The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-15
THEY COME HIGH.
The Early Fruits Coming Into Market at
High Rates.
IChicago News.

lChicago News.1
Strawberries? Oh, YES, strawberries are
getting to be quite cheap now" said the
Clark street fne.fruiterer. 1--WE have some
choice ones here from Florida, and they are
row selling for 81 10 8 quart Only a few
weeks ago they brought 50 80, so yo9 see
they are quite cheap"
Are there any other berries in the market
now?"
mo, and there will not be for some little
time. AS l said before, these berries are
from Florida. ! expect to be getting the
fruit from Charleston, S. c., in about three
weeks and from Georgia by May ! I am
selling good many Florida tomatoes now
at from 20 cents to 40 cents pound, and ex-
cellent cucumbers from the same place at
from g 80 to three q Dozen
Here is something out of the usual run at
this season." continued the fruiterer, as he
took from q case a box of excellent grapes
These are a special order for a select party.
They were grown in dollhouse on the banks
of tie Hudson. l have lust sent anothe
order for some for North Side lady. whs.
are they worth? Six dollars pound, and
don't make cent on them"
1t see ms that the stock of Spanish grapes
in the market is about exhausted, and the
price for the best Is now from seventy-hve
cents to 81 pound. There is good demand
for them at these figures. for no really recher-
che banquet or private party is complete
without them. Tie same is true of the de.
licious California butter pears so popular
last fall. They are so called because they
melt in ones mouth. The fruiterer cut one
in two and pre-, ented silica to the reporter
with the remark that the present price was
S150 per dozen. Pine apples have com.
menced to come in, and choice ones bring
from forty to sixty cents each.
The con versation then turned on oranges.
(which variety 90 you call the best?" was
asked.
THE Indian River (FlorIda) oranges by
all odds. They are the benton of all, so to
speak. They are so good and 50 largely
called for that many unscrupulous fruit
erers are palming Off other varieties on con-
sumers and calling them Indian Rivers. The
genuine are telling at from seventy five
cents to 81 q Dozen"
"And where do the best oranges come
from, taking them all throughr'
'FIom FIorada, OF course, don't mean
to say that all Florada oranges are good, but
they average better. Take the California va
rieties, for instance. They are better than
the imported ones, to be sure, but In sweet
ness and lack of seeds they can not compare
with those of the south The Californians
are pretty fruit, but not up to the others.
The market is flooded with them now. A
frost set in in the orange belt and the grow
ers got scared, picked them in green state
and are rushing them into the large cities.
Here is an odd variety from Florads, he
continued, picking up small. bright yellow
orange. 1T is called the St Michaels. They
are used greatly in England, and a Florada
planter got some cuttings from st. Michaels
and started to raising them. He has made
quite success OF 1t.
''Florada msngarins and tangerines are
out OF the market now, but we are import
ing the Spanish variety. They are selling
all the way from sixty cents to III. 80 dozen,
according to size. They are used at lunch
con parties, The latest craze for these
luncheons however, is stuffed dateA' The
pit is first removed, and inside is placed
nut meats Of all kinds. such as hickory nut,
walnut, peanut, and others They are quite
the rage now"