New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-10
THE SUPPLY OF FRUIT.
THE PROSPECT NOT DIscoURAGING.

SMALL PRUIT-APPI.ES PROMISING.
With the return of the warm months comes an IN
creased demand for fruit, the heafthfulness OF
which as an important part OF diet IN hot weather
Is acknowledged by everybody. The supply OF
straw berries has been good IN quantity and qualiy
though the season has not oeeh sd a. n9
and ripened the crop nearly All n, once. ne ia,e
consgnments now coming, the berries being
mostly those grown IN Osweeo, Connectlcut ana up
the Hudson River Many of the latter are not OF
the best quality. Cherries have been nearly fail-
IRE this season, much of the irqit now coming pc
DESTROYED many of the blossoms so thai III con-
trast to last years good yield there has been scare
fly of good fruit and prices are nlgn, ranging
from 10 10 cents a pound Mt wholesale. The aver
age cherry pie has, in consequence had very thin
stratum OF fruit
full crop the bushes being much affected 6y the
currant worm. The farmers put white hellebore
on the bushes when the fruit is green In order 70
kill the pest. AS the poison Is usually washed on
by rain, or before the fruit ls eaten It's use Is
not considered dangerous; The currart stems
have been impcricctly filed this year. which
il not noticeable i'm the basket, but
is apparent when stem Is picked mp slhely. uVose
berries are said 10 be a good crop. ana they look
well in the barrels coming III from the country.
The weather has been favorable to the production
OF large crop of raspberrics and the first pcklngs
are in the market; The supplies come iron IRON
Delaware, Maryland, New-Jersey ana up tne liuu-
son. The ADtwerps from the latter locality take
the lead in pnce and quality. III Is saiI
that raspberres, also will npen ncar aSoso an
BackberrIes are not yet plentiful. but good sup
ply is anticipated. The canes were snoW-whlte
with bio SONS a few weeks ago, and favorable
weather will mako the crop satisfactory IN quality
as well as quantity Those now coming arc, from
Maryland The housekcepers who value Dlichcaps,
or black raspberrics tor making pies VIII DC sOrry
IN hear that n small supply is locked for. Many
patches of canes have been pulled up along me RIVER
TO make room for more profitable crops lew
mountain, jersey and Maryland huckIencrrles are
on the fruit stands, their dark Dlue con
trasting with the brilliant hines OF straWpcril's'
currants cherries and beach piums. HuckleDerrlGG5
are a KIND OF wild game among fruits, ana the yleiu
of them not easily estimated, as many OF Iho
berry patches are III remote parts OF mountainous
localities only visited by the Dcvles OF pcAerS Wnen
the crop ripe No failure OF the crop Is reported,
and il Is probable that one need deny himself
dish of huckleberries and milk tins summer,
he above include about all the domestic uuiIs
that can be considered as yet IN market AS 10 inc
crops of apples, pears grapes, peaches ana pius,
they are yet either mostly or Wholly IN y gleen
state. Still they are far enough adNahced 10 oe
pretty correctly estimated, aS an lniheuldle anu
protracted drOuth or violent storms are inc ohly
dangers that threaten them other than those now
apparent Peaches in summer, apples III winter are
the fruits most dear TO the pubilc paiate VI
the former only few green south Carolina peaches
have arrived. 4 TRIBUNE reporter talked recently
vii several fruit dealers and commission llefcnahtS
about the peach crop. They all SAID there wouiu
undoubtedly be large crop0f peaches th0Ggn lney
said il In ifeTcnt ways and with different emphasis
Said j. j. Frederlcks: There VIII DC peaches, ana
enough of them. In parts OF Delaware the yleiu
will be light, but III Maryland there Wiii lie Dlg
crop. The trees are full III lIunterd0n County, Uhe
great peach district Ill New-Jeracy. Inc SHOCK va
rely here are falling oand that with the failure OF
the upryer peaches, VIII make the seisoh sIol.'
as these the principal late peaches III iarhe!.
Some think the failure of the upriver peaches Is
due to late rOstS and Others THINK that the uIouIh
last summer injured the trees People must hoI ca
meet To get peaches for very low prices, though, as
the Gamers aud evapOratOrs VIII use great many
in laying their stock Tor two years OWING 10 In9
light crop last there are scarcely any cahueu
peaches on hand and the Gamers Will put up a Dig
supply in anticipation of light crop next year
one of the firm OF Titus Brothers SAID that the
CROP of peaches III Mary land and Delaware was es-
tmated by Mr. Mills, a railroad superintendent,
there at four million baskets " do not douot,
said he "that it will be the biggest crop since the
one of the wear 1873 but will not equal that.
The reports we get from Newcastle County. Della
ware aud Kent County, Maryland, are very gO0i IN
deed There is IA good yield around Middleton, Dela-
ware but l hear there IS Only u Quarter OF d crop
in the extreme end OF the state. From our ast ac-
counts tron> iiunterdon County, New-Jeiscy
there will b. the largest crop ever known lneic'
10 offset this shipper at AlOrrlstOwn says there
Will not he as big yield there as last year. nave
not heard that the smOcks were IaliuIc' reaches
will not be dirt cheap, though, as the canntIs ana
evaporators Will want their part oil the
crop and that VIII DC large
one A big crop does not please Us
particularly IA we can make more proht and not
have 10 handle as many peaches when iIuit Is
scarce and prices are hgh" 49,. e
a heavy crop OF peaches. lie thought prices would
range from 70 cent, to 81 per basket toT good TO
fine ruI, Many peach trees lie said, were destroyed
Hale's Early could DC spared.
Sir. Edwards, OF Fraser X Edwards, said IN re-
gard 10 the prospects for plulns: Inc 1rut
IS generally poor except III Columola county
back of Kingston where l hear IL ~ g0od.
The crop oil line plumso was lin, nshI ia IH
expect they wall sell at about the same rates thls
wear The light crop Is due 10 the lruits iaIIlhs OH
i6n frees and also to the black knot. This disease
is attacking the orchards along the Hud on an" Is
gradually killing them. Like the Dlight Ill pear
orchards, it is impossible to cure 1t whcre II ses
started The farmers cut the trees back every year
to get rid of the disease aud they VIII soon CUT te
trees all to pieces Tho Refine Claude. Green
Gage, and other desirable plums Tor canning
will sell high; rs also VIII the Nl"enuih
Honum bradshaw and other hne table varieties.
Many OF these latter are grown III gardens around
schenectady. OF common blue plunS there Is likely
few pluIns are now the stands mostly of the
| "Wild Goose" variety, from tennessee and North
Carolina. The latter state also sends beach plums
market. Owing 10 the effect Oh tue cola weather
| on the blossoms, the blight and other
causes, light supply OF pears is generally eX
| pccted by iruIt dealers. some Orcharus Will nave
no fruit speak of. 1t was generally believed thit
| the apple crop would DO large TINS year. as IL Is
the wear for a bg Yield. anu the poisoning OF the
trees promised IL. Inc cooling moth, ana Tie effect
| of the wet cold weather on tue blossoms however,
have essened considerably the amount VI promising
fruit Oh the trees The reports that merchants re-
ceye from different parts OF the country say IhaJ
| apples failing from the trees 10 great extent.
| A good crop Is stl probable, however. ana the
falling OF part of the fruit Will be 10 the advantage
| of whao remains on the trees In some secLons
worm has attacked the foliage, causing the leaves
to dry and curl up. The best reports Oh inc apple
| c,op come from the western part of the state
| few green apples already arriving from Nor
folk IL is too early yet TO get any general eStl-
mate OF the yield OF grapes. Inc wet weather mas
| been more favorable TO growth of vine than OF
fruit In some places the vines are SAID TO be well
set with grapes. The extent of the crop stlll do
pends much on the non prevalence vi mlldew,
| drOuth and bugs
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