The herald., 1895-01-29
IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD.
The Orange Crop Unframed
by Frost.
Cheap Oranges Sold Under Fraudu-
lent Brands.
Decline of Butter and Egss-Chicago Grain
and Provisions Market-Pr0-
duce Quotations

Los ANGELES, Jau. %.
The low temperature of the past two nights
caused a rumor to be circulated that some dam
age had been done to the fruit and vegetables
by frost The most reliable information, how
ever, from the most exposed districts, fails to
confirm in the slightest degree any such report
so far as observed the frost did no damage to
even the most delicate plants. AS for the or
ange crop. the fruit in its present developed
state could stand perhaps as low temperature
as 20 degrees without serious injury. Ths oil
glands.in the skins of the oranges are so fully
developed that it would take much greater
degree of cold than any yet experienced this
season, to penetrate to the pulp of the fruit and
doinjury. There has been a film of ice on lit
tie pools OF water here and there, but IL can be
positively stated that not a dollars worth Of
damage has been done to the orange crop nor is
any likely to occur at this late date The deep
snow that covers the mountains will probably
impart chill to the atmosphere for some
nights yet, but the orchardists are not losing
any sleep on account OF fear of harm by Jack
Frost
THE ORANGE MOVEMENT.
The orange movement which has been more
or less retarded by rain the past two weeks,
promises TO be resumed with increased vigor
this week, and shipments from now on will be
quite heavy, II the weather remain favorable.
There is no diminution in the orders received
by the fruit exchanges, and the large independ-
ent packers and commission men, especially
those who have bought ths crops OF large Or
charge also seem to be sending goot deal OF
fruit forward. While the weather for several
days past has been not so warm as might be de-
sired to ripen the fruit rapidly, each day never
theess shows some improvement in the condi-
ton of the crop. The January rains, though
more than needed, have benefited rather than
than injured the fruit; SO say all the orange
rowers.
PRICES UNCHANGED.
The fruit exchanges still adhere to the scale
adopted at the beginning OF January. The only
exception seems to be in the case of Redlands,
where extra fancy navels have been held at
$3.50. A. correspondent OF The HERALD at
Redlands has this to say OF the situation there:
"The orange movement here is slow, owing
to the in sistence with which the packers hold
the fruit at 49, SO. The association, Earl and
Lyon & Son, are cooperating to maintain the
price of Redlands oranges at those figures; in
consequence very little shipping is being done
at present, as the remainper of Southern Cali
fornia is supplying the market at 81 %, 81 and
under Some indignation has been freely ex-
pressed against Gregory. who Is accused of
packing Cotton oranges under the Rediands
brand. Even should Cotton oranges be quite
as good as those grown eight miles farther up
the valley, IL is held still cause for com plant,
in that there should be true locality brand on
every box of oranges shipped from the state.
At Lyons packing house there are $500 boxes
OF oranges awaiting purchasers. This is a new
house, which began operations last season. 1t
10 locstel east of town. near Mentone and The
immense groves owned by Mr.. Lyon, who has
about $50 acres of finest soil, all OF which is in
oranges with the exception of five-acre alfalfa
patch"
FRAUDULENT BRANDS.
While Rsdlands 10 very Jealous of her brand,
tits no; admitted by the growers of some other
sections, that Redlands oranges are superior to
all others. 1t is claimed that some of the fancy
naveis sold at So by other exchanges are as
good as the $3.50 article sent out from Red
lands Itwould appear, also, from advices re-
ceived by the fruit exchanges that the Red
lands brand is fraudulently used by some I'm
scrapulous packers and that some inferior fruit
is sold at the east as the prime Redlands article,
at ridiculously low figures. For instance, a
we'll known Los Angeles fiuit packing firm is
quoting Redlands navels in Houston, Texas, at
81 per box. Another and larger house is re-
ported to be quoting Redlands seedlings in Lit
tie Rock, Ark, at 81 20 per box. AS Redlands
nayels are held at SO. so and seedlings at rs,
fob, it Is apparent that great fraud is being
pefpetratsd, and that the oranges sold as Red
lands fruit, must be very inferior stuff that
probably never was within so miles of Red
lands.