The morning call., 1892-09-17
OUR FRUIT In LONDON.
Sale Of a Consignment From
California.
The Best Varieties in Demand and Good
Prices Realized-A New Market
Opened.
Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL

/ yesterday attended the sale of the last
consignment Of fruit from California at
COyent Garden market, consisting ef some
2000 cases Of various kinds.
1t was certainly most curious and in
teresting sight, and the familiar names of
Hatch, Gregory, etc, on the piles of boxes
pleasurably reminded one Of San Francisco.
There was great crowd of all sorts and
conditions Of dealers, from the wheel bar
row men TO the merchants. all displaying
the utmost interest and curiosity in the
"Calforny" fruit samples of which we're
handled and tasted in most critical fashion
and pronounced by all to be perfect.
Through the courtesy OF Mr. L. X.
Hutchins. vice. president of the California
Transportation Company, | was enabled TO
thoroughly inspect the fruit This con-
signment came across the Atlantic IN the
White Star steamer Teutonic, with which
line, / understand, contract has been
entered into 10 bring the fruit over every
week during the next four months. Some
OF the brokers Of "the garden" who claim,
that they have had fruit from all parts OF
the globe at various times, some of which
made fabulous prices, say that for quantity
and quality, particularly pears and peaches,
they have never seen such fruit as thai
which has come across from California
during the past three weeks. and from OBJ
seryations l have made | believe there is a
grand future for this business
Cases of Bartlett pears which are pro
nounced here 10 be true "Williams" realized
from Is to 16 shilliDgs case, and one lot OF
pears, called "Clapp's FavoTite." but an
nOunced by the broker after examiEa-
tion to be the true Doyenne de Comice,
which is the finest pear now grown,
realized very high prices. Mr.. Hutchins
on being called upon and informed
that this was the true Doyenne de
ff0micp nrnni Sp1 N "a bla a tn tho
growers 10 send this class Of pear, Of which
he says there is any quantity grown in the
Fresno Valley.
Mr.. Hutcbius claims for his company
that they can carry the fruit in perfect
order for any distance. their mode of cool
ing during transit to New York being BY
iced cars. The goods are taken on board
the cars in California ana ice is placed IL
the well around the car. The first day the
fruit consumes the ice TO the extent OF
500 pounds per day is sufficient to keep
the fruit in order. They have three
stations on the way from California to
New York, where agents examine the
cars and fill up with ice as required, and
when the ears get alongside the steamers al
New York the fruit is lifted on board the
steamer where the refrigerator is at work.
and in few hours is en- route for England
l am only echoing the opinions of the
fruitbrokers here when l say that the Cali
| tant factor in the fruit trade in this country.
This consignment is onIy a drop in the
| ocean here. as was unable to bay single
| piece of California fruit this morning,
| though l tried in about every stall in Coyen
| Garden market; yet the consignment only
| arrived yesterday morning. and everybody
| is DOW "Out of town."
| The retail price Of the pears is twopence
| piece a cents, and the peaches ,sixpencr
| az cents. | understand that Messrs.
White & Co. are appointed sole agents in
| London for the sale of this fruit, and frGm
what [ can gather the California syndicate
has been well advised in placing its fruit in
such good hands, as Messrs. White occupy
the largest premises and have the greatest
and most influential number Of customers.
Their sales of fruit of all kinds every day
are enormous. Yours, etc, 4. N. G.
London, August 20 1892.
Farmers Children stoop-Sho Tered.
almost every farmer boy and girl is
stoop-shouldered, says Cincinnati physi-
elan. II have often been at loss to az
count for it, but few days ago a solution
of why il is struck me. Farmers children
all wear broad -brimmed straw hats in sum
mer. and as these blow off easily they are
continually holding their heads down so as
to bring the wind directly on the top. This
position of the head becomes habitual, and
go where you will you will see farmers
children holding their head so'