The morning call., 1890-07-23
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
A Large Order From Germany for April
COtS-B0Om in Canned Goods.

New YORK, July 22.-It is said here on
the best of authority that the outlook is
good for California to gain another bull
point on apricots and peaches. A local firm
last year shipped twenty boxes expert
mentally to Germany and the concern has
lust received an order for 100 cases of fruit
from Germany. Meanwhile the boom for
California products in the Eastern markets
continues, and advances of standard canned
fruits from 10 to 10 cents have been made in
the past few days here. The feeling for
dried fruits continues very strong. Twenty
carloads of California green fruits were
sold here last week, something unprece-
dented at this time of year. 1t is reported
that big shipments of green fruit makes
certain a good market for canned goods,
the market being very short and practically
bare.
Chicago, July 22.-The following is pub
lished here; From present appearances the
public will pay dear for canned fruit this
season. Packers and jobbers already man
ifeSt much uneasinesS over the prospect OF
a short crop and consequent high prices for
canned goods. AS yet consumers have in
noWlSe been affected, though the whole
sale market has been influenced to an APP
preelable extent If the predictions of the
dealers are to be taken as an indication OF
rates they will probably obtain prices one
quarter to One-thrd higher than now. The
peach crop especially, both on the Pacific
Coast and in the East, will, it is said, be
much below the usual yield. Heretofore
no ineonsiderabe portion Of the crop has
been dried This season few peaches
can be cured in this way. II IS stated that
the uncertainty of the outlook is so great
that California packers have already re-
fused to make prices on the new product.
The probable shortage, they say, Will so
effect the demand for canned goods, and
of n
charge. From what can be CLEANED from
current talk among wholesale dealers the
condition of affairs in the East is not essen
TALLY different. The price of apricots will
probably be relatively higher than that of
peaches. AS yet, it is said, little idea can
be formed of the yield OF small fruit.
Should this be small as compared with
other years the rise of prices for canned
articles will be still more marked. The
amount Of dried fruit now in stock is re-
ported to be much below what usually is on
hand at this time Of year. This is given as
another reason for the unusual advance.
1t is now only the beginning of the sea-
son." said leading South Water-street
dealer, " and nothing definite can be said.
The outlook, however, is curious. The
price of some goods has already gone up %
to 30 per cent. The wholesale price of
average. The probability is this is but the
beginning. This fiuetuation, of course, is
largely speculative. but sooner or later con-
sumers will be made 10 bear the burden.
These predictions may be far from the
truth, but an opinion that gains credence
enough to affect speculative market is,
think, not likely to err seriously"
The Earl Fruit Company to-day sold Bart
lett pears at 50 90 to SO 10; peaches, 81 80
to 81 20; Dlums, ST. a. to So 25 FOntaine-
bleau grapes, 81 30 to 81 %.
New YORK, July 22.-Auctioneer Good
sell sold four carloads of California fruit
to-day. The prices were: Bartlett pears
tripe), 50 % to So 10; P. d. plums, 81 % to
81 50; German prunes, 81 70; Columbia
plums 81 20; Bradshaw plums, So 70 to SIS
Hungarian prunes, 81 10.