The record-union., 1894-09-06
LONDON FRUIT SALES IMPROVING.
England Yet Destined to be a Market
for California.
The Second Shipment Did Better Than
the Ffrst-Pears Are in De-
mand There.

More encouraging news comes from
London regarding the result of the sec
ond shipment of fresh fruit from this
city than was received from the first lot.
1t is now quite evident that London
will in time become almost, if not quite,
as big market for California fruit as the
Eastern States. All that is necessary is
for growers and shippers to exercise good
judgment in the selection and packing of
the fruit to insure its arrival in good
shape. As for the demand, there can be
no question of that.
In an interview last evening George n.
Appel, agent for the California Fruit
Transportation Company, under whose
management these foreign shipments
were made, said:
Recent cables from London advise
that the second shipment of fruit arrived
with the Bartlett pears ripe, selling from
as cd to 9s Sd, or about an average of IS;
halves, from IS Cd to 5s Sd; peaches, As Cd,
and prunes, 5s.
Green pears are in demand and
wanted. The French pears are now
gone. This report is more encouraging
than that from the first shipment. How
ever, it is unfortunate that the fruit was
so well matured that it could not stand
the trip. otherwise the results would be
extremely satisfactory to shippers. We
anticipate better reports from the next
shipment, which should arrive in Lon
don this week.
''The fruit has not carried well this sea-
son, which IS sufficient evidence of the
fact of its being in this condition on ar
rival in London. We have noticed con-
siderable comment from all sections of
the United States and England on this
venture, and we are not at all discour-
aged. as we are yet bound to make it
success.
while perhaps we may not receive
credit for what we are now doing, we
have done this pioneer refrigerator work
in all sections of the United States, and
we think that California shippers will
yet appreciate our efforts in opening up
this Market as we believe it will prove
of vast benefit for coming seasons. If
everything is satisfactory, we expect to
continue exporting the remainder of this
season, and TO be in position to elm
mate for next year a great many of the
difficulties in handling this fruit that
have been presented"
AN EASTERN PAPERS VIEW.
In discussing this matter of the ship
ment of California fruit to London, the
New York San of recent date takes the
following view of it:
1.-The California fruit-growers have
made serious mistake in sending to the
London market shipment OF pears and
plums that had been picked too late and
were badly packed. They will never gain
that all-consuming market in this way.
They will very soon destroy their chances
of success in it. We believe that as soon
as California fruits shall be properly in
troduced to England, millions of dollars
worth of them will be bought there.
England alone could take all the sur
plus fruit crops of California. OF course,
we must hope she will not do so, for we
can take at least S2,000,000 worth OF them
In New York city every year. We are
like the Londoners, though, in that we
must have the best.
california can grow richer than Crosus
from its fruit crops. They are of un-
countably more value to it than all the
gold mines between Mount Shasta and
San Diego.
There are no such pears and plums or
other fruits raised in England as there are
in California. There are not any better
fruits in all the world than those of Cali
fornia. In reaching out for the worlds
markets. the California fruit-growers
must always bear in mind that the world
knows good thing when it sees it, and is
as quick in detecting the bad as IN appre-
ciating the good.
I'VE are greatly interested in this Cali
fornia fruit business. We are anxious
that California shall conduct it with sense
and Judgment"