The record-union., 1891-05-13
FRUIT FOR THE EAST.
The First Carload of Cherries Passes
Through Sacramento.
The Prospects Are Bright for a
Great Year-Eastern Buyers
Are Here.

The first carload of cherries for the
Eastern markets passed through this city
for the East last night. The fruit was
from Vacaville.
Now that the "ball is open," so to speak.
fruit specials bound over the Sierra Ne
vadas will be quite common for many
months to come. From now on, until
the late table grapes in October and
November-nearly to the beginning of
the orange shipping season-California
will pour her luscious fruits upon the
thankful Fasteners.
THIS YEAR AND LAST.
In summing up the work of the Fruit
Union in shipping fruit East, the San
Francisco Bulletin, in last evenings is
sue, says: Last year the Fruit Unions
shipping season began May 2Ist, and in
1889 on May 18th. Last season the State
sent over $500 cars of fresh fruit East.
The union alone sent 1873, or about 400
more than any season previously. 1t is
doubtful if this quantity is shipped this
coming season, for there were then pc
culiar conditions East that warranted
large shipments, but there is no question
that the present season a great quantity
will go forward. The winter and spring
has thus far been all that could be asked
for favorable maturing of fruits of all
sorts. This is the report generally from
all the large fruit regions. In some dis
tricts certain varieties are light A. T.
Hatch will have a rather light almond
crop, but this he attributes partly to i'm
proper spraying. Pears in places will be
light, but the signs around Nacaville and
in other sections are for a very heavy
crop. A ravaging worm is doing some
damage to prunes in the Santa Clara Val
ley.'
BRIGHT OUTLOOK.
Manager L. w. Buck of the Fruit
Union, who is also member of the State
Board of Horticulture, says that every
prospect horticulturally is as promising
as could be desired. He will be in Sac
ramento to make his headquarters for the
season in a few days, and shipping will
then begin in earnest. There was great
trouble in the time Of Eastern shipments
last year, but Mr. Buck has assurances
from the railway companies that this de-
lay Will be remedied, so far as possible,
during the coming season. Some cars
last season were as long as twenty-five
days going across the Continent, and no
fruit except Connecticut wooden nut
meg, could be expected to survive such
treatment. These long delays were east
of Ogden, but this season the traffic man
ayers say this will all be avoided if it is a
possible thing.
Buyers for Eastern firms are now in
the fruit districts making contracts with
producers. Nat. Salisbury, the right
bower of Washington Porter, of Chicago
has been at work for some weeks, and
other firms have equally energetic buyers.
H. A. Fairbank, for many years aSsoci-
ated with the Fruit Union, viii represent
several Eastern firms this year. Last
year California fresh fruit shipments alone
took from the East about 81 600 0O0 and
ha1 ba
son will be fully as successful. The fruit
famine East helped things last year, but
the California product was a compara-
lively light one. Now, with full crop
here, the ordinary conditions East should
be met successfully and protitably.
ITS VACAvILLE PRIZE.
A press dispatch was received from
Vacaville yesterday as follows: Through
the energy of the Earl Fruit Company
Nacaville this year has scored the honor
of the first full carload Of green fruit
shipment TO Eastern points. T. p. Fay,
the agent here, shipped this morning a
full carload of cherries from the orchards
of Garlichs, Robinson Brothers and Bass
ford Brothers. The cherries are of the
Tartarian and Governor Wood varieties,
and are simply magnificent. They were
shipped in the first refrigerator car of the
season, consigned to the Earl Fruit Com
pany of Chicago, and will go on the pas
senger train. This is the first full car
load shipment from the State and it is
one week earlier than last years ship
ment from Nacaville, made May 10Th,
which was also a carload of cherries to
Chicago. Despite the local disadvantages
and climatic considerations, the season
promises to be an exceptional one"
SUMMING MATTERS UP.
A dispatch was received from San Fran
cisco last night as follows: General
Freight Agent Smurr of the Southern
Pacific Company in speaking of the fruit
prospects this season, said that they are at
least as good as last years which were
very fair. From the East the reports that
the pests have injured the early crops
ought to be encouraging to the local fruit
men. Deciduous fruits will be handled
in large quantities and the company has
added TO its rolling-stock large number
of fruit and refrigerator cars, so as to
avoid the trouble encountered last season
from car-shOrtage.
The company's cars have also been col
lected from other lines and those which
have been taking orange crops out are
coming in again very fast. Up to May
lst the company had moved :. 800 carloads
of oranges. There are still between SOC
and 750 carloads in the State which il
will take two or three weeks to move.
The crop is one of the largest ever known
and all told will not be less than $500 cars.