Evening journal., 1898-08-04
MARKETS WELL FILLED
Plenty of Fruit and Vege :
tables to Choose From.
MODERATE PRICES PRI1

THE EARLY CROP or GEORGIA
PEACHES SAID TO HAVE HAD A
MARKED EFFECT ON OTHER
FRUITS.
The local fruit and vegetable mar
kets are having prospeson season
this year, and present indications point
to It's continuance. There has been a
large yield Of everything In this line
Thus far with the exception OF peaches
and the commission merchants are
kept busy receiving shipments and
meeting THE demands of consumers.
Peaches, il is said, TO certain ex-
tent regulate the demand f5r tire other
fruits, such ais cantaloups, water
melons, pears, plums. apples and
grapes. This year the Delaware peach
crop is a failure, owing to the extreme
ly cold weather in the EARLY Spring,
and it was Thought that people who
can fruit for the Winter months would
be compelled to dispense with them.
Georgia, however, turned out an enor-
nous crop early In the season, and
Michigan, Ohio and Western Maryland
are expected to send large ehipments
later in the season. The price for
peaches ranges from 60 to 20 cents a.
basket at present, but they are ex-
pected to be much cheaper when THE
above states commence their ship
ments. Last years price was 25 CENTS
to $3.50 a basket.
THE Bartlett pears consumed at the
present time mostly come from Cali
fornia, which state, this year, It is said,
had a large output and the best are
bringing about sl6O a bushol, which Is
the same prico as last year.
The crop OF oranges this year "a
enormous, and or good quaaty. Last
year the season ended about The latter
part OF April. This year. however, the
fruit continues to be shipped TO the
city, and the prospects are that the
time. Oranges this year have sold as
high as $3.50 a box, and aa low as s1.25
a box, compared with $3.50, which was
about the lowest figures they sold foT
last year
) The curly and enormous supply rl
peaches from Georgia has had teilinl
} effect on the demand for grapes, water
melons and cantaloupes.
Watrmelons, the commission mer-
chants say, are a drug on the market
and they are refusing carloads, be-
cause the profit ON them is barely SUI.
fcient to pay the freight. They ars
selling as low as s12.2O a hundred.
There IS a large supply of canta-
loupes on the market, and of better
quality than those OF last year and tht
best are bringing about 40 cents ;
basket.
The fruit markets are also receiving
large importations OF bananas ant
lemons.
The finest bananas exported to thi.
country ccme from jamaica, and ther'
has been a great quantity imported Thu
season. They are very cheap in conse
quence, the largest punches only bring
ing $3.50.
Lemons, which are principally ex
ported to this country from Sicily, ar
high in price, owing to the continues
hot weather, as there has been a grea
I demand for them by making lemonade
The best quality is bringing about IS
box, containing thirty dozen, as ccm
pared with Si box, the price las
year.
The vegetable crop Of 1898 givc
Z promise OF being larger, probably, tina
9 the fruit crop, especially tomatoes
e cabbage and sweet potatoes.
b Tomatoes are coming mostly fror
e New Jersey, which state has supple
. large quantity this year, and IN
price OF them at present is from ]
CENTS to Go cents a basket. Il Is th
general opinion Of produce dea'ei
d that, II the excessive hot weather dos
It not dry the tlmatofs mp, there wi
+ be such an enormous supply that IN
best will be procured for 10 CENTS
basket. Last year the lowest priC
they reached was % cants basket
= The outlook is very bright for geo
, crop OF cabbage, and there Is now
~ large supply in the markets, bringin
!, from 20 to 30 cents a basket.
The sweet potatoes in the marked
present are mostly from the SoutI
and the best are bringing about
cents a basket, the same as last year.