Savannah morning news., 1885-10-16
sHIPPING GREEN ORANGES.
The Result Of the Practice by Florida
Growers-The Market Outlook.

GrOwers-The Market Outlook.
New Florida oranges are being sprung
upon the market in no small quantities,
much to the disgust Of the majority OF the
dealers. The new fruit is not yet suffici-
emily matured, and is green and sour.
The stock in several houses was exam
ineu yesterday, and not single crate of
choice fruit was found in the whole lot of
the new crop.
No shipments have been received this
week on account OF the interru ption OF
railroad traffic between Savannah and
Jacksonville. There is considera BILE on
the way, however, and the Fl rat trains in
are expected to bring some eOnsignments,
but it is feared that the quality will be
very poor. A green orange neither car
ries nor keeps well, and unless quickly
dlsposed of is apt to be loss.
The representative OF one firm said yes
terday that he had written tn his con-
signers not tnship any more fruit until il
is ripe. 1t is hard to handle and the
prices are at the bottom Of the market.
The first of the crop will not begin to
compare in size and quality with the i'm
ported fruit
The early truit is coming from naarly
all over the orange growing section,
though Sumter county seems to have con-
tribnted the most. One firm iokiuely Of
fered lot of 40 or so boxes of new fruit
TO the reporter at 50 80 per crate, but he
had just declined a draylosd at 50 10 50 %.
Good ripe and marketable oranges
will not come in for some time yet. Some
very good fruit IS received in Nov.
hut the best does not come until Dec. and
Jan. A large proportion of the fruit
shipped now is what has fallen to the
ground and is known in the market as
''drOps."
They are as sour as lemons" said
dealer yesterday. land It is hard matter
to DO anything with them"
They are sent here aud sold on commits
sion, but realize very little. No fancy
fruit is sent t. this city the dealers say.
1t brings higher prices in New York, and
is shipped there direct. A good deal of
soft fruit is shipped to this market and
other near points, as il will not carry to
the northern and western cities.
The indications are that the crop this
year will be large, too large, some fear to
bring fair price.
The houses Of Power, Bond & Co., and
Simpkins. are in receipt of advices to the
effect that the trees are heavily laden with
fruit.
Around Leesburg some OF the best
groves Will not yield near so well as they
uld IaSJ year, ana some OF the old groves
are dropping a large per cent. of their
fruit. Some of the young bearing groves
have lost in the way of split fruit. 1t is
estimated that the crop around Leesburg
will be one-third less than last year.
In the neighbnrho0d OF Cocoa, Brevard
county, the crop is heavy.
In the vicinity of DeSoto the groves are
reported to he laden. The bouehs OF the
trees IN the Norris grove, which is one Of
the larg st, are bent to the earth with
their fruit, and the owner has made o
contract for 10000 boxes.
Around Tavares the weld is expected
to be larger than last year, as new groves
are coming into bearing. Fruit in that
section is also splitting, and the trees
that bore heavily last year have but little
fruit on them this year.