily supplied.
4 TrATERE THE MANEEr
will be tho almost eatito absonce OF pared
peaclus. The crop OF blackbo1ries vas the
largest evor gathered, being eHtimated in round
numbers Ut "a, 600 brls. This aupply, even at
coed the consumpslyo demand by at leaat 5000
brlB. Throughout tho fall there wns q veil or
ganizoa bull moTemant, but owing to tho con-
aervasivc action Of Western merchants it
~ worked downward. In quality the fruit
Ii exceptionally fine. The ra1pbeT1y crop
was almost failure, and o1iteme pricoA may be
expected 10 psoyail throughout the coming sea-
third Of crop. The greatest deficiency was in
North Carolina and Virginia. Tho prospects Are
in favor Of high prices in the BprinK, Valuea Of
most descriptions Of
FOREIGN FRUITS
also bid fair TO tu1o comparatively high, oNlnE
to partial failure OF crops. III
MALAGA RA1aINs,
the deficiency amounts to about 50 Per cent,
WAlle OF 6u!t4Ha there van almost &n entire
failure. Ths deficiency in Malaga Rnd sul:anA
rAisina will be partially made up by Valonciaa
Of which there WAS : large yield. The importa.
t!on Of raislns shova 4 mkrkod falling OF
from last year, and this fact, together With
tho knowledge Of the existence Of strong com-
hination among New York Importers, leada to
the belief that priccg will rule higher than for =
lumber Of aoasonH pant. Advccs from Turkey
are to tha effect that the prnne crop Of that
country Mill fall more than 30 per cent shott,
and bestdes will 10 inferior In quality. France
reports 9 full crop, md good quality. prices
arc from 85 to 40 Per cent higher than \ year
ago.
Flab, ..
which come from the same districts ~ Turkish
prnnos and 6ultana rsisins, are deficient fully 60
per cent and Will probably DO lower than at
present. nAtea clron, and lemon 2nl orange
peel sro without features Of specia. interest.
cufrants wess ! fair yield, and no ma
terisl tloctu2tion In prlcea IL looked
Tor. Il NAV not be generally known,
but II IL = tacs that very ls1Ge percentage Of
the foreign fruits now sold Ia this market are
imported direct by our tobbera. Our import
trade Ia assuming large proportions, and It will
not bs many years beforo Chicago will havo \
| monopoly Of the drsd-fsuit importing BUSINESS,
80 far ~ the Northwest il concerned.