Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-01

Mrs. John Tomlinson of Red Cloud claims
that huckleberries can be successfully grown
in this state.
George NJ. RIbble and A. c. Riddell, the
commission men. are taking in the fair in
company with their families.
a country merchant advertises that he
has n few hundred pounds of soiled white
sugar suitable for bees. Still people in the
city wonder how the bees manage TO make
whlte clover honey with so little flavor Of
clover about 1t.
Omaha, as usual, is very low on oysters,
and at the present time there is no p~rosuect
of any immediate advance. Oysters which
come from Baltimore can be bought of the
Omaha 1obbers att lower price than the
same oysters can be bought in Chicago, 500
miles farther east.
u. w. Faulkner, the Anita, Ia, potato
man, was in the city the other day and gave
the commission trade n few pointers on the
subject OF potatoes. He says there are a
good many potatoes in his section of the
state, but that growers have a pretty high
luea OF their value.
George d. Kellogg, the California fruit
shipper, writes Branch Il Co: The supply
OF fruit is beginning to dioJ off visiblv.
teaches This week are not so plentiful;
There will be n few Solways. mostly Levi
Kings. After this week there will be no
pressure to sell, | think.
"A week ago mention was made of the
scarcity of apples all over the country.
Since then Il letter has been received from u
large Phlladclphia house that was reported
TO nave plenty of apples. This house writes:
Apples are going To be very scarce. We ex-
pccted TO pack Il good many at nearby points,
but heavy storms have blown them off SO
that few remain on the trees.
1t is reported that the banana crop of the
West Indies will be very large in spite of the
heavy storms that were said to have played
havoc with the fruit. The importation of
bananas into the United States for the three
months of June, July and August has been
o,l42,OOO punches against 3,OOO,00O punches
during the same period last year. OF this
production New York has handled 1000, 900
lunches.
According to reports received from the
country a Snidc commission house is oper-
ating in Omaha with the usual results
country shippers arc falling over each other
to leave their regular commission houses
and ship the snlde house their goods. Sew
erat shippers who have SEM in their goods.
without stopping to look up the firm or ask
any questions, came in the past week to see
II they could get theil pay for the goods, so
that they are now out their railroad fare as
well rs the value OF the goods.
Some shipments OF Florida oranges are
being made, bat they are still most too
green. The New York fruit houses are
commencing to quote Florida oranges on
their circulars. AT the same time there are
still some California oranges remaining in
this market. 1t has got so now that the
United States can produce oranges in differ
cnt sections, ana at different seasons, so
that there can be a supply the year through.
During August and September, however,
there is not n very heavy demand for
oranges on account of the large supply of
summer fruits in all markets.
This has been a great year for iobbers of
of fruits. Fruits have been very plenty
and prices reasonably low, which has slim
ulatcd the consumption and made the de-
mand much larger than usual, so tina most
fruit houses have had all the business they
cared to do during the past month, at least.
California fruits have lasted much longer
this season than usual, which has been an
other great advantage TO the trade.
Omaha's fruit business is becoming of
greater Importance each year, and this city
Is supplying n territory with all kinds of
fruits and vegetables that are not produced
in the localities ordering them.
Home grown grapes are a thing of the
past in this market and from now on there
is likely to be n gradual firmlng up in the
crop was not as large as was Anticipated
earlier in the season, it was n very fair crop.
Grape growing has cOme to be quite an i'm
portant industry in this part of the country,
while the handling of the crop makes bust
ness for the fruit houses at a time when
otherwise they would have nothing to de-
pend upon but California fruits. The grapes
are not only sold for local consumption. but
they are shipped in car lots to the leading
cities of the west and northwest, while
almost every town in the country uses more
or less that are shipped in small lots by ex-
press. There has been a big demand from
Nebraska points and some of the houses
have had hard work to get enough grapes to
supply all their customers.