The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-30
COOP NEWS FOR FRUITmEN.

The fruitmen are In high spirits. Until
about tie middle Of June it was believed
that the Eastern fruit cT0p would be large,
q least as large as that Of last year, and our
growers had visions Of losses on eOnsign-
ments resulting from glutted markets. But
in {, e last two weeks Of June hot weather
sal in at The East and continued steadily
Int3 July. and the result is that the fruit
growing sections viii be hardly able to sup
PLY tie loca! demand. The central valleys
and The great cities of the East viii have 10
rely en- California for their supply. Nor is
THIS all. In many parts of sis state
various olteward Influences have injured
rae cap SO hat If il were DJt far the To-
creased aerea-e Ia fE4N asTvs would Do5
oe rs .aEss as thai cf iasg re Ofe1-'eois.
fof Instance, i1e-e Wii, oui. Be 81 s1s
rs against So 'ea4s a-st eaE.
Tie rescltsf rails IS i Zee IA. Is aza
fin, Win risl-s -eLt 1sy 81 IS and
esnBsrs sTs csnlpegin aetirev ~ frGl.
Ap' o. s4a demand al i2H cents.
primes Ct vee.as and frnlt ia proper
}iee i .ea1s ev.4aat hat the al
psk .ai5 Sc. t'Ii ne sms.ier 3 n last, not
- % 1ny 1eeresse Is The ds8, aHd, lsi.. from
@ ses. aitF % apply. TIE wlseacrs "9e
declared th7 the ar5iet We're ever
8g il are ,srougi. 4se te face With fbe
taes that tie sszs-stsy Is unGeT10np and
bat California ElaF 90 on Increasing Ter
asesse fer soae years 70 come.
Taefe IS. however, une ward Of caution
whlen cannot Zoe eitsh be Tegeatea, In
fruit. as IN other merchandise. IL Is the best
@iich sails
No oIcbegdist can raise the best kind Of
fEuIt every season. There are years when,
oalug 10 ylcissitudes of weather cold and
damp and frost and rain, trees OF the very
best stocks, tended with the best care, will
not produce fruit up TO their normal aver
age. When this happens the fruit should
not be shipped. Il Is economy to feed il TO
stock. CT TO can and dry portion which
can be selected from the mass. By so doing
tie State viii be saved the reproach Of pro
duciBg fruit that IS inferior TO the product
of New Jersey and Delaware; and when a
good crop is harvested the grower viii meet
an eager market. Even when the fruit is
up t. the regular standard il is sometimes
Handicapped by careless sorting and pack
IN. The grower who puts fruit which
has begun to decay in q box containing
sound fruit. or who packs his fruit care
lessly. so that it chaies and is bruised in
trans lortation. stands in his own lighs. His
long after be has resolved not 10 repeat it.
The state VIII not realize It's foil reward
from frui--groWing until the preserving in
dustrY IS more largely developed than it is
1t IL vel =, o-p aud dry as Innch as posi-
the fruit that cannot be shipped IL
reen state. But the highest form Of
preservation - the manufacture Ct
iruBs-is the most profitable form
our fruit crop can be sold, and if
reputation Of California is estab-
for producing the best fruit preserves
world the demand for other forms Of
win increase. The preserving indus
~ Great 3titain-Whieb produces neither
frul@nor s. gar-is one Of the most thriving
industries the kingdom. It only needs a
little ente prise 10 establish it on large
scale ia tbs State. We are already making
sugared fruits which compare favorably
with the best sugayed fruits Of Paris. But
re do not produce enough Of them 70 make
an impression on the markets of the worlI