The herald., 1896-07-29
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WALL STREET SPECULATION
The Crop of Fruits in the United
States
Prospects Of Large Crops of Apples and
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Prospects Of Large Crops Of Apples and
Peaehes-Smyrna Figs, SuItana Raisins
and French Prunss

The California Fruit Grower gives
the following summary of news as TO
| the fruit crops in various sections, taken
| from their special correspondents and
| exchanges:
| Kansas City-Our section is enjoying
| a hugh fruit crop, but the handlers of
| foreign and California fruits are not
enthusiastic. California summer fruits
start out 'sluggishly, the market, of
course, to an important degree, being
| forestalled by the home supply. Com
plants are heard about the poor quality
| of peaches grown near by, and a little
later a market may develop for fair
| quantities of California fruits at fair
prices.
The peach crop of Michigan will be
| enormous Transportation companies
are making extensive preparations in
| the way of extra boats on the lake and
fast trains on the railroads. Peaches
| from the lake shore districts are now
being marketed in the west in large
| quantities. Shippers expect to be able
to reach Atlantic seaport markets, such
as New York, Philadelphia and Boston,
this season."
IF reports are reliable Georgia peach
shipments will fall below the lowest es-
Inmates yet made. A few weeks ago
we published report from most relia-
BILE source placing the expected ship
ments at 400 to 500 cars. Now we are
informed that the 400 mark will hardly
be reached. This is a heavy falling off
from the shipments of 1895, when over
900 cars left the state"
Reports reach US that the peach
crop of New Jersey is largely a failure
this year. All other sections report a
most bountiful crop. The crop of New
Jersey suffered from heavy drop, while
the peaches were small and large part
of the remainder were whipped off by
a wind Storm
Suisun, Cal.-"There is but little new
| to report since my last. The extremely
hot weather has made growers hustle
to take proper care of their apricots.
The dried apricot output will be about
up to the average Gamers are making
inquiries for clingstone peaches, which
are very short, high and hard to get.
Gamers are even taking free stone
peaches and pears as a mode of assist
ing them to obtain the clingstones. But
few sales are to be reported, though
prices asked range about as follows:
Pears fob. Suisun, SIT per ton, size 2h
lllCHeS, CllllSStOIle pedCIeS, 3Zf.OU per
ton, size "a inches clngstone peaches
$50 per ton, size 21a inches; freestones
are not wanted except with clingstones,
and then range from SIT up to $50 per
ton"
Our latest mail advices from Bor-
| deaux, France, indicate fair yield from
| the old prune trees and a good yield
| from the new trees. With favorable
weather conditions until harvest time
| medium yield will result Stocks of
| old prunes, crop of 1898 and '94 are turn
| ing out poorly and it is thought that the
| quantity on hand, some 2,G00 900 pounds
I will prove total loss"
! A letter just received here from
| Dracopoliaine & Co., of Smyrna says
| raisins (says the New York Daily Com
mercial Bulletin): "The late frosts
have materially damaged this fruit.Th
extent of the damage, however has been
considerably exaggerated. For the
past month we have had exceptionally
fine weather and barring any sudden
change we calculate the, crop will
amount to $4,000 tons, as against an
equal quantity for 1895, $4,000 tons in
1894, 10000 tons in 1898 and 81 900 tons in
1922
Mail advices from Smyrna just re-
ceived state that it cannot be said with
certainty what the output of figs will
be, but that if the weather then prev
alent, and which was so propitious to
the growth of the fruit. should contin-
ue, it is more than likely that the crop
will be abundant and the quality good
and sound.'
OF the eastern apple crop the New
York Fruit Trade Journal says:
A Michigan correspondent says: 1.-THE
apple crop has been a failure for sew
eral seasons past in this state but there
y,
first pickings are already in the market
The facilities for handling the fruit will
be better than in former seasons"
a LyndonVille, Orleans county, N. Y,
special says: There are good prospects
for one of the biggest apple crops ever
gathered in this section. Trees are al
ready breaking down with the weight
of the fruit"
From Prospect Hill, Lycoming coun-
ty, Pa, we learn that the prospect for
a good apple crop are so bright that the
farmers are gathering in cider barrels
by the wagon load.
If nothing interferes, says Lebanon,
Pa, writer, there will be an immense
apple crop in Pennsylvania this year.
The Merchants Review, New York,
says the apple crop in the principal ap-
pie growing districts of that state is
said to promise a larger yield than in
twenty years.
The estimate of Mr.. Mills of the p w.
& b railroad of the peach crop of Del
aware and Maryland peninsula makes
it the largest crop harvested in many
years. His estimate does not include all
the peaches grown in that locality, so
that in place of 6,600,00 baskets the ex-
pected output is placed at about 8,000-
900 baskets.
From Bordeaux, France a correspond
ent writes: UNLESS something happens,
our prune crop should amount to about
35,0OO,000 to 100000 pounds (American
counD the same being susceptible to an
increase of about 10 per cent, owing to
the unusually large size of the fruit ex-
pected if the weather continues favora-
BILE. for the trees are not being over
loaded. the fruit will have chance of
developing to a good size. Although not
a large crop. the yield this season prom
ises to be more than double that of last
year, low prices may therefore be rea-
sonably expected; as the fact must not