The record-union., 1896-08-09

of a cablegram showing the complete
results of the sale in London of the
five carloads of fruit which left Sac
ramento July 21st. The five cars
crossed over $1,000 The shippers in
terested are more than pleased, and all
true friends of the fruit industry of
California should rejoice with them.
The sale in detail was as follows:
Pears, twenty-five pound boxes. | 81
Washington piums, half crates. u
Other plums, half crates. ........ IL
Tragedy prunes, half crates. -. L 64
German prunes, half crates. 49,. l 0l
All of the above fruit sold at a profit,
and several of the varieties sold a
great deal higher than did the same
varieties in our domestic markets. In
tact, with gross sale averaging 81, 400
per car, deducting S720 per car for rail
and ocean freight and refrigeration,
each car sold in London would show
a net sum greater than the gross sales
of several cars sold the same day in
New York
Notwithstanding the advice which is
being given to growers not to ship fruit
to London, another train will leave
Sacramento next Tuesday, August
l1th All the space in this train has
been engaged for week. Fruit for
the next special will be of the finest.
and will be contributed by the follow
ing prominent growers and shippers,
who know their business, and all of
whom have been patrons of previous
trains this season. Frank II. Buck,
Vacaville; Porter Brothers Company,
Sacramento; Sol Runyon and S. /.
Roper, Sacramento: Oakshade Fruit
Company, Davisville and the National
Fruit Association.
LOW PRICES EAST.
The fruit shipments East yesterday
amounted to 81 carloads. as against
64 On the same date one year ago.
The fruit consisted of 14H cars of
peaches, 10$l of plums, "A of grapes
and 23I of pears, and will be dis
tributed as follows: icago-Peaches
. cars plums 21a. pears 51a-1o. New
Xork-Peaches ~, plums AZ, pears
S%-15. Boston-Peaches 5, plums 3,
grapes u, pears 2A-11. st. Louis
Pears l. Denver-Peaches q, pears Il
i. Kansas City-Pears 2. Pittsburg
Pears l. Omaha-Peaches 1%, pears
1I-3. ST Paul-Peaches q, pears "A
l. neapolis-Peaches /, pears II.
Other points-Peaches ~, piums y,
pears 2-4.
CONDITIONS IN THE EAST.
A. j. Hechtman, local manager of the
Porter Bros. Company, said yesterday:
There has been considerable change
in the fruit market in the East since last
week. The sales on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday were very good indeed,
all round, and the first sign of a break
in prices became apparent on Thursday,
although Philadelphia and Boston held
UP well on that day. There was Slight
break in Chicago on Bartlett pears, but
plums held their own. Plums also sold
we'll in New York. Pears from this sec
ton of the State slumped from ST 60 to
an average of about 81 % per box.
Bartletts from Armona District sold at
an average of about 81 so and 81 90
per box. The worst break of the week
occurred in peaches on Thursday in
New York, and on Friday in all the
markets, with the exception of cling
peaches in Boston, which realized 81 80
per box, as against IS cents to 81 10 for
Early Crawfords.
THE only sale we had on Saturday
was in Boston, where Early Crawfords
sold at an average of from 65 cents to
10 cents per box, Bartlett pears
from 81 p to 81 45 per box and 10 cents
per half-box. New York reports four
cars of California fruit sold on that
market Saturday at low prices, and the
weather extremely hot
We look for an advance in the Bos-
ton market the latter part of this week.
The weather in the Eastern cities has
been extremely hot this past week. Yes
terday in Chicago the thermometer
stood at 81 degrees at noon. and there
are no prospects for much better prices
until there is a change in the weather.
Cooler weather will make a better de-
mand and renew activity. Even the
domestic fruit received in the larger
cities is rotting very badly, and cannot
be sold. Future prices will depend
largely on the supply, quality and con-
dition of the fruit.
THE feeling on dried fruit is improv-
ing, and we look for a good advance in
the dried fruit market in the near fu-
ture. Advices from France state that
prunes Will be medium crop only. as
regards quantity, and that great pro-
portion of the crop will be large-sized
fruit. II the French crop should turn
out as reported. there will not be a large
export demand from Germany. It is
too early to speak definitely on this
point until something more tangible de-
XpinnG n
ports on the French crop are absolutely
correct.
Lemons are on the jump in the East.
and fancy prices are being realized for
good stock. Sicily lemons sold in Chi
cago yesterday at So per box. The lem
on-growers of California will no doubt
feel the effects of the stiff lemon market
in the East, and consignments of lemons
to the Eastern cities, where these high
Irlces are now being realized, will have
tendency to relieve the home market
TO such an extent that we NAV conf
GENTLY look forward to higher prices
on lemons in the coast markets"
ANOTHER'S VIEWS.
Mr.. Earl of the Earl Fruit COMPANY
said: The past week has been one of
low prices for California Bartlett pears
and peaches in the Eastern markets
caused by the extreme hot weather pre-
vailing in the Eastern States. also by
excessive shipments from California.
and competition of Eastern domestic
fruits. particularly peaches Bartlett
pear shipments continue heavy, and for
the six days ending Saturday morning
there were 1913 carloads of pears
shipped from California, compared with
W carloads for the same period last sea-
son.
These heavy Sbinn,an+c Of naarS ,ra