New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-03
TWO MILLION QUAR1S or PEACHES SOLD.

The arrivals OF peaches Yesterday morning were
greater than had been calculate d upon n s the
northern part OF Delaware. he numOer Oh caIo
took the receivers By surprise, but the OFFICES
made low and there were large sales. Eay AZ -,
morning the streets began 90 be throh8eu WIN
BUYERS By 3 u. III. the trade was eNcee'inHy
brl-k. The impression had gone out that the mar
ket o,erstocked and great many OuSe''
FASTENED TO take advantage OF the iact' -, -,
The fruit was nO5 IN good condition. lhe ia aHi
had given 10 an unattractIve appear nee ot.lL
the peaches had been carefully assorted Inls vas
one OF the facts that saved the receivers iIol s
ing heavy losses The ordinary varieties 9tu"IP9 "a
the World and Early CrawtOrds were tne klnuS
most offered for sale. There were rev Olu MINUS
int this variety had evidently reached the emu Oh
It's season The greater port OF the peacuoS III
the market were sold at from ~ 70 ~ cehss
basket Some extra grades sold Tor % Genus anu
fancy sprigsed, OF which there Wsre 'S Sy.rJ
brought IRON rs cents to 81 n basket Ne uelbaht
the peaches was so great anu DuSei5 80 al
plenty that early III the AFTERNOON III ~ Iooooi $500
vanced their prices ten per cent ne receives es
however were more ANXIOUS 10 eeI Ilu Va ~. ~
fruit than 70 secure any. hgher plicrs' oIv,nce
refused TO take any risk by making an suEanCe;
The consequence OF this was that between So So
4 o'clock the receivers had sold out ther e Tt
cOnsienments, enormous as tley nan III IL tnev
appeared well satisfied when they found tnaV tney
had no fruit 20 carry over aud they closeu w 'noi
places of business fully two hours carrier th@n l~9'
Saturday. .,,.. or+s
Of peaches sold to-day in this city, sald pr1gh-
inent WASHINGTON Market dealer yesterday lho
s4la chiefly
the fruit in cans. There were also NAV f'sed
the large fruit dealers in broadN ay. LleensSu
vendors with wagons hled tne streets III w, 3
uelQhborhood OF Washington Market. O"neIs Vi
fruit stands were also present IN large nuihoeIs'
Some had hand carts to carry away lueH PttI
chaSes and others baskets aud bags. Many u INC
purchasers were evidently hOusekeepers: IbeJ
selected some Of the best tiult but gUt IL cuSdp,
generally paying not over 80 cents basket nc
fancy grades Of oeachesw ere bought by the broau-
WAY fruit dealers, who atterWard WouIu eAPpsso
them for sale in quart baskets ana receive uedIlS
a much for one of them rs they had pald LOT
eic1th. Of a busheS oi them. 10 was staten tlds
some of the thrifty uptown bOusekerpeIS uroFo
down Ia the neignbOrhDOd OF the marker ID Vhe'I
own carriages and accompanied by stout servant
10 carry the purchases went among the receivers
and bought To- as good advantage ana ufo'e d.
keen bargains as any OF the hucAstetS- II,
This was not a hard matter, hoNeNrI, Saii
the dealer for we all 50 afraid that we shouu
GET stuck with a large amount OF peaches Cn.tt ~
would have been impossible 80 nave kepl o'e Gun-
day that we sold for any reasonable OHeI. heie
is no doubt that IN the ealy morning inucu lIu.o
VS. sold for less than the actual cos. OF u ihspOr
tatI0n But there were such crowds OF OuEeIs
The streets were crowded aud every where mere
we're activity and hustle. W nen IL was pain
MT the immense quantity of fruit really was
going 10 be sold the prices stl1ened. NeNerIhel'ess
nobody a. foolish enough TO run any rlsA VI Ia ~
any left This kept the prices well down untII Tue
eufirc market had been cleaned up The DAY safes
undoubtedly were not sufficiently prohtaole 10
make no for the losses sustained Dy tus pool COl
dltion of the fruit.
There Will be heavy peach train this morning
This fr1it rnust lie over, except a small quantity
ITrcbased for reshi pment. There will be To peach
train tomorrow morning. 80 that the ma Aet 20
marrow will he governed by the CONDITION Oh tu9
sbiprnents this morning Adylces were receiver
that there might be some OF the >mock Fariety
shinped ,v this train. The hot weather Is a2aIhs ,
even good peaches keeping iong and IL I@'or Oh
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