Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-08
JUMPING RIGHT ALONG.
California Fruit Industry
Steadily Booming.
Great Increase In Shipments to New
York City.
Some Valuable Statistics Showing the
Development OF the Trade.
It's Possibilities Out
lined.

It's Possibilities Out
lined.
Four years ago / 200 900 pounds of Gal
ifornia fruit were sold in New York las
yeal 1000, 900 pounds found purchaser
there, and this year e. L. Goodsell, tn.
New York fruit auctioneer, who hal
large fruit interests in California, ant
who has been making four months
stay in this state, says that the amount
of fruit sent to New York to be sold will
be fully 20,0O0.0OO pounds. The fruit
producers of California now have the
benefit of the fastest freight transporta-
tion in the world, says Mr.. Goodsell, as
at this time it is possible to run through
solid train loads of California fruit to
New York in seven days. 1he Fruit
Transportation company succeeded in
establishing this fast freight service this
Spring, and from this time on fruits from
the Pacific coast will be shipped to the
east in less time than was dreamed of q
few years ago.
Mr.. Goodsell has collected much val.
liable information about the fruit indus
try, and he has figures to show that the
fruit production of California amounts
to $35 200, 900 more than the production
of gold; SIG, 900, 900 being the amount OF
the gold output, while the fruits amount
to $50, 100000 annually. Here is what
Mr.. Goodsell says about California and
the fruit industry:
"Land in 1849 that was used only to
dig gold out of is now growing wheat
and fruit that each year sells for $780,,
000, ,000-the value of each product be-
ing equally divided. Besides this,
Spain, France and Turkey formerly sup
piled America with 10000, 900 pounds
of raisins and prunes that are annually
consumed. These fruits are now grown
so extensively in the Golden state, and
are 90 popular by reason of their supe.
riority of flavor and quality, that the
foreign products fare nearly driven out
of the market. This is illustrated by
the fact that where California produced
and shipped in 1891 q, ZOO, 900 pounds
of prunes and 81 ,000, 900 pounds of raj
sins, there were only imported 1900 900
pounds of prunes and Is, ,00O, 900 pounds
of raisins, as against the previous years
importation Of 61,00O,0O0 pounds of
prunes and A, ,O00, 900 pounds of raisins,
showing joint falling off of 78,000,0 900
pounds of both kinds of fruits in one
year.
TT is safe to say in three years the
production in California will be enough
to supply America and preclude impor-
tations altogether. Peaches, pears,
plums, cherries, apricots and grapes are
also grown, of the finest flavor and ap-
pearance. The art of cultivation has
been brought to such perfection, how
ever, that both these desirable qualities
are now conceded TO the Pacific coast
products. The finest prune produced
in the world is grown on the ranch of a
retired army surgeon. This man utilized
his knowledge of organic chemistry in
the curing OF this fruit and enriching
the soil to the song of an income of $40,-
600 year from property that he gave
$4,000 for twelve years ago.
"a comprehensive view of the great
ness of the 'tree-fruit' industry can be
had from the statement that there are
nearly IA ,000, 900 trees planted in Cali
fornia, all of the varieties named. When
these are all in bearing fully one billion
pounds of fruit will have to be mark
eted.
Last year fourteen days was the aver
age time in transit, and the reducing of
the time to seven days makes the prob
ability of fruit landing here in perfect
condition unquestioned. In this event
100000 can be saved to the growers
yearly from what has been realized in
the past. If is significant, too, that in
California any fruit produced anywhere
can be grown in it's perfection on the Pa
clfic coast and that not one third of the
available fruit land is now under culti-
walton. Therefore, when we read that
In 1891 there were shipped out of the
state 532, 100000 pounds OF fruit of
various kinds, IL 100000 gallons of wine
and brandy, 1 100000 boxes of oranges,
there is not only material for consump-
ton but also for reflection as to where
it will 60 in the future. Active minds
are taking up the question, and England
has been made an outlet possible for
green fruit already by placing refriger-
ating boxes on board fast steamers, an
experiment that has been recently tried
with considerable success. Dried fruits
are already favorably known and dis
posed of there. The process of shipping
fruit in green state has necessarily
been reduced to science in order to get
it here in marketable shape. Picked
from the tree, it is packed in neat boxes,
often each fruit wrapped in paper and
loaded into refrigerator car built ex-
clusively for the business. Trains of
fifteen of these cars are made up and
hurried over the mountains and plains
to Chicago and thence to Jersey City.
From the fact that twenty-five years
ago land that ia now worth $1,000 an acre
in all the best fruit centers, could have
been bought for $25. it must be accepted
as fact that fruit culture is profitable.
This can be believed when l say that
27, 900 pounds of peaches per acre have
been produced from four-year.old trees
on some of the best ranches near Marys-
vile. They were sold at 2 cents pound
at the ranch. Besides this I know of
fruit growers that have cleared $4,000
yearly from small sixty. acre fruit tarms.
''The successful cultivation of the
olive has attracted the attention of
English capitalists to California, who
have recently bought out come of the
best ranches. Nearly 900, 900 gallons of
olive oil are used in the United States
yearly. California is now only produc-
ing one-tenth of this quantity, but will
in few years be able to compete for
public favor, and unquestionably will
drive the imported article from the
market in short time. There are now
1000, 900, olive trees in cultivation and
bearing"
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