Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-28

they have conducted the business OF grow
ing and shipping with intelligence and
care. The same may be said OF otner
fruits. Some are especially adapted 10
shining and others are rot. Hence, some
growers will get rich while others will re-
main poor.
"As an evidence of the fact that the fruit
shipping business is commanding wide sno
earnest attention." concluded Mr.. Platt,
notice Il at Richard Gray, General Frelgnt
Agent of the Southern Pacific Company,
was here yesterday conferrlng with the
local railroad officials and shipping hrms
with reference to furthering the Interests o.
all concerned in the business. Just what
the immediate results, II any, OF MS ylsll
will be, however, l cannot say; but 1t
shows that the transportation companies
ere alive to the Importance OF this great
industry
EARL FRUIT COMPANY.
The reporter found Mr. Perry, of this
firm. on the levee overseeing the LOADING
of several cars OF fruit, and IN response 10
INQUIRIES he said that his house telt per-
fectly satisfied with the results OF the sea-
sons business thus far. They are now
shipping, in considerable quenlllles, grapes,
pescbes aud pears. The grapes are coming
Ties. The pears are chiefly from Nevada
county. snd the peaches from Newcastle
and vicinity. Some pears and grapes are
coming ia from The Vacayille section and
Suisun. Contra Costa county fruit is be-
ginning to come to hand, and considerable
is expected from there soon in the way OF
pears and grapes. Santa Clara county IS
also supplying great many pears OF late
varieties Fresno and other portions OF
the San Joaquin valley have made large
shipments of fruit, but these are falling on
and the rest of the season there will be de-
voted chiefly to raisin-making.
Mr.. Perry said that the vineyards along
the American river IN Sacramento county
were shipping more and better grapes than
ever bef5re. His firm expected to continue
its shipments until after the 1st OF NoFem'
Der. Up TO date they he'd forwarded to the
East some 300 carloads in excess OF last
years shipments to the same date, and
looked fo- a proportionately active season
next year.
Mr.. Perry has no fear that any serious
injury will occur to what remains OF this
seasons fruit crops from rain. He says
shower will not do much harm, provided
il will be followed BY warm weather to cry
cut the grapes. A few storms coming one
upon another, or cloudy weather following
shower, would, he said, cause the grapes
to mold.
This gentleman also spoke enthusiastic
ally of the refrigerator cars now USED for
shipping fruit. The railroad company has
Just completed two-story ice house along
side one of the Front-street tracks, where
the refrigerator cars are supplied with ice.
The first supply Of ice cools the fruit
throughout the car and when it is renewed
before leaving the Sierra Nevada mount
aims paralively little melting of ice
follows, as the fruit and the interior OF the
car are then thoroughly chilled.
GREGORY BROS COMPANY.
Ex-Mayor E. j. Gregory, the senior mem
Der of this firm, was out Of the city, but
Mr.. Frank Gregory said to tie re orter that
the shipments of their house had been
large and the results eminently satisfactory
to the firm and the growers who had
shipped through them. Like all the other
shippers be looks for a continued increase
in the volume Of fruit shipments as the
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