Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-05
CALIFORNIA GREEN FRUIT.
An Unlimited Demand For 1t In tn,
Eastern Cities

An Unlimited Demand For 1t In the
Eastern Cities.
Ex Senator l.. w. Buck, General Man.
agar cf the California Fruit Union, has Just
returned from two months tour of the
principal Eastern cities, and makes the fol-
lowing statement in an interview published
! in the San Francisco Alta:
81 visited all the principal cities of New
York, New England, PENNSYLVANIA. Hi
| nois Ohio, Indiana Minnesota. and Iowa
| said Mr.. Buck, land every where | found
California fruit in active demand. With
ali the large fruit dealers in the principal
cities it has become almost necessity. 1t
is earlier larger, brighter keeps longer and
stands shipment better than homegrown
fruit. Stand proprietors must keep it to
make their stock attractive and fill out
their variety, even though they may not
sell a great deal. But they do sell il in
large quantities, even at the high retail
prices, for everywhere customers eagerly
inquire for it. and seem quite willing TO
buy it at dear figures. Even those who
! cannot afford to bay it, buy at the stands
where it is sold.
" Up TO the 10th of August the demand
in the Eastern cities for California fruit is
simply unlimited, and the only question OF
1t arrives. If the fruit is choice and
properly packed, ready sale and fair profit
are absolutely certain. And ! notice one
thing, fine fruit is apt to be well packed,
while inferior fruit is often put up in a
very slpshop fashion. Poor fruit is not
a good thing to send 10 market, but il NAV
be sold at profit if put up il attractive
shape. ItiS bound TO be drug and loss
if packed carlessly and uncleanly AS |
said before, however, up to the 10th of
August the Eastern market cannot be over
stocked with good fruit II freights were
! reduced so we could lay it down at more
| reasonable prices, the demand would out
run the supply, for it would then become
a necessity to the trade in all the towns of
any size. ! think twenty carloads of
peaches could be sold every day AZ a good
profit in Chicago, provided they arrived in
good condition. About the Ist OF August
some Bartlett pears begin to come in from
Kentucky snd Virginia. but they are small
ana will not compare with sur California
pears. Later on better pears come in from
New York. Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
being cheaper and fresher than ours, glut
the market for us. Nevertheless we still
have an advantage over the Eastern fruit
men in our method of packing California
orebardists generally pack fruit far better
than the Eastern growers, and then, our
irult Will preserve much longer than the
fruit which ripens during the excessively
sultry and humid summers of the Middle
States.
The operations of the Fruit Union this
season have been very satisfactory as a
whole, though doubtless there have been
some individual disappointments, due to
| the causes which | have before stated In
the main shippers have received prompt
returns and fair profits, and, so far rs |
have been able to learn, are greatly in favor
of the present plan of putting fruit on the
Eastern market With each succeeding
season the market will broaden, and the
methods of handling. packing and shipping
! will improve, all of which will add to the
profits of growers and shippers. We tried
the auction plan of placing fruit on the
market for the first time in Chicago and
have found that it works admirably. It en-
able us TO get fruit. in The hands Of the
trade in greater quantities and much less
delay than formerly, and the prices as a
whole are very fair. While they do not
rule as high throughout rs under the old
system. they are more satisfactory and fully
as remunerative, on account of the de-
creased loss from delay, and other causes
due to delay. During this season we dis
posed of as high as sixteen carloads at auc-
ton in Chicago in a single day at excellent
prices. Only eleven carloads, however, be
longed 10 the Union, the five being shipped
by private parties"