The record-union., 1897-10-28
Weinsf0ck Lubn C Co, 4OO-4I2 Street SaCran7ent0

part of June on the prospective prune
crop Of the world, says:
"Austro- Hungary and Bosnia have
had unfavorable and rough weather,
which resulted in many complaints,
such as shrinkage and the dropping of
the Fl uit. In case the weather remains
good the crop will be one-half of last
year. Slavonia has only a medium crop.
In Bohemia the fruit has dropped very
much, and the prune and other fruits
will show poor medium crop. Moravia
and Upper Hungary expect in all kinds
of fruit poor medium crop. Com
plants are coming forth that the fruit
dropped very much. Bulgaria, Rouma-
MIA and Bessarabia expect medium
crop. In France the expectations at
first were the most favorable; at pres
ent only half as good, as pest, hail, etc,
have done considerable damage, and
they speak only of a medium crop. The
French prune crop of 1896 is nearly all
sold. This years crop will most likely
make it's appearance sooner than form
erly in the market"
This same bulletin credits the United
States California; with the biggest
prune crop in its history, or 250OO.0OO
pounds over the crops of 1895, and 3d.
100000 over the crop of last year. If
this crop outlook issued in June from
reliable source is verified by the re-
suits. and I understand from later re-
ports it has been, then California should
be able, this year at least, to effectually
meet the competition in Europe, and
this State should realize good figure on
the crop with which kind Providence
has favored it.
GERMANY'S IMPORT OF PRUNES.
TIE import of prunes into Hamburg
alone last year OS96) was 2, ,729,1O0 XII
los. "a kilo is two and two-tenths
pounds) Bremen the same year i'm
ported &C. 700 kilos. These are seaports,
and it must be remembered that only
portion of the prunes which find their
way into Germany and France and the
south countries of Europe are sent there
by sea.
PEACHES, PEARS, APRICOTS, ETC.
They have dried peaches, apricots,
pears and plums in Germany, but as
compared with the California product
they are inferior, and therefore can
hardly be considered competitors. The
peach and the pear, however, are not SO
popular with the Germans as the prune
and the apricot. The former is sta
pie article with which they are familiar,
and they especially like the latter by
reason of its sub-acid flavor. AS they
become better accustomed to the meth
eds of preparing the peach and the
pear. these articles will grow in favor
and correspondingly in demand
RAISINS.
Germany consumes great many rals-
ms. Last year the receipts OF TINS
fruit at Hamburg alone was 9,20ioOO
kilos More than two-thirds of these
were from Asia Minor. Spain supplied
.,59. 900 kilos. and the United States
0California) 249. 400 kilos. OF these more
than three-fourths were sold through
Eastern houses. They ike the 1sill-
fornia raisins, but object to paying any
thing extra for clusters OF fancy pack
ing. The three and four-crown loose
muscatels in fifty-pound boxes IS the
rack and brand most in favor with the
trade in Germany.
CANNED FRUITS
1t is in the line of dried frults as we
have said. that California will be aole
to do the best business with Germany
We can sell some canned fruits; we
are selling some, and they are very
much liked: indeed. they are consid-
cred to be the very best in the world,
but owing to the excessive tariff of 60
marks. equal to about S15 per hundred
lzilos, they are necessarily great lux
ury. There are. however, in Germany