Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-17
gos An9eles 4lerald.
SATURDAY.. .....JULY II. 1875.
TROPICAL FRUITS.
San Francisco asa Consumer OF Or.
anges. LINES, Lemons and Coco anuts.

Few persons outside of those imme-
diately engaged in the business are
aware of the magnitude of the tropi-
cal fruit trade of San Francisco. The
orange, the lime, the lemon and the
cocoanut are the principle varieties re-
eeived in this market, and until the
productive groves of Los Angeles
commenced to yield generously, the
supply was principally derived from
Mexico and Tahiti. The Tahiti or
angos usually come into market about
the middle of March, and continue to
arrive in large quantities up to Sep
tember. a few Struggling lots are re-
ceived thereafter, frequently as late as
November and even Decem Der, but
they find slow sale. The California
crop, coming mostly from Los Ange-
les, commences to arrive about the lst
of December, and the receipts contin-
ue large up TO the close of the season,
about June lst. Large quantities of
oranges arrive from Mexico, but the
season is short, lasting only from
about the lst of November to the last
of December. The Mexican oranges,
when picked and packed, arrive in
good order, and as they are generally
sold at lower rates than either the
Tahiti and Mexican oranges, in adj
ditlon to our own large crop, this mar
ket can never be said to be glutted,
and very often the supply is far made
quate. Considerable quantities find
their way to the interior of the State,
but the great bulk of them are con-
sumed here. An effort was made one
season to find an outlet across the
mountains, and two car loads were
shipped for Omaha, but the venture
did not prove profitable, and was
abandoned. This season oranges have
not brought the very extreme figures
realized in former years, but the gem
eral average has been better The re-
ceipts of California oranges the last
season amounted to upward of $780,
600, few thousands of which came
from Alamo eda, Contra Costa, Sonoma
and Solano counties, and the balance
from Los Angeles county. This was
the largest crop ever produced in CAL
ifornia. The quantity annually i'm.
ported from Tahiti and Mexico will
reach 5000, 900 in number. From Jam
uary last up to the present date 2, 403,-
900 oranges have arrived from Tahiti,
since January lst; $4,000 lines have
reached San Francisco from Tahiti
and the quantity produced last sea-
son in California passes $4,000. Mex
leo contributes large quantities of this
fruit each year to our market.
There were over 100000 California
lemons brought last season to the San
Francisco market. AS the California
product has very thick rind, it is
not so much in favor as some other
kinds. The Sicily variety is most in
demand by those who can afford to
pay the difference in price. Lime
juice has become noticeable feature
among the imports from Tahiti, S3
barrels of the article having been re-
ceived since January. On arrival,
the juice is taken from the barrels, the
seed and pulp extracted, and the
most of it finds its way in bottles to
the sideboard, the dispensary, and the
cook-room. Not small quantity is
sent beyond the Eastern line of Cali
fornia, to other markets. California
can never entirely shut out the i'm
portations of oranges from Tahiti, as
when the California crop begins to fall
off the Tahiti crop comes on. and near
ly fills up the time until the next APP
pearance of the Los Angeles product
S. r. Bulletin.