The news., 1882-07-27
THE FRUIT SEASON.
The Outlook for Dealers and House,
keepers.

THE FRUIT SEASON.
The Outlook for Dealers and House,
keepers.
New Jersey peaches will not appear in
market to any great extent for two weeks
yet, and Delaware growers will not make
large shipments before that time. Del
aware expects to harvest crop from
$500, 900 to 1000, 900 crates offne peaches
this season, and New Jersey growers as
sert that they will hold their former rank
in the market. But the dealers have an
idea that all the peaches will be smaller
than in past seasons, and they base this
opinion on the appearance of blackber-
RES which are not half as large and lus-
cious as they were last year. This week
large quantitimpf Maryland peaches will
arrive, and it Is expected that they will
be an Improvement on the shipments that
were received last week. The growers
predict large yield, and some of them
say that the peaches will grow fast during
the next four weeks; but the oldest grow
ers tear that peaches will be small. Of
course there will be some large ones
Prices will remain firm, for the canning
business has grown to such large proper
tons that growers can sell at better ad-
vantage at home. Millions of cans of
peaches are put up annually now and
shipped to all parts of the world. Ex-
cept for cooking purposes, the Maryland
peaches received this week are not
worth handling.
Of course there will be large quantity
of the fruit canned by families, for the
canning fever is increasing. Every fam
lily that can afford to buy glass cans or
jars put up peaches and other fruit now
adays, and it is the cheapest way of Sc
curing toothsome preserves for the winter
months.
Apples will not have prolific yield in
New Jersey this year, and you can judge
for yourself by examining the miserable
little samples now in market. All the
best western apples are now bought up
in the advance by spectators, who ship
them TO foreign countries, for American
apples and pears are becoming very
popular abroad.
Oranges and lemons are splendid this
season, and they are cheap. Bananas,
however, appear 10 be growing in favor.
No finer fruit can be found, and the peo-
pie are beginning to realize that fact.
There is no cholera in banana, as there
is in some of the peaches, and physicians
say that the fruit is good for people
troubled with dyspepsia. Apples sell at
81 and $1.2O box, and blackberries all
the way from six cents to ten cents a
quart.
tomatoes are now coming in pretty
fast, and they are in good condition.
They sell readily at rs cents to 81 crate.
1t was feared that bugs would injure the
yield, but the growers now report that the
tomatoes will be large and of fine quality.
But the prices will remain firm through
out the season, for great many million
of cans are put up for shipment to Europe.
In Baltimore alone there are establish
ments in which from 600 to 1900 men
women and children are employed, and
such places use great quantities of toma-
toes. They have agents going through
the several states buying up all the crop
from the farmers and the regular growers,
and thereby keep up the prices. Grow
ers would rather sell the whole crop at
once, you see, than sell in different lots
at slight advance. Canned tomatoes
are sold very cheap, it is true, but thou
sands of housewives prefer to put their
tomatoes up in glass jars. Although new
potatoes are easy now the crop will not,
in my opinion, be as prolific as has been
predicted. The best potatoes sell at So
barrel, and from that down to $3.50. But
Noticed in the country that while the
vines are large and healthy the potatoes
are small and shriveled. 1 pulled a num-
Der of vines on different farms, and was
disappointed at finding the potatoes very
small. Out in the West it is said that
the yield will be enormous. Well it
must be in order to meet the demands of
the spectators, who are shipping all
kinds of produce and fruits to foreign
countries. We are in a peculiar position,
Philadelphia at one end and New York
at thesother, bids more for our choicest
fruits and vegetables than we can afford
to bid, for our customers will not pay
high prices"