Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-06-06
VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
How the Canning Industry
Appears.

Appears.
The Baltimore Trade of the 2sd uin'
mo, speaking of the canning interest,
SAYS: "The weather has been very ia
vorable this week for peas. Within the
last few days four or five houses have
gotten in and every day will increase the
number. There is, however, no dispe-
sition to force them on the market and
ii buyers have counted upon such CON
dition they must b, di-a lpointed in the
present time and case. 1t is certain
that at the prices being paid for peas
thew cannot be packed within thirty to
fifty cents per dozen Of present market
prices for canned stock on hand from last
season, and as the goods now put up are
mainly from the sifted and extra sitted
varieties, there is no fear OF their values
being affected. 1t will, in fact, require
some time to secure enough fine goods
to meet fixed orders for regular trade,
and trying to bear the market whilst
this Is the case is holding down the tide.
All reports Of low priced new pack peas
can therefore be regarded as unreliable
for the next week CT two. After that
well the peas will be larger and the
price smaller. And later on when the
peas are almost able to shell themselves
there will be great unseltishness arise
among the Baltimore packers and no ole
will wish to outbid his neighbor for
them and they would be very plentiful
only the packer will not can them, be
cause he has to put his name on them.
Peaches are almost unperceptibly
gaining strength from day to day, and
there is little or no desire to part with
stock. At the same time estimates Of
amounts held here are shrinking as hold
ers exchange views, and this may have
as much to do with the frmer tendency
as has the crop prospects. There IL
nothing new from the orchards.
Tomatoes are reported as in better re-
quest in small lots and frmer than for
week or two past. They are being
watched very closely. 1t is possible that
their present value may not greatly in
crease but any evidence of a rise from
demand would probably start an up.
ward movement that would hold until
new goods are on hand. The depression
from the labor trouble was all that gave
them setback"
The New York Market Journal in
speaking Of the peach crop of Maryland
and Delaware. says:
Leading peach dealers in New York
appear to entertain quite diverse views
in regard to the prospects of the peach
crop this year in Maryland and Della
ware. Some who have personally ex-
plored these peach growing regions esti-
mate the probabilities at a three-quar-
tiers crop, while others who seem to
have had equal opportunities for inves.
LEGATION estimate this seasons yield at
only one-fourth of full crop. An
average OF the opinion obtained will
Justify the prediction that the yield will
be at least one-half that Of prosperous
seasons.
One of themost experienced and saga
cious dealers in the city thus Analyses
the situation. Beginning at Middle
town, Delaware--a locality which for
merly produced great quantities Of
peaches, shipping sometimes as high as
twenty-five carloads in a single day
it will be found that the trees have been
mostly destroyed and the land devoted
to other crops. Townsend is in about
the same condition, and only very
scant yield may be expected from either
of these points.
The next places of importance, Clay
ton and Brenforth, are more fortunate
and will have fair crop of peaches.
Large numbers OF young trees have
bean planted in this vicinity, and here
abouts will probably soon be the Della
ware peach center. Around Dover and
Wyoming are plenty OF trees, but only a
light yield may be expected, as the buds
were nearly all winter killed. From
these points along down the road the
prospects grow more discouraging the
further you 90, and this description of
Delaware will also apply to Maryland.
Probably there are not half the bear
ing peach trees In either Delaware or
Maryland that there were ten years ago.
Some have worn out and some have been
pulled out, owing to the encouragement
Of bad seasons, etc. In many localities,
however, new trees have been planted,
and in year or two there will be many
more orchards in bearing than at pres
ent."
This news all around indicates a good
market in prospect for fruits and vegeta-
bIes. The matter is one in which this
part of the country must take a great
deal OF interest. The fact that the
orchards in Delaware and Maryland are
being pulled up and let go 10 destruction
from the bad seasons prevailing, shows
that the 10000, 600 of people in the
country will have to look to California
for their future fruit supply. This is
the eclectic section of the United States
for fruit and vegetable production. 1t
is perhaps the most enticing field open
to-day to business tact, personal energy,
and capital. The man who enters this