New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-16
THE FRUIT MARKET EXCITED.
SEIZURE OF DECAYED ORANGES BY THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
AN AUcTIoNEER REFUSES TO SELL FRAUDU-
IENTI.Y SAMPLED GoODs-LEMONs SCARCE

AN AucrIoNEER REFUSES TO SELL FRAuDU-
LENTI.Y SAMPLED GooDs-LEMoNs SCARCE
AND ORANGES IN OVER SUPPLY.
There unusual excitement in the wholesale
fruit market yesterday The Board of Health seized
more than 800 boxes OF oranges which In bad
condition. An auctoneer refused to sell an invoice
OF fruit the sample of which had been tempered
with. a sharp advance OF 25 cents box on the price
OF lemons took place, and the prices OF oranges
weak.
The fruit seized by the Board OF Health was at
the auction rooms OF the T. L. Goodse Company,
No. 1913 Park Place. 1t was In advanced stage
Of decay. Large advances had been made on II by
banker OF this city. and 1t Is stouty asserted that
unsound fruit was forwarded by the Sican ship
pers for the express purpose OF defrauding the
banker who advanced the money
The refusal to sell the fruit. samples OF which
had been tempered with at Brown & Sec
combs auction rooms No. % Safest. A committee
of the Fruit Buyers Union reported to Edward
Brown the auctioneer. that decayed fruit had been
taken from the samples of large invoice offered
for sale by a prominent importer. and sound fruit
substituted In It's place. thereby conveying the false
impression buyers that the entire invoice was In
good ORDER instead of being In bad condition. In
vestga,Ion disclosed. he auction law OF this State
is stringent. and the auctloneer In refusing to sell
the Invoice said that under no circumstances would
his firm knowingly sel for any any fruit the
Mr.. Browns announcement was received with
hearty applause by the many wholesale fruitbuyers
who were present
At yesterdays wholesale auction sales the cargo Of
the steamship Amarys consisting OF 1000 boxes
of lemons and 1903 boxes OF oranges was quickly
DISPOSED OF. The advance in the price Of lemons
was accompanied by corresponding decline In the
price OF oranges Quotations were az follows: Lem
ous-EXtreme fancy. @Js and 3GOs - 10 81 ~ box;
fancy s. 80 to 81: choice. 81 to s. 30. OTanges-Best
Scilians 81 to s. ~ box; ovals. half boxes u %
to 81 10
lunches OF bananas 20 the number OF 2oVD' con-
shutting the cargo Of the steamship Neptune. from
jamaica sold AT prices which ranged from !" 10 70
cents bunch lts than those realized AT last week
ar Thgn the Sold fr for frca 81 80 to % hanch
seconds 81 to s. p, and thirds, W 10 =" cents
There is a large demand for lemons not only In
this market but also in the Interior ard Mestsrn
y, ,nD hoxes OF lcmors. constituting nearly the en-
tire cargo OF the steamship Glcag I'VE rom Medl,
prices and In iIostoa Tuesday l'V9 boxes or
lemons constituting nearly three-iu,tl'rrs oi tin
cargo Of the steamship .allna rrnniS n'V s,, ~
cents box than was obtained t0r tIul' ~ ~
the same quality ON the sam iay III uis T,.y
Is estimated that the receipts ol hr',t',i 'i''i,'
lemons At this port thus far this season have been
responding date ~ last year me '.'.,'l''{ - a.
tribuied solely the fact that upon the d"stfuc-
zion 81 ~ about S sy%Ye storms Of last Deccbsr AID
January S,rnn shippers extensively curtnile' their
shipments
Increased The shipment OF oranges 10 ms country;
Tho weakness IN the price 90 oranges - ahcIpr,i
rnluly To- The excessive quantity Of California fult
i'm this market. but partly also 70 tn" extremely
loW price 81 strawberries. Prominent Wholt-hl"
fr'1i, merchant sail To a Tribune reporter yesterday
room riding the outlook AZ 10 orlngest the supply
-, Eaufnrnla navel oranges r. nearly exhausted.
r,fffnrnln seedlings are not popular here on nc-
count Of the careless manner In when they hf"
hacked ana the Indifferent ana frequently I'M
innrk.fah. condition in which they ar" received
slrlan oranges Gre hy NJ m"tns ~ "N'iHupp},
and iu fact tiffr IL cnmphfhtiF" Whfcl} or
choice oranges ~ an kinds ia this market F"i
these reasons coupled With The fact that Hnnll
fruits htrn been DNf"nfNry injured by. Unrt ~
many sections If tho country, believe mat Nl'ir
v.ill be- nn carly reaction ma ihht wlhh 'W
,ia,a th~ prices ~ sound oranges VIII be- mhi"i'hy
alsnurfs.'