Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-18
GREAT FRUIT MART.
THE CONSUMPTION OF ALL KINDS
By NEW YORK CITY.
Their Times OF Appearing i'm the
Market-Whence They Come
and Whittier They Go.
New York Mail and Express. |

New York Mail and Express.
New York as a fruit market ranks first |
on this continent, yet the transactions in
both the imported and domestic green fruits
come so little under the observation of the
general public compared with those in
other lines of business, that the extent of
the trade is not appreciated. And when
statistics are examined, and the arrivals
here from all this country and Europe are
considered, the disposal and consumption
of such large quantities of fruit excite
wonder. Even the merchants heavily in
the trade express surprise at the capacity
of New York and nearby cities to absorb
the monstrous lots thrown upon the mar
ket. 1t is a remarkable fact that the fruit
can be sold at a price even when arriving
in unheard of quantities. In conversation
with several large receivers of domestic
fruit and importers of the foreign article
number of interesting facts have been
learned.
LEMONS.
During the early summer the largest re-
ceipts of any fruit are in lemons, and this
season the quantities imported have been
remarkably heavy. In the month of
June, during some very hot weather,
prices advanced to 81 and So per box but
cables and steamers soon brought con-
stantly increasing parcels here from Sicily
and Italy, so that the arrivals in July
figured up the exceptionally large total of
100000 boxes, or say about 5000 boxes
each day. Boston, Philadelphia and New
Orleans also received some cargoes, and
the people of the whole country can now
enjoy their lemonade at very reasonable
| cost, as the late auction sales have shown
So 80 to 81 80 per box on choice, sound
fruit as the present market value.
ORANGES.
AS to oranges, the Sicily fruit ends in
June, but through the summer this mar
ket is supplied with fruit from Rodi on the
Adriatic, from whence very handsome or
anges are imported Prices at auction
range now 50 to 81 80 per box. Some
oranges also come from Sorrento, and they
are bringing about 81 80 to S4 When il
is remembered that over 100000 boxes
| Of this fruit arrived here last season from
: Sicily, outside of what came in cases from
Spain, and besides all this the Florida
fruit was in full supply, it will be seen
! that the trade in oranges is enormous. A
/ large dealer In Florida oralges says that
! the prospects for fine crop in that State
were never better. and that while one and
a quarter million boxes has covered the
| largest crop so far grown, it is believed
that during the next season, commencing
in October, over two million boxes viii
leave the State, of course, allowing that
nothing detrimental to the crop happens in
the meantime. Arrangements are also
said to have been made to market part
of this crop in England
PEACHES.
| Foremost among the fruits of this coun-
try is the peach, and from what can now
be learned nobody need go without the
| luscious fruit this season. The crops in
nearly all sections promise a larger Weld
than ever before, and the quality of the
/ fruit will be excellent. The outlook in
| Delaware indicates an enormous crop from
that section alone. So large is the guam
tity, in fact, that the growers and receivers
are anxious as to the disposition of it.
Last year the production was 100000
| baskets in Delaware this year the best
estimates place the crop above 100000
baskets. In New Jersey about half
of the full crop is expected, and from the
Hudson river and Connecticut full crops
are promised. Small lots of Delaware
peaches, amounting 10 about carload day.
have been arriving for over week, and
double that quantity arrived during the
/ laCf r
choice quality. On Monday the first reg
ular train of the season will be started
fnom the lower Delaware peninsula over
| the Pennsylvania Railroad, arriving in
Jersey City Tuesday morning. Large lots
will follow every day, and good quality
of fruit is promised. In about ten DAYS
from thirty to forty cars a day are ex-
pected. The canning establishments will
| take advantage of the large crop, and put
up more of the fruit this season than ever
before.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
The peaches which have been seen in
our fruit stores and on the corner stands
since the middle of June have come from
! California, and are certainly remarkably
handsome and attractive. This trade with
the great Pacific coast fruit State was on a
very small scale until last season, when the
Fruit Union, of Sacramento, started its
| trains here and the success which attended
| the virtual introduction of this fine fruit
into our market has resulted in a largely
increased demand, and as only six car
loads of peaches, pears and plums were
auctioned this week, the demand constant
ly exceeds the supply, and many dealers
| complain of their inability to fill their or
ders. The California people have sent
most of their fruit to Chicago in the past,
| and do not seem to remember that there
are some five million people within one
hundred miles of our City Hail. or they
would see that our market is fully supplied
However, as the results here are better
than the sales in the West, there is no
doubt that quantities will be increased.
Bartlett pears are selling at 81 50@4,
prime peaches 81 75(92 Is, large plums
81 75@1 80, when in sound condition As
it takes over six days of very rapid travel
ing to bring the fruit here, some of it is
not quite sound on arrival, but the packers
are gaining experience, and this will be
remedied. 1t is business which will
grow to enormous proportions, not only
because of the handsome fruit sent, but for
thC iSeSOI tlldL dli lutSe fruits are ABOUT
one month ahead of any similar kinds
grown in the East.
GRAPES.
Following these come the grapes, and
the quaint tiles sold in this market are
enough to stagger the belief of those un-
acquainted with the trade. This State
produces nearly every variety known, and
the crop this year will be enormous Re-
ports from the Cayuga and Seneca lake
vineyards state that the crop is larger
than ever before, and the quality better.
There will be very few grapes that have
been stung, and, owing to the heavy yield,
only the best grapes will be sent to mar
ket. Up the Hudson large areas of new
vineyards bear for the first time this year,
and all of the old vines are loaded There
will be three tons of fruit this year where
one ton was gathered last year. The Del
aware grapes ripen first, and they are fol-
lowed by the Concords and then by Cataw-
has. Those are the three principal varie-
ties. The crop this year is nearly two
weeks later than usual, and no shipments