The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-15
THE ORANGE SUPPLY.
California ana Foreign Countries
VIII Keep the Market Full.
From the New York World

Oranges will be fairly plentiful this sea-
son in spite of the failure OF the Florida
crop. America uses 100000 to 100000
boxes of the yellow fruit annually, one
half Of this demand being supplied, as
usual thing, by the Florida orange grow
ers But now that it is known that Flor
ida can only send about a twenty-hfth Of
her usual quantity, at the most, fruit is
beginning to pour in from the West In
dies and the Mediterranean. The Cali
fornla crop, now beginning to be moved
is larger than ever before.
The failure of the Florida crop viii
make really little difference to consumers.
The oranges that come from Jamaica ana
two or three other ports In the west IN
dies are very nearly as me as those
usually grown in Florida and people who
are not orange experts will like them just
From the West Indies something like
10000 barrels equal in quantity to about
300, 900 boxes have already arrived. AT the
same time ships are arriving constantly
from the Mediterranean ports. Oranges
from Catania, Messina and Palermo, in
Sicily, and Valencia, in Spain, are already
on the market, and fruit from Naples and
other ports will soon come in. In prev
ious years, when Florida oranges have
been plentiful, comparatively few boxes or
barrels were forwarded from ports abroad,
but in a season like this the United States
is the best market these growers can have,
and Advantage is being taken Of this
If anything, the market is likely to be
glutted, rather than otherwise, and prices
viii quite probably continue low. In
fact the orange merchants say there Is
no money in the business nowadays.
A few days ago the largest orange sale
that has ever taken place in New York
occurred, breaking two records. The Sec
ond record was In the time II took TO
complete the sale, seventy minutes. There
were sold $3.50 barrels and boxes OF fruit
from Jamaica, together with a small
quantity Of grape fruit, tangerines and
shaddocks. Very nearly $4,000 was real
lied from this cargo, and although the
prices obtained were not remarkable, the
The best estimates Of the Florida crop
figure II at something like 10000 boxes.
Some good, heavy trades in "Floridas'
have already been made. Last winters
frost which set in in December, year
ago, just escaped inJuring the crop then,
and II has not only done for this years
yield, but the production for several
so seriously damaged that II will be three
years at least probably four or five, be-
fore Florida fruit becomes again an active
factor IN the orange market.
All eyes just now are turned upon
california; IL will be CALIFORNIA; greatest
orange year. Her crop in all likelihood
viii come 70 nearly 10000 boxes, or about
600 carloads. there being 300 boxes 70 a
car. The fruit IL packed carefully and
sent out from the Pacific slope In refrig-
mia groves have just started IN 10 pro
duce fine oranges 20 any extent the slope
fruit has absorbed nearly all the orange
trade west Of the Mississippi
California The speciality raised u The
navel orange. which is g handsome fruit,
with a curious ludenfaflOn a. the TOP,
ana Is Juicy and rich without being either