The herald., 1895-01-31
GOSSIP FOR CITRUS GROWERS.
Meeting of Fruit Exchange
Dealers.
Lessons Learned From the Freeze In
Florida.
Southern California Horticultural Commits
sioneB Hold q Business
Session.
Los ANGELICA. Jan. 30.

Wedne day afternoon. Nothing but routine
business was Transacted. No action was taken
looking to a change in price,, The schedule
adopted at the beginning of the season will be
strictly sdheied to- All applications for re-
duction have thus far been firmly rejected, but
no difficulty is experienced in fudng buyers
for the crop ut the quoted figures as fast as il
ripens.
Oranges are now moving lively but thus far
very few lemons have bsen shipped BY the ex-
changes. Most OF the lemons sold up to date
seem to have bean handled by commission
men.
| TdesdaJ night was about the coolest OF the
Season. The lowest tenn oerature reported from
any part Of the orange belt was 80 degrees. The
mercury could drop as much AS 5 degrees
lower without injury to the fruit in its present
matured stage. All reports OF dam lge by frost
are therefore untounded.
BAN FRlNCIsCo FRUIT AUCTION.
Mondays suIletin has the following: The
San Francisco Auction company had q sale Of
three cars of oranges today. Washington ma
vels went from 81. 40G2 choice seedlings sold
at range of $1.05 to $3.50, while standard
stock went at range of 90cg$ |, 20; CHI dice
homassasss, $l.35 9l.55, tangerines sold at
da ines brought 45a5Oc for quarters. Lemons
sod at $l.459l So lot nj 100 half boxes
h5s sold at Soc.
THEN HIGH Prices.
The santa Barbara Press says; 1t Is of vastly
m ore i'm portancs to the orange growers OF this
state to extend the area OF trade than to get
high prices for tn years crop. Tnere is a
vast population east OF the Missouri river who
conAect citrus fruits with the Mediterranean
or otner ruth of Europe loia.itie,. The de-
strucJIon of the Florida ORANGE crop will give
California growers Il chance To push their pro-
ducts into eastern notiee. But We shall spoil
ouc marAet II W. attempt TO GO fancy prices:
IL viii be poor policy 20 c1ulect tho idea of
CALIFORNIA; oranges vita prices that only the
rich can afford. California will nnd its market
for fruits of al kinds among the masses. II
we caa reach Them and supply Their warts
within their means there viii be no ttouole
about selling our fruit remuuerative prices.
PLANT GRAPE FRUIT.
A private Florida letter to an exchange con
tains sugg istion wlica may be Of value to
the orchardists of this state. After detailing
the injury dom the Floridiins by the freeze, IL.
expresses the belief that nearly ali the lemon
AM many OF the grape fruit tees are killed,
and adds: "Now Is the time for California to
hump herself and put out grape fruit trees, as
in my o pin on California can raise finer grape
fruit than Florida, as their grape fruit would
be clean, The Florida grape fruit Is apt to run
largely 10 russets and that IS not as shlable as
the bright, Very little OF the grape fruit had
been marketed as 1T was all bought up by spsc-
ulators and hsld for high prices. Probably
about $4,000 boxe9 were fr zen. Just SAW
wire from Boston saying tina. grape fruit thst
was p.cSed before tne frost was brlngDy IS
per box ths Ii will no doubt b.inS SO In q
few days as there is not Il box left In the state
uufroZel. Californian wItI no doubs have q
very successful saaso1 ii the growers do not
get the big head 40 bad taey will put prices 30
high that they will let in q Il BOD of Mediter.
anean fruit
FLORIDA ORANGE SEASON ENDED.
The Florida Citizen publishes the following
information concerning the orange industry in
that state:
The orange crop of Florida for tho prevent
season is Practically lining OF the pat But
little fruit IL now being ahipped, and but little
teinl to be for 0srded that is At all tnarke.-
aYle. The coIupar6tlvciy ANAL snount Of frpt
tnat % aoInv shipped is ntinstns suss poor
nr,c's inst the gfowers VIII BE- dssGodfag ID
I G.u sending mOee. The com mission IN ln have
a desc ted ,hclr post, and they wlll have
Il hing else 70 90 unit next aesson.
rasse lacts " 70 stated TO Citizen reporter
ye -eroay by Mai NJ z. Turner, secretary OF
tn Florida fruit e tcheuge.
How much fruit Ia now going forward"
II don't think there are more than 2o0o
b ,e. day, ana this VIII MT DO Sept up
long" said he, "fe'. the season. may be said
to Be practically staa cad. The we're few
thou and boxes OF fruit ia tho state that had
been picked at the tim Of TIN freeze. but this
has about all been shipped now. Tbs only
place In the state that 1 know OF where the
exposed fruit oil the trees WAS not injured was
at Fort Myers. from whore we have had ad-
vices from several growers that their frnit was
not injured. This am ounted to 1000 or 20J0
b xes.
''The frosted fruit that was shipped did not
bring enough to pay for the boxing and freight,
and the grove u nave done about oil the ex-
psrimenting that they care to along this line.
II the freeze had occurred Mt any other time
there would probably have been larger
amount OF fruit picked and stored. As IL was,
however, the freeze came right after the holi.
days, and the growers had rushed nearly all OF
their picked fruit forward aud were taking
rest. Consequently but little fruit was picked
Major Turner estimated that there we're
10000 boxes of oranges being forwarded per
day at this time last ye lr, which makes very
At the Office of the N. c & St. l.. R. R. an
orange tWig was shown that was taken from a
tree Mt Ormnnd. 1t was a piece OF new growth
and was Just commencing to bud, showing that
The IT se had not been hurt in any way. The
genera opinion prevail that the bearing trees
in the state have not been injured to any mate
rial extent, and that there Will be good crop
of oranges this year.
sEEDLING TREES SAVED.
IDLEwILD PARK, Jan. 30.-Your correspond
ent has been waiting for fuller and mO,e DEF.
mite knowledge OF the actual results of the late
freeze. Even now it is no easy problem to
solve. I believe that all, or very nearly ali.
aring Seeding orange trees in Hillsboro
county are saved: so are 80 per cent OF bearing
budded trees. But fully SO per cent. If not
more, of the Young trees from l year old to o
diton relates to unbudded trees, while the
young budd d nursery stock is nearly all killed
in the rhonotosassa lake region. aud slso, as
far as | can learn, in other portions OF this
county.
The xtreme outer limbs of the bearing or
an trees III ldiewild Park groves to limited
extent only. are injured, but enough is showing
NICE, fresh and green to give promise OF full
yield for this seasons crop.
This being the condition OF the orange trees
in Hllsbnro, h ghly favored county for the
growth and productiveness OF all citrus fruits,
and very many sub-tro picsl rs well. IL Is not
hard to conceive OF the immense loss to the
sta in ga ,ara1 a nv tho late col6
With full knowledge of what seeding orange
trees will stand, and how quickly in South
Flo ida they will recover from such freeze o.
more faith than ever in the standard value OF
orange groves In full bearing.
ORANGE TREES ERvIvINa.
puNTA GoRDA, Jan. 30.-An Of the orange
trees near Punts Gorda are putting out new and
tender shoots aud leaves. The most exposed
trees are in front of the Hotel Punta Gorda.
They have retained part of their green fol
iage aud few OF their oranges. On Alligator
C eek, about three miles south, where the for
est broke the wind, fully two-thir Is of the
lie ives are YET green. and many oranges yet
hang or the trees. Tender V g.tables are now
up. But lew pinenppies are injured.
LoNGwoJD, Jan 30.-Oranye trees are begin.
ming to pnt on yours growth. III the groves
the ground il literally covered with oranges
aud dead leaves
LOOKING FOR A SNAP.
ORLANDO, Jan. 80 -CoL George r. Foote of
Zellwood is hsrs. He reports the mot of the
trees In his section conf g out vigorously. and
thinks that thsre will be no material loss be-
yond The fruit crop of the p essnt season.
A number OF prospectors have he en- looking
over this secuon OF the state duri ng the past
week for valua ole orange groves viii CHI can be
bought at half the price asked for the m before
One of tn be gentlemen stated that be was
in search of a SNAP" and that he did not
propose to pay more than SO per cent Of the