The record-union., 1896-09-06
BETTER PRICES REALIZED.
California Fruit Doing Well in the
Eastern Market.
Peaches Are Wanted in the East
as tho Home Market is
Cleaning Up.

Both shippers and growers are we'll
pleased by the fancy prices brought for
fruit during the past few days in East
ern markets, and advices show the out
look good for continuance.
In speaking of the matter A. ]. Hecht-
man of Porter Brothers Company said:
"Advices from all quarters report a
good outlook for fair prices on Cali
fornia fruits of all varieties. Tokay
grapes and peaches are doing remark
ably we'll. Boston sold Tokays Friday
at 81 $500 40 per half crate. Peaches in
Boston averaged in the neighborhood Of
81 20 per box. Plums from 81 1901 30
per half crate. New York sold peaches
to average $1@1 10 per box and plums
from 81 O5@1 45 per half crate. Tokay
grapes sold from 81 5O@2 70 per half
crate. Assorted grapes from 81 1902 70
per half crate. Double crates of Tokays
sold at So 35. We sold in. New York
City one car Of FlOrin stock containing
grapes. Salway peaches and plums for
81 SOB gross. Saturday we sold in New
York Vacaville Tokays from 81 1902 20
per half crate. Salway peaches 81 100
l % per box. Muscat grapes averaged
81 O5@1 15 per half crate. These are ex-
cellent prices for Saturday sale.
Peaches are wanted in the East.
THE domestic stock of fruit is clean
ing up and there is every reason to be-
lieve that prompt shipments of peaches,
grapes, plumS and pears will meet with
good results.
In dried fruit there is no activity.
The transactions are hardly worthy Of
mention. The Eastern buyers, though,
are gradually awakening to the fact that
California will not have a great guam
tity of dried fruit to send to the Eastern
market this season. Germany is taking
quite a number Of fancy California
prunes, also some strictly fancy Moor
park apricots. We are making ship
ment of several thousand cases of dried
fruit to Hamburg on a vessel sailing
September 2Sth. We have taken all the
orders for foreign shipment during the
month of September that we felt safe in
accepting. Our shipments to Germany
during the month Of October will show
considerable Of an increase over Sep
tember shipments. This Is owing to the
fact that the fruit cannot be dried fast
enough to fill all orders in September
by October 1st to the 10th dried
prunes will be in in sufficient quantity
to warrant accepting orders for heavy
shipments during the first half of Oc-
tober We think the dried fruit market
will advance very materially within the
next thirty days."
Fruit shipments hold up we'll and yes
terday 50 carloads were started East
as against 66 cars for the corresponding
day last season. OF the number, 1lA
cars were loaded with peaches, " with
plums. 121a with grapes. n with ounces
and "a with pears.
The shipments will be distributed as
follows: Chicago-Peaches 8 cars,
plums y, grapes 41a pears 1874. New
York-Peaches "A, grapes 2. pears 121a,
ounces H-15. Boston-Peaches Ia,
grapes 2, pears 1A-5. New Orleans
Grapes q, pears III. Philadelphia
Peaches ". grapes IN, pears ~
Omaha-Peaches y. grapes ~. pears 1A
g. st. Paul-Peaches ~, pears vi.
inneapolis-Peaches q. grapes "a,
pears 1-2 st. Louis-Peaches 70, pears
/, grapes H-2. Other points-Peaches
I cranes 8. pears 2NA Total SO.