Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-18
FRUIT SHIPPING.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT AT THE
EAST.
Statements-and Suggestions by East
ern Dealers About Picking,
Packing. Shipping, Etc.

The all-important question with Califor-
MIA fruit-growers, and one in which all the
people of the State are interested, is that of
a market for our fruits. The ability to raise
or produce an unlimited quantity of even
the choicest of any class of product is of
limited value and an incomplete blessing
without q corresponding market for the
same Much has been said of late as to n
sufficient demand for the largely-inereas-
ing production of fruits in this State, and
not infrequently the opinion has been eX-
pressed by press and individuals that there
would soon be q large excess of supply
over any market that could be found. The
following extracts, therefore, from letter
received by Messrs. Goats & Toole. of
Napa, Cal, from the extensive fruit,iobbing
house of Hixson, JUST & Co, Chicago, will
be read with interest Among other things
they say
AN OPENING FOR CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
From our experience here we are satisfied
that there can be very profitable business
done in shipping cherries to this market,
and ii is very important that parties plant
ing should select those varieties that will
ship the best, Any variety viii sell well
that comes through in order; but SO far
Royal AIMS have been preferred, on ac-
count of their color and keeping qualities
The people are beginning TO realize that
California fruits are being sent here to be
sold in quantities and at prices that the
masses can use them, and not as formerly,
only limited amount allowed TO come,
and that held at prices that none but the
rich could afford to buy. To-day carload
of cherries would sell more readily than
100 boxes would have done two weeks ago
CONDITION OF THE CHERRY SHIPMENTS.
We have recently received two cars Of
cherries, the first one from Haywards in fiat
boxes well ventilated, the tops of the boxes
being set about half inch above the fruit
and almost all of them were in fine order
and sold we'll The second car was from
| San Jose and packed in the grape crates of
four baskets each and the lids put down
close on the fruit, and almost all of them
| were in bad condition. Our theory is that
the evaporation OF the moisture from the
fruit having no means of escaping, col
lected on the under side of the lid, and
being held down on the fruit caused the
mold to form very rapidly This theory is
fifteen crates that had small cleats on the
ends underneath the lid, and sheet of
paper stretched over them before mailing
ON the lid, came through in fine order
The paper evidently absorbed the moist
ure, and there being an air-space between
that end and the cherries, they did not
mold.
1t is conceded by all that large amounts
of fruits must be shipped from California
in green, preserved tin tin or glass, or
| dried state, in order to insure the success of
,, that industry. As the capacity of Califor-
| mia for producing is almost, if not quite,
equal to all the countries combined that
have heretofore supplied our nation, and
as those Countries are still producing and
sending their products here, one can readily
| see there must be a sharp competition for
| the fruit; and while we have every conf
dence that California will succeed, the
question that should interest everyone is
the best mode of getting her rapidly-in-
| creasing products on to the market to insure
| success.