The evening world., 1894-05-17
WILL Be PLENTIFUL,
Big Load of Cherries Daily Ez-
pected from California,
Figures Which Show the Enormous
Output from the Golden Gate.
"Cherries are ripe"

'liN = h1Sg 49,
load Of the luscious fruit will arrive in
New York.
This viii be the first contribution of
the season.
They are not dollhouse cherries, not a
bit Of 1t, hut big, sweet, why, wa%y'
red and white f%ruIt-and as fine a crop
as ever came from the orchards of san
Jose.
A "tremendous supply" the growers
promise. but n tremendous consumption
the crop is big, the distribution VIII De
as wide as the continent, and con-
sc1uently the supply, VIII be small ,,
The hoodoo year, Just past was NOS
made any money. Consumers served
dried apples for breakfast, n ice
cream for dinner, and importers Soiu tne
soft and tropical fruits for barely more
than the shipping cost: Thousands OF
cargoes were taken back to the sea and
thrown overboa rd, because the consiSh-
ers could not afford to land the cases az
20 cents each that would only bring 40
certs on the pier.
But times are brighter now. There IL
n marked activity, In the truit market
over. Prices are not high. but they are
firm, and It is past all denying that peo-
Pile are tired OF dried fruits and meat
and want "A change.
This warming for bitter-sweet, aside
from the natural demand, ia shown by
the extraordinary local consumption.
sold; 5000 boxes were used Friday alone;
IL took 5000 barrels of pineapples, or
about 45 each, to satisfy the New YORK
ers, and $4,000 punches of bananas
The consumption OF domestic. fruits,
including strawberries, oranges lemons,
bananas, apples, grapes and pineapples
averaged 100000 packages every day last
week. ~
The medicinal value of fruit is better
Understood than formerly. Doctors
themselves prescribe It instead Of drugs
professionals cooks are being invaded
by sensible and practical teachers who
cry down pie and d~oughnuts, tarts and
dumplings, and preach up the whole
some economy Of fruit desserts.
Then there are the vegetarians, the
disciples Of the scholarly wizard who in
cranks mo offense is mcanD who hon
estly believe we are going back to the
natural food-fruit and nuts, all Of
whom are unConsciously strengthening
the fruit markets of the world.
In 1892 1t took two weeks to get Cali
fornia fruit into New York, now 1t is
delivered in ten days. The trip is made
iT'elFsRtt in the World. The fruit rnTtf is picked
ncteristic of the California products
that they carry" better than If shipped
ripe.
Cherries will not be cheap in New
fruit for that matter. Chicago is the
centre Of an immense, market, and every
year the growers show a disposition
to favor that market.
In 1891 the fruit freight from Califor-
MIA amounted to 1887 carloads. The dis
tribution was: Chicago. 654 carloads;
81; Boston, 81; New Orleans, SIS; st.
Paul, 81; ST. Louis. "A: Kansas City, 20:
Louisville. o; Buffalo; L.,
Last year loo carloads came to New
York, but Chicago consumed 5000 car
loads.
Between June and November New
York will receive 1000 carloads, of 10000
pounds of fresh fruits each, from Cali
%fornia; other sources of supply near
home will aggregate immense receipts,
probably ,So,00o:ooo pounds.
ifornia may ma be inferred from the follow
ing figures, which Mr.. E. l.. Goodsell, the
Importer and auctioneer of California
fruits, furnished 'The Evening World:'
were sold in New York; in 1892 the sales
amounted to 7,OoO,0oo pounds; in 1893 to
20.oOO,0O; this years consumption will
products amount to ;35, 100000 more than
the gold product, the output. Of gold
vests $500 1000 annually. Land that In
40 was only used to dig out gold ore
now grows wheat and fruit to the value
Of 800, 600, 900.
s,1 TSTTImssri Sms sP1oin, wit, Tur key az no Italy |
Of. rais,ns and prunes annually,
cign fruits are being driven out Of the
market. In 1891 California supplied the
domestic trade with 100000 pounds oi
Only 100000 pounds of prune and
5000 900 pounds OF raisins were imported
against g., 10000 pounds Of prunes and
4i,Oao,"co pounds OF ~raisins imported the
yea, previous, showing a diminut!on OF
S,cN,GO pounds of dried fruit In one
veal.
sweeter and larger than the last, the
art of cultivation being brought to such
perfection that the products are unri-
vailed.
one famous little ranch, bought for
5000 by n retired army surgeon and put
into prune orchards, is now yielding
1000 Il year.
While the choicest and largest crops
of fruit come from the Golden Gate
there are sections about the Gulf States
that are as rich as the Garden of Eden
, mato fields in the world. Crops are
/ ready the middle of June. and they are
: absolutely reliable.
Florida is a great orange grove, nnt
growing all the time, the yield averag
Ing 9NO,WO boxes, or, about one-third o
the California supply. England is cul
tiVating a fancy for American oranges
and. by the way of experiment. 100. 90
= boxes were recently shipped to Russia.
The peaches grown in Georgia are a
choice as the choicest hot house fruits
8 Marshallville has the glory of growing
n the "Elberta:' the most luscious fruit thu
, ever came from a tree. New York vii
i have the first pick. and the carload du
e The first week In June will contain 200
Y pounds ready 10 be peeled. cut and smoth
cred in cream and sugar. During Jul,
and August. 2i,O0o.0O packages of peache
viii, Cme into the New York marke
n from Georgia, Delaware. Jersey and Mich
y igan.
. Last week $1,000 barrels Of plneapples
Il Of siNty-tive apples each, We're receive
from Havana. This is the largest pine
apple receipt in the history OF the Ney
YORK Fruit Exchange. The fruit Is ex
Cellent and will continue plentiful f.
three months. After that the Bahama an
Florida pineupplss will be rIpe. cub
z grows this fruit all the year. The sup
Ply drops off when the peaches are ripe
because It doesn't pay the growers I
o handle 1t, the freight being 20 cents o.
each barrel, ana the demand being f.
The crop of strawberries Is very siCkl,
Z lust now. But there are good times com
Ing. Norfplk ana Delaware grower
have been heard from. and short cak