Evening journal., 1892-05-25
80 EEsTWE sraAMRERRY.

An Abundant Homo crop This Ycar-Thc
Early Variety Already in the Market.
The Baltimore sun. inan article on the
strawberry crops, contains the following
Ia boxes and baskets big and hountiful
are the berries boinc brought iu although
the home crop has barely begun to de-
liver up its luscious burden In a few
days perhaps 40 the end of this week,
Maryland S own Strawberries will come
pouring in by the bay railroad or
capacious farm wagon After leaving
enough for home folks 10 eat. and enough
for an the strawberry festivals In the
city. dealers will scud away carload upon
carload of the round. ripe and red little
morsels. until, 90 watch the busy scene,
one would think that the whole of this
great strawberry loving country had put
by every other duty to attend great
national strawberry festival. I'm fact
Baltimore win shortly send ont straw
berries 90 an parts of the country and
even iO Canada
10 almost staggefs The mind TO think
that each of these billions of berries has
i0 De- picked and stemmed siugly before
it makes Cos way. with its fellows 90
grace the table with its crimson beauty
and delight tho sense of taste with iis
sweet acidily Where, indeed do all the
berries come fromy Their journey is
gradual one beginning in Florida and
making their way norihward until In
Maryland they appear in their periee-
tion
THE strawberry season began this year
with lhe Florida crops in February when
good fruit sold m Baltimore from 3j So 20
cents at wholesale. This lasted until
/ April / when Charleston berries made
/ their appearance About the middle of the
present month Norfolk began TO make
/ her contribution TO Baltimore markets,
and siill continues TO do SO with generous
hand though the berries are somewhat
/ inferior in quality. a rival from nearer
home has recently stepped in TO compete
with the Nirgininn Tor the Eastern Shore
berries are now m the market, though
not in large quantities and are selling at
/ wholesale from 10 IL cents. and 0t rec
! tnl from y i0 90 cents a quart
The berry boom viii begin In five or
| siX days. when thousands of crates viii
be brought here from Anne Arundel, for
lhis county is said 20 produce q larger
crop of berries han amy other place in
the United States. and last season one
firm FIN Baltimore received 5000 crates "a
day 90 ship TO all parts of the country as
os wen rs supply The home markets.
Frequently last summer siX or seven car.
loads q day of Anne Arundel berries were
sent by one dealer 10 New York. Boston
and a few other Northern cities. AS all
of these berries are brought here for
shipment Baltimore can boast of supply
ing tine country with berries for several
weel,s
But the state. like child with a box
oi candy. reserves the most tempting
morsc for the last, and the Baltimore
county berries come at the end of the
season in big and beautiful FORM after
the careful lending they havereceived ON
small FARMS The crop is always small
and the home dealers make haste 90 buy
up an the berries in advance for the city
markets Although there win be an
abundance of berries while the sea-
SON lasts the season itself viii be
shorter than 10 has been for years The
recent cold rains have done much de
suuctivc work and have injured not only
the berries Just ripening, but also th,
green berries, which rot from too mucl
rain The shortening of the season ID
already noticeable for the Norfolk crop i
slnckcnihg. and another week viii abou
wind 10 up To is thought that the Anni
Arundel crops viii hold out about hfteel
days and that the season viii probably
not extend far into July Therefore make
HE best of the berries while they last.