The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-03
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Sewer, said Sew York lruil dealer
rrroutly, has ,hrrp been greater guam
liiy urhcilrr quality at tropical fruits
than that which is NOW coming a. hand
Prices are s,ifiCr,,nu, thHu usual, and tho
salcs are greatly In advance uf last year,
| suppose the receipts uf bananas alone
this week will lee nearly lnO,Is1 lunches,
I | have cOnsignmCnis of nearly inial my
self, The greatest increase In the way
of tropical fruits, however II In lines.
\ few years ago YOU could have counted
the imports of lines on Your fingers.
Now YOU couldn't COun. them IN amy
way, They are not only plentiful this
year, but they are fine In quality. They
are more desirable, too, for making n
cooling draughl than any other
. fruit known, Last wear when
| the supply was comparatively light, va
! got s. per barrel Tor them. To-day We
can sell all we get for 81 u barrel. All
I fruit il bcttcr,and hcttor prices are being
received, There are not quito so many
pincapplcs comingto market rs has been
known, hut those that do come are line
and sell readily for prices ranging from
$40 10 $50 per hundred. Oranges nrr
high, but good. The best bring s.. Lem
ons hold their own as far rs price II con-
cCrncd, but the demand Ia not So great.
cocoanuts, mangocS, hrcad-iruitand such
stun are also selling In great quantities
and al good prices. \ woll-known
dealer In Riirling slip said there
are more bananas this, year than
over was known before. lie
had Ia employ two sets otmcn to unload
the vessels. one set works all day and
the other all might. While good prices,
fine fruit and plenty is the case Wit re-
gard 10 imported fruits, domestic fruits
are in some particulars behind previous
seasons. The strawberry has been
spoiled by the sun. There has not been
more than u half crop of the up-rivcr
berries. Then the late frost helped to
nip the vines terribly. Berries that
grow ON low land filled ont and ripcncd
all right, but tn" vines on high ground
caught il. The last variety of the straw
berry, the OswCgo, Is now In market,
and brings from - Ia II cents. They
have come in soft and small.
Raspbcrrics have been in market
five days The natives are soft
and OF medium size. They
come in cups that hold onc.third of n
quart, and sell from ~ To II cents II cup.
The AntwcrpS are very much larger
and more solid and sell readily ut 10
cents. currants are in market just as
early as usual but most of them are
small. The peach crop will he Il big
one. : tree yields IRON ono to four
baskets, or an average of two and u
half baskets To tree. The
last few days we have mad
good ripcning weather. NItCrmclons
from Florida and Georgia promise well
for the products of the Northern vines
and so do the plums grown in Georgia.
WatcrmclOns bring from - cents to 30
cents each, and Will readily sell for -
per barrel. Peaches bring from 30 cents
10 $3.50 per basket. The recent frosts
have hurt the blossoms OF both the pear
and apple trees. but whether sufficient
harm has been done TO Kill them
OF only rctard their growth
is Il. question. 1t is stated
was rarely seen in Il port OF Spanish
Honduras, and all the trading was car
ricd on in schoUncrs. Now there are six
steamers plying regularly between New
Orleans alone and the Honduras ports,
all engaged in the fruit traue, and there
is not day but Il steamer is seen land
ing at short intervals along the coast and
at the Bay islands taking on cargoes OF
bananas, cocoanuts, pineapplos, lines,
lemons and oranges. \ single steam
ship will bring to New Orleans $1,000 to
10000 punches of bananas and an equal
number of cocoanuts. The effect OF
this trade has been to stimulate
the cultivation OF tfult Ill tnat
lazy country and increase the
price. CocOanutS now bring S2O
TO $50 Il thousand on the coast, and at
these prices the cultivation is very prof
table. Land is cheap; it may be had
for nothing in some places and for a
triflc in the best regions. 1T requires
seven years for Il cocoanut tree to bear,
but from that time on it yields Il never
falling crcp Of 100 10 iHj nuts . Yenr The
banann hears Il cIoO Of punches nine
months from the tlEo tho sprout is
DiantCd, and, as tho soil is worry rich, the
Yield is larGe-lnrGcr than that OF any
other article OF food grown III The same
area. The bulk OF the fruit trade from
Honduras, Guatemala and the Bay
islands comes to New Orleans, and Il
considerable number of Americans are
already settled in these places engaged
in the cultivation of cocoanuts and
humans