Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-16
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
LOCALITIES THAT SUPPLY EASTERN
MARKETS HEREWITH.
over Fifteen Million Pounds Shipped
Last Season-sacramento in
the Lead.

The annual meeting of the California
Fruit Union was held yesterday at viii
cultural headquarters, Piatt's Hall, San
Francisco. There was fairly large rep
resentation OF stockh olders. Secretary II.
E. Fairbank submitted a long report for
the Board of Directors, giving a concise
history of the unions work during the
year. Following are extracts from the re
port, as published in last evenings Bul-
letin:
THE shipping season was cut short by
the early rains of October, so that while
our first car left San Lorenzo May 18th
the same date as the shipment of the mi
tial car Of the year preceding-the last car
was started from Vacayille November 18Th
one day earlier than in 1888, and eleven
days in advance Of the final car of the sea-
son of 1887.
The cherry shipments were quite heavy.
some twelve tuIl carloads being forwarded,
in addition to which nearly two more were
sent East ID small lois through the Union.
The prices obtained were in the main quite
satisfactory, the total average net per pound
being a tride over cents.
APEICoTs AND PEACHES
"Apriccts were shipped ia larger quanti-
ties than ever before, as up to the 10Th OF
June the books show that we had dis
patched thirty-tWC fall carloads. The con-
sigEmeuts to the middle markets paid on
aa average very well, but those to the ex-
IRENE East turned out quite poorly, so
much so that we are extremely doubtful if
this fruit can ever be successfully sold in
any quantity in g green state east Of Chi
oago Especially were the low prices OBJ
tanned on cars, when, because OF the very
light early peach crop rendering mixed cars
impossible, the aprieots were loaded solid,
with nothing 10 give an assortment.
The first peaches of the year shipped in
car lots were of the Alexander variety and
loaded May 22d. During all the fore part
o. Inc season, while the early varieties were
very scarce, the greater portion Of those
shipped seemed to arrive in bad condition,
having either split pits or being Wormy, so
much so, indeed, that they sold low Our
orop also ripened somewhat late thus com
Ing into direct competition in the Eastern
markets with an unusually fine crop of
Georgia peaches. In fact, during the early
season the only real fine peaches TO be seen
offered for sale there were from that State.
Our later varieties, notwithstanding much
heavier yield, sold at higher prices even
than last season, as they carried remarkably
well.
PEARs, PRUNEs AND GRAPES.
EARLY and late Bartlett pears brought
fair prices, hut those sold during the hight
Of the season, when the bulk of this fruit
was going forward, sold very low, a result
almost entirely attributable TO the condition
of the fruit on arrival.
ION the other hand, fall and winter pears
have carried very well, and the prices OBJ
tanned for the immense yield have been
quite satisfactory, especially when sold on
arrival. Those varieties which usually
keep well in cold storage have seemed TO
have an of year, and the losses incurred
through the necessity OF repackiDg and its
consequent shrinkage have been quite
heavy.
"Plums and primes, because of the
scarcity of peaches ct the time when they
were going forward, were shipped in much
larger quantities than ever before, being
used largely this year TO assist in making
assOrtments for car lots, as in most in
stances mixed carloads of deciduous fruits
sell at better prices than solid cars OF any
one variety. It is a fact worthy of notice
that the lght-colored varieties, such as the
Yellow Egg and Golden Drop plum and
the Silver prune, have, except when in
small quantities. sold low, while the dark
colored varieties have brought good prices.
Ia all our fruits, high coloTs seem to appeal
to the Eastern pockets.
Grapes during the entire season have
carried and sold extremely well, and the
prices being obtsined would have materially
increased our total net average per pound
realized On all fruits hsd il not been for tine
early rains cutting short the shipments.
THE YEARS SHIPMENTS.
I'VE are steadily increasing, year By
h, ~ t,a- of anl 60.
East, and the past season has seen 99l full
carloads Of fruit forwarded by the union,
gain of 14l cars over the shipments of the
preceding year.
When We say 991 cars we are counting
the consignments only which have been
made to Fruit Union agents in their sew
eral cities east of the Rockies. At the
same time, members of the union ship
a large number of carloads to points west
of the Missouri river, where they have no
agencies established, such as Denver,
Cheyenne, Butte City, Lincoln, Houston,
San Antonio, Portland and many other
cities
The most reliable figures we can secure
place this number al 500 carloads, so that
If the entire number OF cars OF green de-
ciduous fruits sent East by members
Of the union was to be given, it would
reach grand total of bat 2 triAe short of
1 600 out Of :, 432 carloads sent East by the
State at large. II other words, two thirds
Of the entire shipments from this coast are
made by members Of the union and those
working il harmony with it. There have
been some twenty eight special fruit trains
run during the season, all under supervis
ion of the union, no other organization
having attempted sending any trains this
year."
FRUIT IN EASTERN CITIES.
The following table shows the points
from which and to which the seasons
shipments we're made: