The herald., 1895-07-02
The Orange Season Is Draw
ing to a Close
THE RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED
Reports From the Atlantic Coast and
Other Markets
California Seedlings Arc a Popular Fruit and
Washington NaveIs Will Always Hold
the Highest Place

The orange season is drawing to close
rather earlier than the orange growers
would like to see. That is to say, the
eastern market Is filled with table fruits
now in season throughout the middle
north west or imported from the southern
states whi ch are sold at prices SO low AS
seriously to interfere with the consump-
tion of oranges. Even California growers
are doing some of the competing with
oranges, for cherries, pears, apricots
and not few blackberries and straw
berries from this sta te may now be pull
chased at eastern fruit stands. Oranges
still 60 out, however, 80 cars having been
shipped on Saturday, and orders for two
more having been received yesterday
morning.
The season may he regarded as sue
cessful one, though the prices obtained
have been less than were hoped for and
though 1t now appears that at least some
portion of the crop will be disposed of as
fertilizers of the soil under the trees on
wbi h the oranges grew. Mr.. Morehousee.
exchanges. has been making. trip
through the east with the general view of
booming the California orange. reaching
Chicago on his return trip from New
York on June 25th. From his accounts
as we'll As from the reports contained in
the trade papers throughout the east, Cal
ifornia in general and the fruit exchanges
in particular, have done very m nch more
during the past six months than merely
to sell certain hundreds of car loads OF
oranges, in that they have established a
reputation for California fruits, and for
the method OF handling which the ex-
changes have adopted. Brands on Cali
a h
the eastern markets. and it is scarcely
too much to say that until the present
season those same brands meant little
moro than that the shipper desirad pay
according to brand, without much ref
erence to the fruit in the boxes. OF more
branding is the fact that the oranges have
been shipped to new markets and have
gained reputation as equalling any for
eign fruit and excelling most of it. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Warehouses; latest report,
up to this time Lodi oranges were re-.
garded as the finest citrus fruit shipped
into New York, but with the receipt Of
some Duarts seedlings few days ago
this opinion changed. and the trade is
now asking for more Duarte seedlings
and expressing the opinion that no better
oranges ever came into the New York
market from any county. And the ex-
change managers know that similar fruit
Chu Dc tcllb rum many ioOullIico III VI
ange growing sections of California, and
that it needs but an introduction to be
appreciated.
now be regarded that California oranges
will hold the Atlantic coast market at
least until such time as Florida again
comes into the field as competitor.
which is not likely to occur for at least
five years; and California navel oranges
will always compete successfully with any
orange which has yet been discovered.
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California Trade Review: The failure
to organize system Of exchang ges for the
systematic marketing of the deciduous
fruit crop is o matter of sincere regret.
The orange exchanges have proved a
boon to fruit growers, and no doubt good
would have resulted from organizations
Of deciduous fruit growers conducted on
the came lines. As it is, the deciduous
fruit growers find themselves again at
them mercy of the middlemen. and will
market their fruit where and whenever
they can, OF let it rot on the trees.
Grasshoppers have appeared in sonoma
county. The pests are said toiprevall in
great mum bers and are sweeping the vines
clear of foliage. They have also attacked
the vineyards at NOvato, Marin county,
and from past experience there is no
practical way to ex xterminate them.
The progress of these destroyers will be
watched with some anxiety, IS their raw
ages may largely affect the vintage and
the price OF grapes this season.