The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-13
NOTEArBER's FRUIT DISPLAY.
Strawberries Grown Out of Doors in tho
Ma~rket-Other Summer Fruit Here.

Strawberries Grown Out of Doors In the
Market-Othe Summer Fruit Here.
Just now the fruit stores on Broad way out
rival the florists in their display Of colors. The
dark purple of the dollhouse grape contrasts
with the pale green Niagara. Its sister fruit.
The various shades Of yellow shown In the
lemons. oranges. tangerines and other speci-
mems of the citron class. the ruddy hue of the
apples. the russell OF the pears. the red of the
strawberry and the opalescent colors Of the
nectarine make a picture magnificent for
wealth of hue.
1t used to be a great achievement for some
patient. toiling gardener to produce straw
berries in his dollhouse in time 10 display them
in New York by the New Year. ard so tenderly
did ttose berries have to be handled that they
never came out OF the glass cases H. the fruit
stores until actually sold 10 some reckless GUS
toner who had 80 to throw away on a tiny
little basket of these dainty berries. But now
all that is q thing oil the past and New Workers
are, leasing on strawberries and many other
fruits all grown out OF doors. in the fertile gar
dens and fields OF California and Florida or in
quick IL the transportation OF fruits from those
distant points and so carefully are they packed
and cared for that only q few days after they are
picked we have them In New. York.
All these methods of quick TRANSPORTATION
and OF refrigerator cars have almost annihi-
lated space aud abolished seasons. Indeed,
SO far AS fruits go. New York may DO said to he
without seasons. Each succeeding year shows
an advance in the matter OF obtaining fresh
fruits here. There IL now no month OF tho
year when one cannot get fresh tonators in
New York, and now there are only two months
When fresh STRAWBERRIES are NOT IN market.
The variety Of fruits now in market is really
marvellous. There are the strawberries from
CalIrornia,. sweet. fully ripe. and OF delicious
flavor, selling AZ 81 a box. OF lears there are
six good varieties to select trom-the Winter
AeHis. q large russell fruit, Juicy and not too
sweet; the " inter Seckei. 4 small russell pear.
sweet as honey; the Easter Beurre, u large
green pear; the Forelle. the %prettiest, OF all
pears, almost u rose color with white tieCkS-
all grown in California. Then there Is the
Beurre d,AnIou, u fine yellow pear with a red
flush. which comes from Rochester.
the usual large var. cites usually in market at
this season are to be had. All those now dis
played are either from California or Oregon.
and while their flavor ~ no way approaches
full to look at and better than no apples.
Fine orange ounces from California are
still abunduntin the better fruit stores. Grapes
are headed by the aristocratic and gorgeous
country and in England. sent %, this market
in their luxurious beds Of soft, funny cotton.
each bunch, weighing from one and a half 70
two ana a half pounds. and each grape rich.
shining and dark, as the eyes OF the Orient;
The stems. of a pale green. look too tender and
fragile to support their weight of fruit.
These grapes sell from al TO 81 a pound;
Other varieties OF grapes which are plentiful
and inexpensive are the Malagas, imported
from Spain, 40 cents r pound the MuScats and
Tokays from California, the Concord, Niagara.
CatawbR and Delaware grown up state.
Yellow bananas Ia plenty, sell at from 10 to
40 cents a dozen. while red bananas are scarce
at 81 a dozen. These come from Aspinwall,
where the natives are inclined 10 let the red
Work required to cultivate them. The yellow
fruit grows practically wild. There are Loo
punches or branches OF yellow bananas
brought here " one branch OF red ones'