The herald., 1896-10-06
MARKETS OF THE WORLD
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Local, Eastern and Foreign
Commercial Dealings
A New Way Of Packing California
Raisins
Notes on Fruit Crops From Many
Sources-Prices Paid for Wine
Grapes and for Dried Fruits.

The San Francisco Fruit Grower has
nation on the fruit crop from the press
of the state:
Grape picking, says the Yolo Mail. has
commenced here. Wine grapes are SELL
ing for $3.50 on board the cars at this
place. The raisin grape is not ripe
enough to pick yet, being something like
two weeks later than usual. No doubt
the season for drying will regulate itself
accordingly.
Grape picking is now we'll under way
in this section, says the Fresno Enter
prise. The crop is short and the work
will be done within week or ten days.
There Will be some difficulty about dry
ing If the nights continue cool.
The grape growers of San Diego coun-
ty, says the Ontario Record, have COM
menced the seasons wine making. A
very fair crop Is estimated. At Ell Cajon
raisin packing Is about to commence. At
Escondido the raisin crop Is large this
season.
The Marysville Packing company, says
the Marysville Democrat Of September
4th, began putting up their selected
fruit" brand for which glass Jars only
are used. OF the yellow peaches now be-
ing preserved it is putting it none too
strong to say the product has no equal
in the world. A carload of the Jars ar
rived from the east early this week.
w. R. Keller is in Missouri and writ
ing to the Watsonville Pajaronian says:
There never was such an apple crop In
the eastern states; it is far beyond all
former estimates The crop Of New
York is placed at 50,000,0 900 barrels. The
railroad companies are giving low rates
and the western states will be flooded
with New York apples. There is no mar
ket east for our apples"
The Daily Fruit and Produce Report
er of st. Paul states with reference to
the Wisconsin cranberry crop, that at
present the. cranberry marshes are in
splendid condition and there is promise
Of an immense yield. 1t Is said unless
frost destroys them the crop will be the
largest for many years. The past few
days the marshes have been flooded
nights, the owners fearing frost.
A large quantity Of the dried apricots
sold, says the Solano Republican, real
lied cents per pound. Two carloads of
Winter Nellis pears were shipped to
Chicago this week. These shipments
closed the season here. The number Of
cars shipped from this point to eastern
markets this year was 800, against 1870
expected this season. Some orchardists
have sold for s130 ton. The two best
paying crops this year will evidently be
| cherries and almonds. e. Luehning
will ship about ten cars Of dried fruit to
| Hamburg, Germany, this year. If these
shipments come up to expectations he
| will make extensive shipments next
year.
The California growers Of raisins are
frxr INN nrta r,t
and one that was foreshadowed in re-
cent issue of this journal. 1t is the plac-
ing on eastern markets of seedless rais-
ins in competition with those from New
York, which has produced them exclus-
lively for two years, and has charged
very high prices for them.
A leading local broker has received
advices from the coast during the week
that the new seeded raisins would be
ready to ship in two or three weeks
This will mark the beginning of prob
ably spirited competition between the
New York and California seedless rails
ins, one feature Of which will doubtless
be considerable lowering Of prices.
The new seedless raisins will be
packed in one-pound cartons and are
expected to make hit. When the New
Workers. put their product on the market
1t was accepted as a wonderful step for
ward in the raisin business, and this
feeling has enabled them to get enor-
nous prices for their goods. For exam
pie, the New York seedless raisins have
sold at II to 10 cents as against Az to 6k
cents for the same raisins in their ma
tural state. The California shippers
have not announced their prices as yet,
but 1t is expected to be great deal lower
than that of the New York article. The
profit on the latter has been great deal
more than fair, as outsiders have been
able to get seeding done at cents per
pound, which still leaves large mar
gin unaccounted for. Undoubtedly the
New Yorkers would have had competi-
ton before this if the seeding machines
could have been procurable. but sort
of embargo has been laid about them.
Loose muscatels are to be the sort first
seeded, and there Is an undoubted field
for them in this section, PROVIDED the
price is easonable.-Grocery World.