New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-08
STRAWBERRIES ARE CHEAP.
THEY SELL AT WHOLESALE FOR TWO AND I""HI
CENTS A oUART-A PLENTIFUL FKClI
YEAR EXPECTED.

Harc,v have strawberries been as cheap In TINS city
MS they are at present. The Norfolk truck iarms'
which a. tnc height Of their season snip aoo"' ''0
crates. about 213. 900 quarts, OF oe'reS ic every
day, have about stopped shipping anu '"e 'roP
season Of Maryland and Delaware is III f'h' swing
now about 1900 crates. or more IMAM nail
million quarts OF berries reaching the CITY da'S' Oh
ou,so those mr., not nil CONSUMED here for large guam
tity shipped neghborinS towns ana ci'ies
csppcially in New England. Inc South Jersey crop
IS beginning 10 come ill., and Tn" frit Is all about as
c,od nc has ever come to market. The varieties
r.nod In .he order OF their excellence are Sharp
,. wilson scedling Charleston Seeding and
a.. r,uo Shorpcss strawberries from South Jer-
soy we're selling yesterday at the Broadway fancy
t,u, stores where high prices the rue, at 10
cents n quart. At wholesale good berries could be
,ouoh, a, low as = and 3 cents quart. hardly
enough 10 pay freight while the best quality brought
nv 10 cents. This low price is not due altogether
"a The supply which will get higher than the figures
named bat TO the weather. which Injuries the quality
Of the fruit, causing II to melt down." the mer
chants say and thereby making II unfit for shipment
10 outside The larger and finer the berry the
sooner il mels. and tho p,orer Its shipping qualities.
The Wilson. which Is not 5 widely grown as It
few years ago. IS considered the best strawberry TO
ship. though smaller and sourcr, and not good to
cat as other varieties.
All In all. the fruit season now beginning holds
on; great promises for The consumer. Pineappes
were never abundant the crops of the West In lies
icing supplemented by considerable production In
florida, which for the first time is being shipped TO
this market and sold. The large pines are called
sugar loaf" and the small strawberry pines"
They sell from Is to 35 cents each. The abundance
of pneapplcs has had It's effect also In cheapeninG
the price Of strawberries. Iiucklcberrics and black
berries are coming from North Carolina but In view OF
the cheapncss Of wberres the demand for them IS
not great They retail at 30 and rs cents quart.
On Monday the first shipment of California cher
nes by the car arrived. one car reached here and
was disposed OF auction. The varieties were
black Tartarian and Royal Anne. In the afternoon
cents and the light-coored cherries for 80 cents
pound Some North Carolina cherries were sold here
last week. but hardly In suf Client amount to make
market price,
The hot weather proves injurious TO the peaches
now coming North in considerable numbers. Peen-
,os the Chinese variety, could be had Yesterday for
% cents Dozen and the lIales Earlys and AleNai-
ders sold as low as GO cents dozen.
Muskmelons be had for IS cents each. and
Watermelcns which the United States customs autloIi
ties have declared 10 be fruit. sell for s. each.
Mamie apples an ash-colored West Indian fruit.
selling for 30 cents EACH and sappadloes from the
Islands, at the rate OF three for 70 cents Apr
cots coming from California.
The berry crate war between the growers and com
mission dealers. which threatened at one time this
spring result In boycott Of the dealers by the fruit
growers has ended in victory for the dealers The
growers sending their product. and the deal
ers except In n few instances, not returning to
them the crates.