New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-14
A HARVEST TIME FOR CALTF0RNIANS.
HIGH PRICES OF FRUITS DUE TO THE FAILURE
OF THE DELAWARE AND MARYLAND
pEACIr DROP


All the fruit merchants on the West Side Of the
CITY downtown were talking yesterday about the high
prices OF fruit. Nothing like It had been seen IN
twenty five years. and all with one accord attributed
II to the failure OF the peach crop in the fAss
when the peach crop Of Maryland ana Deawa'e
fails said A. f. Young one OF the heaviest dealers
In the product, IL means high living all aro"i'"'
Why you would be surprised to know how keehiy 'io
butter and egg men watch the Delaware and Mary
land peach crop. The butter and egg marRo Is
strong and prices are high mainly because OF the a'i-
ure IN the Eastern peach crop. Therv Is always q
ceat cry raised In the spring about the failure OF the
Delaware GODS and ofcntimes the Yield Is JUST 10
heavy and people say, 'oh. yes, the old cry OF "on'
This time the vol IL there sure There arc hoe III aa
Delaware and Maryland over 25o'ooo oaSscSS Vi
paches this year. and that Will all be consumed ae
home This market has absorbed as mucn as ~"
carloads Of Delaware and Maryland peaches In SIN
Gle day. but We are not getting carload cav
this year. The are eight or nine caVa"'
NJ Jersey prculatures coming In small IN
fertor fruit. but still fetching good prices
81 rs and ~ basket wholesale. In ue nush
OF the season, ten days hence, there won DC "'o.
fifty car loads OF Jerseys q day Last year ha''u'eo
over 100000 baskets from Delaware, while this year
will not handle over l,ooo.'
II ia an IN wind that blows nobody any good now
aver and what is the blight In the Eastern orcharus -
They are reapng splendid profits Just now ""i'mh
,ho last tvo veeksr said f. l.. Goodsell, tho aic~
uopeer one OF the chief handlers In THIS city vi
california fruits "there have been sold IN tnls Guy
over 3.OOO.OoO pounds Of California fruits WHO" 10
rrprscedented There used to be q struggle iT
supremacy between this city ana Chicaeo io
tho hest market for this fruit. Chicago IL "A''
hours nearer the orchards than we are ana lot years
,o,. rs err behind consuming ten times much Call
p,to ~ tie
Inns forged 10 the front and now Chicago Is ho""erc
IN Tho roce We eat more California fruit ana pay
hot,or p-,c.s for II than the Worlds Fair CITY,
"The arrivals Of California fruit this week haVo
heen s,xty.one cars, Of which sold twenty -"'ne w
an aggregate sum Of 10000 That II e'0' VI
nearlv 81 400 car. whereas last year 'no '
crossed only al 100 making the shipper clear pro"'
o, $500 a car over last year. 0ch ,ou ". "a
,.urnc a stream OF gold into the lap oil Naniorn'a
And We cannot help oursetNeS' SeS""0 " Ass
where else 10 90 for fruit
1Naro e such a lack Of uniformity IN the ui'heu
stons OF packages OF fruit from the hnereh' so'0e.
-, supply which furnish this market. mat ~ "'u .o
he untimey b. give few facts furnished ps Az
c,,dseu regarding the supplies OF Cahornia ana '"e
size Of the packages. ~
The first CARLOADS OF California ru't reaca NeN
York about June 20. and cob'aiu o"c''i'0' "f
early PEACHES and plurns.
TT, r,,x tho carload assortment consists ol
cncrrcs pums prunes aprcots, peaches. nectai1neS'
carly varieties of grapes and the famous Barue''
pears A., ,, ,-u,,s
In August supplies comprise all tne July ""''
intending during the latter part some Toksy grapes "hu
number OF varieties Of summer pears ana ihacS
peaches. .,
september shipments composed Of the famous
Tokay grapes In their perfection besides inc .of"
chon. Emperor and Muscat grapes aud numoer o'
fopcv varieties OF plums and prunes and late varieties
OF peaches. $500 ,,,
october receipts consist of grapes. large variety
of winter pears with some plums ana peaches
II is seen that during the entire summer every
,.r,etv OF fruit IS In the market 10 supply VIVA, y
lacking because OF the failure OK the Eastern s.vp
Ths sizes Of the packages containing tauiora iIuss
ars as follows Chcrrles In boxes OF Ten poahas
nor onch apricots and nectofnes are pacReu ~
Ivy, crates n,aning four baskets holding I'VE pounds
not OF fruit each grapes are also shipped III , hal
nos and in whole crates OF forty POUNDS net u,sre
icing eight baskets Of five pounds instead OF Io'u
pluns pruncs and peaches are paoxed ia ooAeI "a
nhnu, niteen pounds each net; boxes OF pears noiu
forty pounds net