The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-28

Apparently tue old Joke that IN the
best irulI seasons the fruit 10 all killed
carly in tho year Is iorcibly exempli'
fed this time, In tho spring it was an
nounced on tho bUSt authority that
everything was killed by frost, Not
only we're the fruit buds blighted, but
tho smaller twlRs and oil tender plants
wero killed. Tho outlook was very
gloomy, and not u dissenting voice was
heard from tho general verdict thatthis
would be- the worst season on record for
years. Everybody gave tho best rea'
sons for believing 80, aud everybody
else accepted tho Judgment as correct
As u matter OF fact thero have boon
few years in the past when vegetables
and fruits were as plenty and 80 cheap.
The pear, plum and apple trees actually
break with their burdens, II not prop
ped, aud many careful horticnlturiatS
have pluck0d large percentage Of their
fruits green, to prevent the limbs from
breaking down. Tho green twigs which
woro frozen black" have become OBJ
jects Of curiosity because OF tho way tue
fruit ia packed on their sides.
There AFRO two branches oil bu5lneiH
which furnish a peculiarly close index
OF tho yield OF fruit and vegetables
sugar aud fruit jars and cans. Just now
there is an almost unprecedented de-
mand for all sorti OF fruit packages-tin
cans, Jelly glasses, earthon lars and
glass fruit Jars. This, however, seems
to be moro noticeable among tho job
bling trade than with retailers. A man
uiacturer OF cans explained it yesIer'
day. lie said his concern had ordera
booked all the time for all their pro-
duct for several days ahead, but tho
reason was that tho outlook for such
stock was so bad early III tho summer
that nobody made any cans in antlcipa'
ton Of tho years trade Consequently
all orders must DO titiet directly from
tho work shop. In tho past few days he
hal had 10 rgiu,e several big orders for
immediate delivery. Tho trouble IL
that everybody wants such goods az tho
same time.
II is tho same way with Mason's
fruit jars. Manufacturers conlenied
thOmselves with q email output early IN
the season, and now they can scarcely
supply tho demand, while iobbcrs who
lot their stocks run down have to wait
on the factories.
Dealers in sugar say there has not
boon any Speclal boom in thor trade
but it seeEs to DO picking up now.
Tho city market for oil such goods as
arc needed for putting up FRUIT IS not
in keeping with tho demand from tho
country. It appears that in tho last
year or two putting up fruit at homo has
threatened to become lost art Last
winter many canned goods OF fair
quality could DO bought Tor very little
more than the price OF tho empty cans
hero, and when the labor aud all other
items are taken into consideration 1t 10
no wonder II the average housekeeperr
prefers to take chances on the purity oil
the goods and buy her fruits ready
canned. Out in the country, where
fruit is almost literally dirt cheap II is
different
This year many people missed q good
thing BY waiting for cheap iruits. For
instance, pluns were at one time drug
in tho market, and pears were alao, at
very low prices, but recently they have
been scarcer at much higher rates. To.
matoes retail now at thirty and thirty
tlyo cents q bushel. 1t is seldom they
get below forty cents, vet people arc
waiting, expecting them to DO cheaper
in Il week or 90. While the canning
factories are buying all that are offered
at twunty aud twenty-five cents, there is
little prospect OF their going much be-
low their prcsOn. market price to con-
HumeFs.