The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-19

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New York Herald
Considerable anxiety has been felt abott
che fruit crop this season, AID large dealers
have been wearing long faces for some use
nsst. Stories OF frosis and severe weather
ksd reached them from the fruit countnes
~nd aIstricts. and they were alarmed kst
shsse repor,s might for once be true, aad
,,o4 mere vumors meant 20 ane~ the matso.
win the masses OF snow before them test
New York has been treated to during pse
mast winter aud the frost'esseeed WINS
thst swept along the streets ana eamgn'
them at the corners, u Sas essy 10 pen.sS
shere miybt be thug Of the same KIDD
essev mere. add that, teo, In those loeas-
s;ss o,o,t tmportaat to busieess. There
-ere storms In some places and hurricanes
=. others. and mindiul ID the delicate meS-
~hsndIse IN whtcA be traded and the speedy
ruin that would resuh 20 IL from an up-
Srleud,y blast, the sruit. met cbautsof Gotham
estrty soook Ia his spoes ae he looked ont OF
doors and thought az the prospects OF the
vet distant spring and more reesots sum-
mer. Those ever abundant spots along
the Mediterranean xad TIE Spanish Man
we're not even FREE frem those por-
teutoiH whsspetiags, and though tney
kent seadiag average Quantities OF fruit
10 the market, IL Was still feared that this
was liable to interruption, and that the fu-
ture might not lie wealthy la promise. Most
dread wss eutertataed for tie home yield,
nc the conditions xere asceftained and the
result could be arrived at. This has been
realized in the peach crop, asd Efforts are
beipo made TO prevent more immediate
substitute from also failing. Delaware and
Maryland send the principal part OF the
peaches used TO this m?rket. and they are
announced as utterly without fruit TINS year:
All the orchards have beeu destroyed, ana
there Is not toe least hope OF saving eVea
small percentage OF the crop.
UNDOUBTEDLY 4 FAILURE
Speakng on Toe subject to reporter OF
the Herald Yesterday. an extensive iruit.
merchant said 4" Yes. j am sorry to SOY the
reach crop Is O failure. There Is some pros
meet. believe, Of few from South Carolina
md North Carolina, but | am afraid that
WON'T amount 10 very much. It's TOO bad, for
reacbes are something more than q
luxury. People look for fruit and fight
food of that description after hard
winter and its accompanying solid
yjands, and it is worse than disappointing
10 have the supply limited, II NOT cut OF.
Nature provides so admirably ia this re.
spect that IL is pity she should be inter-
rupted. She gives Us the strswberries ana
the peaches, tue cherries. the currants, Tue
apples, pears, and other Things IN their
regular turns, one succeeding the other and
appropriate TO It's time; but; then, you see,
she regulates the supply. too, for IL a
eolfe l,1ef 4 ia
inciemency OF the weather. We get the
principal quantity OF our peaches from
DeIawa are and Maryland. In both these
States they are complete failure this year.
There are laid 10 be few on the water-line
OF the Chesapeake bay. A new peach
country has been developed 10 Ulster and
Dutchess counties, In this State, and al
though they anticipate good yield In those
places one cannot expect them 10 make
good for what we lose from the Other two
States. The trees in these counties are said
10 be In fine growth, and promise we'll. not
only in quality but in quantity. We have
had some strawberries from Florida and
Charleston. These are what have been in
the market, and tbev brought the usual
prices TO be expected at this time In the
season. They have to be shipped IL re.
frigerator.bOXes at cost OF ten cents
quart, and have to be very carefully ham
died. Virginia will send US the next sup
ply. There Is every prospect OF an album
dant crop OF fine fruit, and there is no rea.
son why shortcake should not be cheap il Ia
Dor Is not too dear. We shall have them here
next week and they will be sold at moderate
prices, and then we shall have plenty con.
tinuously while the season lasts. Delaware
and Maryland will furnish us with the Sec
ond supply and bring US along to the home
crop. Then we get our strawberries from
all around US. and think we shall have all
we can use. Virginia is the heaviest truck
ing'-that Is, carly vegetable and small
fruit.ceDtre IL The country. They are cul.
tiyated by colored labor, which is good and
steady. THERE'S no trouble with the hands
who are hired by The week or month and
paid regularly, and who move about Just as
they please. All this talk about dissatisiac.
tion among them is nonsense"
THE APPLE CROP.
"With regard to apples?"
"Apples can't tell you about until the
trees come in bloom. see no reason why
we Should not have large crop, though. /
think we will. Pears indicate well. Now
we have large supply Of asparagus; that
is as near the subject of fruit as you can
touch, and Is quite as Interesting to house
keepers. II has been very cheap, too. Our
first asparagus came from Charleston. II
brought good prices this year, being IN the
market early, you see. The next comes from
Virginia, aud after thai we get il from Della
ware aud Maryland. II has been IN the mar
ket IN unusually large quantities during the
past week. and sold at an unusually low
fguIe-Virginia asparagus being sold as
lAu .hAta IL tol IL ln
eight cents bunch-be!ow the usual can
niDg prices. In addition TO that we have
had local supplies seliiag at the uDprece-
dented figures OF 81 so 10 81 dozen FOR the
first weeks cutting. know one gen,le
man who cuts $4,000 banches OF asparagus
on farm In South Carolina We bave had
afew cucumbeis from Florida. They sold
for IS box. and we got the same price Tor
few beans from Savannah. These are
simply fancy prices, aud sndicate nothing
more than the arrival of tie first OF the sea.
son. BY and by we shalt have plenty, not
only OF these but OF al kinds OF yege.
tables. Peas are here nov from Charles
ton, and Ia abundance. They have
been selling from fife cents TO 81
box. They have been very cheap
indeed. We have almo,t had glut OF
them 10 the market. TNe prices have not
paid the farmers. don't think We need
have aoy fear OF not being well Of for some
thing 10 eat. AS far as can Judge the
country i teeming with abundance, and the
poorest have fair chance OF coming In for
some OF the good things 81 the eartA. We
shalt miss the peaches; bat, then, We have
such variety OF fruit We can easily make
up for them With something else The
apples that are selling nou are last years
and have no doubt there are plenty Of
them on hand to last US we'll into the new
CROP"