Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-14
The Outlook for Fruits.
Strawberries Plentiful and Peaches Be- coming More Abundant.
 From the New York Tirnes1


 From the New York Timesl
 There was an avalanche of strawberries last week, and none were more astonished al it than those commission dealers most largely engaged in the sale of them. The season has been very favorable for developing the ber- ries, and, instead of their coming here small and indifferent in quality from many sections came large and fine. requiring half of the number Of berries to fill the boxes. On Saturday the market was supplied with straw berries from Virginia Baltimore Maryland Delaware and New Jersey. Quite & good many were from the latter State-from Vine land, and some few lots from Monmouth county. Strawberries sold on Saturday at about as low prices as the like quality will be sold for again this season, although there will bs several days when they will again sell low. The shipment of about IuO car loads per day from the Delaware Peninsula nearly every day last week is the best evidence that a great abundance of berries have been grown, and confirms the assertions made by The Times special correspondent from the fruit district of Maryland, in April last, that the quantity of straw berries which would be sent to the markets from there would only be limited by the demand, as the quantity would be great that it would not pay to pick and ship large proportion of the crop. When strawberries sell for cents per quart or less, as thousands of quarts of pretty good berries did on Saturday, it will not pay to ship from Maryland or Delaware. From the great strawberry producing sections of Maryland and Kent county, Del, and Kent and Queen Anne counties, Md, only a very small pro portion of the crop has been gathered, and doubtless the shipments from there during the early part of this week will be very great The outlook for this week is therefore very cheering for the consumer, although the Urp ufil scarcely ha ahla n raafSxa naVzrh for their labors. Fruits and vegetables have, however, been selling at such high prices for several months that perhaps consumers need an era of low prices, and they will certainly have it this week in strawberries. Heavy shipments will certainly be made from Lower New Jersey and from Delaware and Msryla land as long as the growers there can be induced to pick and ship their fruit. The little Jersey Scarlet, which usually comes here ''hulled, will be fairly abundant this week and those who enjoy strawberries for their rich flavor and sweetness rather than their size and beauty will seek after them. They usnally sell wholesale for ? I-2 to 3 cents per basket. six baskets to the quart, and when sent here in pint cups, the largest package in which they can be sent to be mercbantAble, they usually sell for from to 10 cents per cup, excepting when very abundant, when they are bought by the cznners at the rate of from to 10 cents per quart.
 reaches are becoming more abundant and better They coming principally from Georgia, and, from their appearance, the in- ference is that there will be a general crop throughout the season, and the markets will be supplied with this fruit until late in the fall. While there will be DO great quantity until the arrival of the Peninsula crop which will be very liberal one at least there will be fair amount sent here from the CarolInas and Virginia. There will scarcely b. any in this State The Hudson river crop is a perfect failure for the first time in 10 years, and there will be a very light crop in Lower Jersey but in Hunter don county, of that State, in section where the cultivation of peaches, although large IS comparatively new enterprise, and where most Of the orchards are young and vigor- ous, there Is every assurance of pheromen- ally large crop. The New Jersey apple crop Is expected to be good one, and in New York State one of the largest ever gathered Cherries will be abundant in a fev sections | and failure in many. In the aggregate there wIll be small supply. The prospects for good plum crop are very hattering, and l there never was a better growing season for hay and the-usual vegetables which supply our markets As 8 result, general breaking down of the markets from the high prices of the winter and spring may speedily be sx. pected.