Telegram-herald., 1888-09-11

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eoaYies0s tat Aonday : al~sys dear
d2Y % by huiG W vegetables and stsy
assy from as 9arssl % tast dsy Ihs
reason 81 tbs Is lAsl trait gFo~srs 4Fs sup
posed 10 &c sunday deserving people sAd
oonsss usatiy are unable - pLek tRsE frult
o. Esg tAsir vegetables "a sAsps sAs nlkht
before and thus BE ready Tor tss early Ssn y
day mornlsg msrEsg. Iass sitksf forget
o. 10 act sonsi3sf tAs lacl thsl trait gf0s
srs srs BosriY sl~sys = very lncustriogs
snd ensrgstis esss of eitzsss az think
very little Of commencing thsn week .
work short time or a. most an hour Or
t-O alter The hour II . clock midniEHt,
that mzEks the close OF the sabbath LAY
The peach crop this year "a nearly eVey
one Is vel aSars. Is probably sbsut t~O
weeks later than iast y ear, the cool III G ats
vel the very few extremely hot dsIs
hAs tended 10 delay tie crop ia npsninE
The delay, hOHessT las tended 10 better
the quahIy perhaps more t1an one would
suppose. sni probably lev nicer psachs
have ever osen seen ia this or auy other
market than ever shipped By express
today OF ira e. hatch 10 Boston Ma.
The whole crop Is hno this year bat this lst
was exceptl0niy nice. Grand Rapids has
justly earned The reputation OF beng one o.
The greatest iruit markets IN the country.
although probably a great many people
rlgat here ia our city know very little OF
the extent Of the marketing that Is here IN
the early morning hours. IL is all usually
done IN the early hours from daylight till
o'clock or hsli-past, but yesterday
moraing when the writer came 10 his work
al .. m. the marketing was only hall
done. From he Grand Rapids National
Bank 10 the heard of Aonroe-st. with
attachments extending for a block or more
each way on lonia, Spring and Division -ss.
as thick as they could stand on either SIDE
oil the streets, were waiting farmers aud
fruis gr0wGs wagons loaded down with
everything in season. Peaches. plums. grapes
and apples were In the majority by large
per cent with an innumsrsole array OF all
kinds of vegetables, and hustling around
among all were the sntcrprising grocers OF
our city and few commission merchants
rs well Ira G. Hatch has for some time
borne the sobriquet OF the Peach King, but
If ali were TO know tho many bushels OF
peaches be buys and sells none would won
der at or question his right to wear the
crown. Three hundred bushels would seem
10 De good many peaches Tor one retail
dealer to handle. yet the writer saw his
books and knows that more than that num-
Der were bought and sold by him yesterday.
And then In the forenoon, 70 see the stacks
| of baskets piled three wide and three deep
on the walk in front of his store. one would
think there were enough TO supply the
| whole city. yet hour by hour the number
grows beautifully less and when night comes
nearly all are gone. Yesterday the
Pesbh King of Michigan shipped tc
| NIL orders for others, peaches to Bosto n
Mass, Chicago and Detroit, to ST. LOUIS,
Mich. and also 10 Herssy. Coldwatsr, jack.
| son. Saginaw, Bay City. Hastings. Sheri-
dan, Pontiac and Ann Arbor. The peach
harvest is now upon Us. aud the next three
days will see the busy housewife all over
| the country canning away the beautiful
| fruit for next winters table sauce. This
first pickings are always the choicest fruit
so don't put of ordering your peaches, but
telephone or leave your order with Hatch
and you will get the best the market affords
| Prices yesterday ranged from 81 to $l.75
per oushel, and probably will not be higher
| for a day or two. The next two day
| though will bring in the cream of the crop
and consumers should act accordingly.