The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-13
A GREAT MELON SEASON.
THE CROP TIE LARGEST RVRR
RAISED IN GEORGIA.

over 5000 Carloads Shipped by the
Central Railroad and Savannah, Flor
ida ard Western Railway 80 Far
Nearly Quarter Of a \ il on Melons
Carried North by the Ocean Steam
ship Company Last Week-Where
the Melons Go.
The prospects that existed at the BEGIN
ming Of the season that this years would be
the largest watermelon crop ever raised in
this state bids fair TO lie realized. The sea-
son is still at its hight, Notwithstanding it
began nearly month ago. and the water
melons are going north and west daily by
the hundreds Of carloads
Reports received from Supt. Aveilhe Of
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, who is stationed at Townsville with
his corps of telegraph operators, says that
it appears TO be right in the midst Of the
season ow, and that the melons promise TO
hold out we'll to the end of the season.
CARRIED BY THE RAILROADS.
The Savannah, Florida AID Western
shipped over all It's lines this season up TO
last Saturday 3, l5l cars as against 26ll
cars up to the same time last year, notwlth-
standing this season is a week or ten days |
later than the season last year. The road |
expects TO ship 800 carloads more from TIE |
division between Albany and Townsville. !
The Central railroad has shipped about |
$500 cars up to date. The Georgia South |
ern and Florida has shipped several hun |
dred srs, and so has the East Tennessee. |
Virginia and Georgia railroad Up TO date |
between 1000 and 5000 casloaos OF water |
melons have been shipped out Of the state |
nd ara sauaral fbOnEan1
loads yet to g.
The Ocean S .eamship Company is receiv- |
ing about twenty five carloads day from |
the Savannah. Florida aud Western railway. |
1t is no uncommon thing for solid train |
OF from twenty to thirty cars OF melons to |
come in on the Savannah, Florida and |
Western 10 be delivered to the Ocean |
Steamship Company.
NEARLY A QUARTER OF a MILLION.
About $50 900 watermelon were shipped |
out of Savannah by steamship last week.
The Nacoochee carried 6l,77I on Monday, |
the Chattahoochee 81. 437 on Wednesday, |
the City of Macon left for Boston Thu sday |
with 50,027, the City of Augusta for New |
York Friday with 81, $50 and the City of |
Birmingham for New Nork Saturday with |
40,419. The Baltimore steamships also car
ried about 1000 melons.
The ocean shipments are sufficient to
pretty well stock New York and Boston
with melons, though good many carloads
go in by rail every day.
The melons go everywhere, from Boston
TO Chicago, from Baltimore to Kansas City
and from Macon to Minneapolis.
The middle and western states take the
greater portion Of the rail shipments. Only
a small portion Of the shipments go west
beyond the Mississippi river. however, the
heavy freight charges for the long haul cat
ing up all the profits. However, the heavy
production which has already stocked the
northern markets will force shipments
further west in search Of a market.
THE LARGEST MARKETS.
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, Indianapolis,
Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo and Kansas
City are about the largest consumers of
Georgia watermelons.
The condition of the melons this year is
very fine, both as to size and quality. The
large Yielo has brought down the price in
the northern markets and in some few in
stances the melons did not bring enough to
pay freight. In consequence of the over
stocking OF the northern markets advices
received from the growers say 1t is their in
tention to shin more largely west, reaching
out into Iowa and the northwest and secur-
ing better distribution. The prices
received at the beginning of the season
were very good, averaging 800 car.
The TeOple down in Southwest Georgia
are talking nothing but melons now. They
are gathering and shipping melons, writing
and telegraphtng about melons, and talking {
melons continuously.