The evening world., 1894-05-17
FRUIT WILL Be PLENTIFUL,
Big Load Of Cherries Daily Ex-
pected from California
Figures Which Show the Enormous
Output from the Golden Gate.

telcgraphel from the Golden Gate few
days ago, ani some time this week a car
lead of the luscious fruit will arrive In
New York.
This will be the first contribution OF
the season.
They are not hot-house cherries, not
bit OF IT, hut big. sweet, why. waxy.
red and white fruit-and as fine crop
as ever came from the orchards Of San
Jose.
A tremendous supply" the growers
promise. but a Tremendous consumption
the crop is big. the distribution will be
as wide as the continent, and con-
se1uently the supply will be small.
The hoodoo year Just past, was most most
made any money. Consumers served
dried apples for breakfast, and Ice
cream for dinner. and importers sold the
soft and tropical fruits for barely more
than the shipping cost. Thousands of
cargoes were taken back to the sea and
thrown overheard, because the conslgn-
ers could not afford to land the cases at
20 cents each that would only bring ~
But times are brighter now. There is
e marked activity In the fruit market
over. Prices are not high, but they are
frm. and it is past all denying that peo-
pie are tired OF dried fruits and meat
and want change.
from the natural demand Is shown by
the extraordinary local consumption.
Last week 1000 boxes OF lemons were
sold; 5000 boxes were used Friday alone:
it took 1000 barrels Of p!neapples. Of
about 45 each, to satisfy the New York
ers, and 5000 punches OF bananas.
The consumption OF domestic, fruits,
including strawberries. oranges. lemons.
bananas, apples. grapes and pineapples
averaged 100000 packages every day last
week.
understood than formerly. Doctors
themselves prescribe It instead OF drugs
for people who, feel bad" but can't
tell what ails them. The ranks Of the
by sensible and practical teachers who who
dumplings, and preach up the whole
some economy of fruit desserts.
Then there are, the vegetarians, the
disciples of the scholarly wizard who in
vented the Aladdin oven, and the
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.
fornia fruit into New York now 1t is
delivered in ten days. The trip is made
in refrigerator cases, packed like trunks
freight in the world The fruit is picked
trife under ripeness, and it Is a char
acteristic OF the California products
that they carry" better than If shipped
ripe.
=. Cherries will not be cheap in New
York, nor will any other California
fruit for that matter. Chicago is the
centre OF an immense market, and every
year the growers show disposition
to favor that market.
In 1881 the fruit freight from Galifor-
1n ,I0n to l Scssa Garoads "a cIhosa Ths dis
New York, 25s: Minneapolis. III; Omaha,
Paul. &; St. Louis Il; Kansas City, cIi o 20;
Louisville, Q; Buffalo, |.
Last year loo carloads came to New
York, but Chicago consumed 5000 car
loads.
York viii receive TOD carloeds Of 5000
pounds of fresh fruits each, from Cali
fornia; other sources Of supply near
home will aggregate immense receipts,
probably 3OnO,w pounds.
Some IDEA OF the fruit products OF Cal
iforna may be inferred from the follow
ing figures, which Mr.. f. L. Goodsell, the
mR1eT and auGronesy Ss of
In 1888 5000 pounds OF California fruits
were sold in New York in 1892 the sales
amounted to 100000 pounds: in 1898 to
2O,GoWo; this years consumption Will
MUS Mr Goodseil !5's finds that the fruit
products, amount to s35oco,oO more than
sRs s3a FGaSf@ &C. ns mSe epp1 bs fruit of sa4 ssad
vests .5O.OOO,ooO annually. Land that in
'49 was only used to dig out gold ore
now grows wheat and fruit to the value
supplied America with 10000, 90 pounds
OF, Es,nsn, rais,ns and prunes annually;
elgn fruits are being driven out OF the
market In 1891 California supplied the
domestic trade with 100000 pounds of
prunes ana h2,o0o,ooO pounds of raisins:
Only 100000 pounds of prunes and
1900 900 pounds OF raisins were imported,
against Gl,00o0oO pounds OF prunes and
yea. previous showing dimlnuton OF
7s0cooo pounds OF dried fruit in one
wear.
Every crop, OF California fruit is
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
I $4,000 n 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.
About MissIssippi are The richest TO-
ready the middle OF June, and they are
absolutely reliable.
Florida Is great orange grove. and
growing all the time, the yield averag-
ing 800, 40 boxes, or about one-third OF
the California supply. England is cul.
tivating a fancy for American oranges
and, by the way of experiment. 1O0,O ,OOC
boxes were recently shipped to Russia
The peaches grown in Georgia are n,
choice as the choicest hot house fruits
Mlrshallvlle has the glory OF CROWNS
the "Elherta," the most luscious fruit tha
eVeUCame from tree. New York vii
have the first pick. and the carload du,
the first week In June Will contain 2D0c
pounds ready 10 be peeled, cut and sm0th
cred in cream and sugar During july
and August 2iOOO,OJ packages of peache.
vii! come into the New York marke
from Georgia. Delaware. Jersey and Mich
igan.
Last week 5000 barrels OF pineapples
OF sixtv-nve apples each. were receive,
from Havana. This Is the largest pine
apple receipt In the history of the New
York Fruit Exchange. The fruit is ex
Celent and will continue plentiful 70
three months. After that the Bahama an
Florida pneapp!es will be ripe. Cub
grows this fruit all the year. The sup
Ply drops on when the peaches are ripe
because II doesn't pay the growers L
hand!a II, the freight being 70 cents oI
each barrel, and the demand being 70
soft" fruit.
The crop OF strawberries is very sickl.
Just now. But there are good times com
Ing. Norfolk and Delaware grower