The herald., 1895-05-24
LOCAL Field OF COMMERCE
Deciduous Fruit Sales Begun at
New York
NEW SYSTEM INAUGURATED
A New Scale Bug Makes Its Appearance
in the Orchards
The Vedaiia Cardinals Expected to Prove an
Effective Enemy of the New Pest.
The Orange Market

There was offered for sale at New York
yesterday by the L. l.. Goodsell com pany
the first carload OF California fresh fruits
of the season. The sale is noteworthy
because it marks the opening of the
season OF California deciduous products,
of which during the next six months
there should be not less than 1900 carloads
or 100000 pounds, disposed OF. For
other reasons also it has a special import
ance. The bulk of Calfornia's fruit pro-
ducts has been marketed through the
agencies of two large firms in Sacramento
and Chicago, each having branch houses
IN all the principal markets of the United
States. Naturally competition ran high,
and as each Of the firms had it's own
selling agent in every market. during
the last five years the products Of one sct
of growers sending through the one firm
have competed against the fruits of the
other set and shipping through second
firm. There had been trouble from
mutual understanding not having been
arrived at by the auction houses at the
selling points. because one claimed the
favorable o'clock sale hour. The out
come has been the to plan have all New
York auction sales of California products
under one roof at one time and by one
auctoneer.
The frosted scale" is the name given
by the bug snarps to a pest which has
vicinity OF Los Angeles. The specimen
sent for examination is perhaps well de-
scribed by calling it cross between the
black scale and the cottony cushion or
white scale. 1t possesses the distinguish
ing characteristics OF both the varieties
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with speed and thrift unknown to
either. The trees affected are English
walnuts, which seems little remarkable
from the fact that heretofore the walnut
has been regarded as mparativey free
from attacks by either white or black scale,
except in cases whore trees were neg
lected and surrounded by Jrees infested by
scale and providing good feeding grounds
until strong colonies were developed. The
trees upon which the new scale was found
are door yard trees, in good state OF
cultivation, and the pest evidently did
not originate in the immediate vicinity.
Steps will at once be taken to discover the
effect of the vedalia and of the twice
stabbed ladybirG upon the frosted scale.
and as many of its characteristics resemble
those OF the white scale, it is strongly
hoped that the destroyer of the cottony
cushion scale will prove victorious over
the new pest so much resembling it.
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Orders continue to come in to the
orange exchange, though not so numer
ously as might be desired. -Four firms
desiring shipments of lemons made in
quiries yesterday but were informed that
neither quotations nor fruit was forth-
coming. as there were no lemons to be
had. The week opened at Minneapolis
with cherries from the southern states
retailing at SIPS and strawberries at d
cents per box, with the very natural re-
suit that there was no demand at all for
oranges. The situation for the orange
grower. however. is not so serious in as
much as the bulk Of the crop has already
been disposed of and large orders are
not necessary to clean up the orange out
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