The herald., 1895-11-14
THE Orange growers YEAR
The Crop of This Section Three
Million Boxes
TEN THOUSAND CARLOADS
Interesting Data Gathered by the Fruit
Transportation Company
The California Orange to Be introduced on
Large Scale In the Far East.
The New rlarket
TEN THOUSAND CARLOADS

"The orange growers of Southern Cali
fornia have before them the most promis-
ing outlook for the season about TO open
that was ever known since first the gold
en- fruit was raised in this section in
quantities sufficient to compel the crea-
ton of an eastern market for the pro-
duct"
This was the remark made by ]. g.
Quiglsy of the Fruit Transportation COM
pany last evening. Mr.. Quigley has just
completed tour Of Southern California
inspecting the present state of the orange
crop, interviewing individual producers
ana the officers of the various assooia-
tions as well. He has gathered some val
liable data as to the volume of the crop
for the coming season and also facts as to
how 1t will be marketed.
Nothing put providence will prevent
the orange growers receiving the largest
returns from their crop for this year Of
1896. Tho CROP is today in the finest
kind of condition. AS to quantity and
quality nothing better cudld be asked for.
"We estimate that at u minimum cal
culation there will be at least 10, 900 ten
ton carloads Of golden fruit raised this
tains. This would be 10O ZOO tons. or
about 1000, Quo boxes. There are others
more confident than We are. but who are
In equally as good a position to Judge.
They estimate the oIoD at between !, $780,
600 and 3, 500, 900 boxes.
Tho market this year for our orange
crop will be materially enlarged. In the
past there has been but little effort to
put them east of Chicago, but this year
new plan has been devised whereby the
entire east will have chance to buy Cal
ifornia oraLges.
For .omslweeKs past agents of the
California fruit exchanges hava been WIS.,
itiIg large eastern cities like Indianapo-
lis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Cleveland,
Pittsburg, New York, Baltimore. Phila
delphia and other places, getting in
touch with local dealers. They have as
Hertained exactly what the situation is in
each city, and how the California orange
can be handled to advantage in thoss
cities where it is now practically I'M
known.
1.-THE reuslt of all this work will be
effective, and will bring Joy to the heart
of ou- orange growers, for they will have
a demand for what they have to sell from
quarter that it never came from before.
"All arrangements, l understand have
been made to handle California oranges
in the far east on an extensive scale.
Last year many thousands OF boxes were
left to rot or to BIZ fed to hogs, but this
year it will be different, IN our opinion.
Every orange that is grown will have
value, for it will be in demand and there
will be market for 1t.
1.-THE Florida crop, as va all know, is a
failuFa this year. 1t will not run over
100, 0G0 boxes and the average is 5000, 900
boxes. Jamaica oranges do not get into
the market until about February LIST and
after that date comes the crop from Sicily
and Spain.
''In fact every indication points to a
lively demand for California fruit. In
about thirty days now, shipments will
commence and they will continue from
that time forward for several months.
.'Oh, yes, There is one other matter
Twill tell you about. The quality of the
crop this year is extraordinarily fine. At
Riverside, Redlands, Highlands and
other places where they raise the crack
fruit the orange never looked finer than
it does today. To sum it all up this is
going to be the orange growers year.
At least 5000, 200 will be realized in
Southern California by the growers for
their product