, 1881-05-29


! the local hot-beds are supplying very far
Stocks, and in very short time they Will settle
down to regular summer prices and be available
| Tor the general table.
The same thing can be said Of tho ordinary
| cooking and abic fruits. though they are not
shape Is the vexe.a5ies Tie plum bus n,aie
bis appearance from Mississippi points ts,-chictly
Crystal Springs,-hut as yet he Is uot very
suggesting bilious consequences, or pale green,
limiting ut choieraio disaster. and whcn he does
show up with red coat the color u weak ana
Jun: giving the idea that the tint Of rpencss Is
u dclusion and that tho pulp beneath it IS sap
less aud s0ur-a belief that Is verified BY aa at
tempt to cut one or tho little Foreigners The
pick or tho pluns are bought early by tho keep
ers Of fnncy fruit stores, atrcr wu'ch rhe -roccrs
and the Italian peddlers divide tho balance be-
Cherries ure coming in small supply from
Southern Illinois points, but they ure small and
stony, and the demand for them will not amount
to much Until they have improved "a quality.
BERRIES
4 very few backbcrries-of Il small sized
variety known Us tho ltwberry--ure cunning IL,
from Mississippi bur they are NOT Il eery tempt
ing berry ut best, und those arriving are III poor
condition, aud are sold cheap TO such as cure to
purchase
The supply of eooseberries is small. They are
coming from Mississippi and Southern Illinois.
and n1c having very FUR sale. Though the
othor fruit may not he coming forward III
abundance, there Is comfort in the fact that the
luscious and lastlng straw5erry-n berry which
from its popularity in this country, the glorious
excellence it nrtainS, and the enormous range
Of territory which it travels over III sesson,
makes i deserving OF tho title OF the Sastoual
.:There is % city in the world" said Mr. Han
dali, South Water street fruit merchant to
TRIBuSE reporter yes1erdny. (which can con-
pare with Chicago Tor tho excellence OF its
strawberries, or Tor the lung duration Of Its
strawberry scason.' The reporter asked the
be ep1omjzcd III Il narrative description OF the
wandcrincs Of the luscious berries RS It follows
the spring in its no7thward nlurch across the
The earlfest Strawberries tho ordinary trade
berry Is OF course alluded tol blush UPON tho
cnrly-fecundHt:ng soil Of Sunny Florida In
February they make their appearance rs ripa
fruit, aud these arc the rure iuSuries which
make the pockets Of rnillionu!-cs suffer- l1ld
their stonlachs 10 rejocc. At the rate Ut II -
the best Of these come to Chicago by way
in refrigerator chasnbers which preserve tho
fruit perfectly, N1ld the trip from the EASt hero
BY express. Those wEcn come by r1fl. where
the rcrr1gerating IS not so carefully attended to,
ure never in tirst-clas5 condition. By the time
the Florida 1erTics have become common and
sell at only about . cents hox, the .iobiie und
New Orleans crops begin to get ready for ship
n!ent: and the price i'll Chicago tumbics to from
~ to 80 cents, and even i little lower. Then the
strawberry trail leads on TO Mississippi, the
superior quality and size OF whose fruit makes
tho price jump up again to 80 or to cents. Then
1t 1enls to Tennessee, whose crop Is OF inferior
quality. Whca It arrives. down 80 the prices to
. or ~ cents OoI, anu tue strawberry becomes
au article OF very common diet. These :.cueraily
hnvc run Of about Il week, when, about the
first week in Muy usually. tho strawberry beds
Of Southern Illinois rcuuen and the supply be-
comes steady and LISTING to the end Of the sea-
son. The Mississippi crop now has no charm fos
Northern dealers and the growers send the bull
ance of their stocks to New Orleans anu other
Southern points.
Now the berry sells at about So crate, and
short-cakes arc rife md tho preserving pan is
putro work. Up the State the berry crceps to
tentralia- Nation, Champaign, Onarpa, and
slides round the bend OF tho Lake and makes its
appearance in Michigan. st. Joe and Benton
Harbor.senI along hig stocks, and then Muske-
gDn follows Last OF A]l come the produet OF
the berry-iands Of Milwaukee and Racine, Wis
1}y the time the stock of these points has been
Suddenly tho restaurant hablEuG finds that his
order for short-cnkc Is untvHitlnE, nnd ii he
gru,ubies he does i'll ignorance Ut the fact
that tor five months the delightful berry has
been ut his disposal. Starting In tho middle
uf February the luscious traveller has passed
Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois. Michigan, and
WiscOusin,-;l march of several thousands Of
mile5,-all for the benefit Of the Illinois appe-
tite,-prolonging joy that Is as
UNIVERSAL AS IT Is DELIGHTFUL.
There is good prospect, too, that Chicago will
in the future have the Southern berries placed
more ensily ut her disposal. The rnilroal re-
trlgeratfng facilities to tnkc care OF Southern
fruit en route for the North are anything but
what they should be. When these arc improved
the supply of good berries will he sready frunl
February to July, and when tho northermust
parts Of Wisconsin and Michigan take to cuti-
waiting them the season will be prolonged until
the admirer of the most delightful Of berries.