Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-07
FRUIT AND WINE.
A Letter on the Eastern
Fruit Market.
A Strong Demand and Very
Good Prices.
One Thousand Carloads of California
Fruit for New York.
Improving Condition of the Vineyard In
dustry-Reports From Various Parts
of the State on the Vine.

OF the State on the Vine.
E. L. Goodsell, New York dealer in
California fruits, writes as follows to San
Francisco fruit men:
enclose herewith a circular, 10000
copies of which have been sent to the
fruit-dealers of the east in an effort to
increase the consumption OF California
products in this market.
The interest that has been manifested
by fruit-dealers, generally, has been SO
great as to justify the statement that
= fully fifty per cent. increase in consump-
tion can be anticipated as result of
this. The fruit season in the east in this
vicinity has been of such nature as to
make it an imperative necessity for many
dealers to handle California products,
provided they wish to deal in fruits at
all. This, combined with the fact that
there will be hardly basket Of peaches
from Delaware and New Jersey during
this summer, when in past seasons there
have been 100000, makes it apparent
that the prospects were never so favor
able, and the competition so little from
our green fruit as is the case this year.
At the present time the fruit trade are
anxiously awaiting the first arrivals
direct, and if such are in good condition
the results will be satisfactory, 1 am
confident.
If there have been as high as one
hundred carloads of peaches sold here
in day, it is natural TO suppose that at
least single car of California peaches
might daily be disposed of with splen-
did results. The ruling prices today for
: fruit bought in Chicago and sold on this
market: For apricots, So per crate;
Royal Annes, 1925 per box; Black
Bigereaus, 1926 per box; peaches, 81 to
Sc.
Undoubtedly. heavy supplies here
would lower these quotations, but still
look for good and heavy market at a
slight reduction from the above.
The circular to the trade is as follows:
Your attention is called to the fact
that owing to the partial failure of our
eastern green fruits this season, the
products of California, which promise to
be plentiful and cheap, must be extern
sively used this summer. AS the fruits
from the Pacific coast have deservedly
become very popular with the public
through their very superior quality and
flavor, and as, in short time, they will
wholly supplant, in a general demand
all others, and as the increase npro-
duction is so great, that in few years
New York will receive and distribute
fully 1000 carloads, between July and
October, every dealer in fruits should now
made the products of the state part of
his stock. Owing to improved facilities
for bringing the fruits to the east, their
keeping qualities have been very much
enhanced, reducing the risk in handling
or in shipping to outside markets. In
order to give the trade comprehensive
idea of when the products will be in
market, 1 would say the first carloads
will reach New York about June Goth,
and will contain cherries, apricots, early
peaches and plums. During July the
carload assortment will consist of cher
ries, plums, prunes, apricots, peaches,
nectarines, early varieties of grapes and
the famous Bartlett pears. In August,
supplies comprise all of the July fruits,
including, during the latter part, some
few lots Of tokay grapes and number OF
varieties of summer pears and fancy
peaches. September shipments are
composed of the famous tokay grapes, in
their perfection, besides the cornichon,
emperor, muscat grapes and number
of fancy varieties of plums, prunes and
late varieties of peaches. October re-
ceipts consist of grapes, a large variety
of winter pears, with some plums and
peaches. 1t will thus be seen that dur
ing the entire summer every variety of
what is lacking, owing to the
crops. The sizes of packages containing
California fruits are as follows: Cherries
come in boxes of 10 pounds net each.
Apricots and nectarines are packed in
"half-crates, containing4 baskets, hold
ing pounds net of fruit each; grapes
are shipped in "half-crates, similar to
the above, and in "whole crates" of 40
pounds net, there being baskets of 5
pounds instead of 4 plums, prunes and
peaches are packed in boxes of about Is
pounds each net; boxes ofpears hold 40
pounds net. l shall receive and sell at
auction early each morning during the
season, from June Goth to October Both,
large shipments from the best growers
and packers of fruits in California. The
hour CT sale will enable distribution of
purchases the same day, both by city
and out of town buyers, when the latter
have their fruit sent by express. The
country trade desirous of dealing in Cal
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brokers here. 1 do not receive orders
direct, but will furnish any information
regarding the trade and list of brokers
when requested. Notices of sale will
appear in the New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin. In ad-
dition to these further notice will be
mailed to- each firm desiring such in
formation, if an application is made for
same.
The Vineyard Districts.
A recent issue of the San Francisco
Bulletin says:
Reports from all vineyard districts
indicate that this seasons vintage will
be one of the largest for many years.
These reports are based on the present
setting of grape clusters. If all these
ripen we'll, it will mean not only an i'm
mense wine product, but table grapes
and raisins in abundance. In theupper
vineyard valleys late frosts were feared,
but none came of consequence. Sui
phuring has headed off any danger from
mildew, and now, if hoppers or other
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