New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13
4 PLETHORA OF GOOD THINGS
MARKETS. ARE GLUTTED WITH FRUIT
AND COUNTRY PRODUCE.
NE-GAN-


DEN STUFF SELLING AT A LOSS.
."r.,e fruit market is badly demoraized," said .
leading broker 10 a Tribune reporter yesterday
"and all kinds OF fruit selling at ruinousy low
prices. There is surplus supply of fruit the
same as there IS of country produce and hsh.
Receipts Of some kinds Of fruit are comparative.
~ limited but even where the receipts are smai'
the supply IS largely IN excess OF the demand Csh-
fornia cherries for instance are In unusually snors
srnnlv on account OF injury to the growing crop
by late and heavy frosts. but prices are never
theloss remarkably low. They have been seiins
wholesale for from 81 q 10 81 80 box ior choico
cherries in boxes containing ten pounds eacn' OUT
good marketable cherries can now be bought ior -
n box and they retsied in stores and on stsnos
for from, p 70 Is cents pound Prices are 90 low
tho. the canneries In California have purchaseo
heavily and thereby still further reduced the oup
ply for shipment to this market me low pro-
and small demand for cherries is 20 consosraos
extent attributable 70 the abundance OF other
fruits ard Of berries which come into competition
with them but think that the main cause exists
in tho pereral depression Of business and the scarce
,ty OF money among consumers when compo's
them 10 economic. There Is good supply VI
Eastern cherries which can be bought at wholesale
for from s 10 10 cents quart. and there arc SUN
plenty OF awberres which are selling all inc way
from 7 10 % cents a quart for sound berries ms
low prjces Of cherries and Strawberries ought 70
crea,e an enormous consumption but the demand
"a far from being commensurate with the supply
which would not ordinarily be regarded as exces-
sve. ,.n, M, uHrv
Oranges are about 90 cents box .ess IMAM
they were last week. and while the supply is by no
means large II IS still in excess OF tho demand.
Their consumption Is materially in'erfered VITO
h., the abundance and cheapness OF other fruts'
and Il IS not likely that present prices VIII % ao
vanced California nayels from cold storage a''
now selling for from 81 q 10 "a 80 oox TOT choNs
fruit and good sound seedlings for from y 10 10 -
a box The best Rods command only from
e Il 70 $50 a box Handlers OF oranges are look
,ry honer,lv for good demand for the Fourth
q, Julv trade as independence Day generally mas
q stimulating effec, on the consumption OF Sn
kinds OF fruit
Lannon's continue to be In -supp.y, and az
be sold only a: losing rates There nave oeeh 49,
boxes sod, at auction this week. and there VIII TO
g 900 boxes Offered under the hammer next week
A, .o-aavs sole 1900 boxes were sold for the foi
lowing prices. Extra fancy zoos. for 81 TO "
box: fancy for 81 70 - 81 box, extra fancy 90"
for s. 20 TO 81 IS box fancy for s. 10 to y % ooA
choice for 81 30 TO s. a box; common Tor ID cent?
70 81 a box These prices show decline OF from
10 70 20 cents box in comparison WIN me price,
realized on Wednesday. but importers seem TO tninh
that they have touched bottom, and that. as sup
plies decrease and hot weather advances, there VIII
." ,R "a have not rallied from the recent de-
clins and despite the fact that the spanish Mill
tarv Council in Cuba has Largely restricted their
shinment they are in ample supply. Ine receipts
from Cuba thus far this year have been only ABOUT
one-half as large as In the Corresponding nan q,
last year The receipts from all sources al az
ports OF the United states during the nrsl NV
months of this year 6l22or) punches. agairst
s 244co punches during the corresponding months
az last wear Bananas are now about " per cent
chc.ner than they were the corresponding GATE
NJ last wear which as in other cases Is attributable
10 iuli times and the superbundance OF other
fruits"
DOUBLE STOCKS OF GARDEN STUFF.
Regarding the gut In the produce market. one OF
the most prominent produce merchants IN the city
said 10 the reporter There is large surplus OF
cabbages wax beans. green beans, cucumoers. to-
matoes etc The glut is the result OF drouth in the
South which delayed the maturity Of the crops. 50
that before they could be shipped the market was
filed with produce from Long Island and New-Jer-
sew There were about 1890 bushels Of cucumbers
received here yesterday. They selling FOR from
only ~ TO 10 cents bushel. which Is so cheap that
manufacturers are buying them for picking. ABOUT
1000 bushels OF toma toes, which received yes
terday are selling at an average OF about 70 cents
n bushel About 1900 bushels OF Southern wax
beans were received. and from 5000 TO 5000 bushels
from nearby places. These and cabbages. etc, are
selling at corresponiing,y low prices; so low, In
fact that in most they represent heavy
loss TO the shippers When the Southern crops are
prices OF country produce always forced to an
ahno1nally low STANDARD Tho increasing innux or
proiuce from nearby sources OF supply Will soon
compel Southern producers 10 stop snipo'ng-say
about one week from now-and then the market wkJ
rally and normal conditions again prevail