The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-06
CALIFORNIA; FRUIT CROP.
This Years Harvest by Far the
Largest on Record.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-The Cali
| fornia orange crop for the season now clos
ing was the largest in the history OF
| orange growing in the State, amounting
TO between 5000 and 1900 carloads OF
about $50 boxes to the car There was a
time, and that not so very many years
ago, when Southern California chuckled a
little over the shipment of oranges in car
| load lots; now trainload shipments OF
| oranges are common.
The California orange season is at its
! best from December to May; it actually
begins in November and lasts until July
l, so that California oranges can now be
had nine months in the year. Cold storage
fills the gap and makes oranges year
round fruit.
Considerable quantities of lemons were
shipped from the State this year also, some
OF this fruit going as far East as New
York, but most of it being distributed be-
tween California and Chicago. The bulk
of the lemons consumed in this country
still comes from Mediterranean ports, how
ever
This seasons crop of prunes will amount
to from 120,000e00 to 125,o90,0 GOO pounds;
last season the crop was about $1,000 600
eaten in this country nowadays are Cali
fornia prunes. Formerly prunes were i'm
ported in great quantities from Turkey
and other European countries in enormous
casks and bags. and from France in small
er fancy packages: now such importations
OF prunes have ceased, and on the other
hand. large quantities of American prunes
are now exported. OF last years crop Of
California prunes hundreds of carloads
were sold in Germany and France. Compel
ing there with native products both in
price and quality.
California puts up enormous quantities
of dried peaches, in boxes and bags, of
various sizes and styles, and Califo mia
dried peaches are sold all over the coun ry.
everywhere This is the only country n
which apricots are dried in any cons.dera-
bic quantities, and it is In California that
they are grown and dried. California sent
out last year 1,5c0 carloads of dried april
cots, of which 400 carloads were exported.
OF almonds California shipped last see son
$50 carloads. and of English walnuts like
quantity. California raisins are now sod
everywhere throughout the country; 80 pr
cent or whereabouts of the raisins con-
sumei here are now produced in California.
or dried vegetables, as. for example,
lima beans, California ships quantities, as
il does also OF canned vegetables. as, for
instance. asparagus; while II ships as wei
quantities OF fresh vegetables, cauliflower,
celery, new potatoes and so on. California
cauliffower goes east as far as New York.
The bulk of its other fresh vegetables that
are shipped out of the State are sod In the
Western two-thirds OF the country; say OF
and to the west of the longitude of Chi
cago. CALIFORNIA; canned fruits, rs1sches,
pears, plums. apricots, cherries, nsctarines,
and grapes are sold all over the world.
CALIFORNIA; green fruits. its cherries, and
apricots, and peaches. and ptums. and
prunes. and pears, and nectarines. and
grapes, are now sold all over this country
and Canada, and some are exported; in the
United States they are an increasing factor
in every market. The first carload ship
ment of green fruit from Califo mia was
one sent to Chicago in 1868. California
shipped in 1899 of green fruits 1900 car
loads