The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-23
FRUIT AT
REDLANDS
An Independent Fruit
Exchange
VERY HIGH GRADE OF ORANGES
no GROWERS IN THE CITRUS
COMBINE
VERY HIGH GRADE OF ORANGES
They Differ From the Southern Cali
fornia Exchanges Only by In
sisting on fob. Sales

The Redlands Orange Growers asso-
citation is an example of highly success
full cooperation under favorable con-
ditions. This association has finished its
sixth year, during which it has shipped
1877 carloads of oranges, about one-third
Of the total product of the Redlands
district. There were 40 growers in the
association during the past season. The
largest producer among these is the Red
lands Orange Grove and Water COM
pany, which has about 200 acres in bear
ing orchard. From this the scale runs
down to owners of only few acres, in
some cases producing less than a hun
dred boxes of oranges.
This association is independent in the
market That is, it does not affiliate
with any other in any pro-rating or pool
ing arrangement whatever or in any at
tempt to control the market. 1t also
holds strictly to the principle of f. o. b.
Eales, differing in these two vital prin-
ciples from the methods of the South
ern California Fruit exchange. 1t has
therefore, been an active competitor of
that exchange, and is ranked among the
"outside organizations.
The Redlands association has hereto
fore packed all it's fruit under two
brands, the first quality or fancy"
fruit under the rose brand and the sec
ond quality under the crescent brand
There has been no intermediate brand
e,
onds In 1895 S61a per cent of all the navel
oranges delivered at the packing house
of this association was packed as fancy
fruit. Eight and half per cent was
packed as second grade and per cent
was sold to local dealers as culls, for
what they would bring. This year nearly
So per cent was packed as fancy, but,the
proportion Of the remaining IA per cent
rejected as culls and therefore not ship
cpd was somewhat larger than last year.
Nineteen per cent of the seedlings were
culls and % per cent of the Mediterrane-
an Sweets. The seeding and sweet culls
were not shipped, so that there was only
one brand of these oranges on the mar
ket from this association. In other
words, the proportion of first class or
fancy fruit, of all the fruit received at
the packing house was: Navels, Sc per
cent; seedlings, 81 per cent; and Medit-
erranean Sweets II per cent. The net
price per box of the second quality ma
vels was only 76 cents. as compared with
81 SO for the first quality. OF St Michael
and Blood oranges this association
packed about 1900 boxes. About II per
cent of the st. Michaels received were
culls and about 10 per cent of the Bloods,
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