Cochise review., 1900-10-18
MILLIONS FOR FRUIT
Annual Bill of Chicago for Oranges,
 Lemons, Etc.
Enormous Outlay of Large City for the Various Products of Or- ehards Far and Near
 Sources of supply.

from Hawaii, oranges from the Med
 iterranean, apples from Wisconsin and
 bananas from the West Indies. Every l parallel of latitude and every degree | of longitude contributes to it's tables. There are figs from smyrna and lines from Italy, grapes from France and { winter straw berries from southern | Mexico. Steamships sailing p miles an hour, refrigcrating cars travelling { one third faster, and the universal use | of ice and ice machines in all climates | have made these things possible for Chicago ralates. Chicago markets l know no seasons from the coming of 10 Christmas strawberry from south | ern Mexico tn he browning of its own rusSet apple in northern Illinois, says ! the Tribune.
 And, incidentally, of all the fruits consumed in Chicago the apple is first | in 4uantity and value. Every section oi ,.c eaS,, north Gnd wet l. d. avn .cE for tae supply and tens of hnu- aaAC4 of barrels Ion will be in 10 crowu ,Ae ,l.eady crowded markets of | south Water tre,t.
 i l., tay minds of most Chicagoans ! the fruit trade with California is ex- aggcrated to first place As matter of fact, however, more cars of straw berries may come into Chicago in one day from Michigan than come from California in week. The same is true of Michigan peaches, and the sea son of the Michigan peach is now com ing on in it's fullness.
 An average of Ia cars of California fruit day are disposed of the year round in the auction rooms at the Dearborn street bridge. In their or der the fruits so shipped rank: Oranges, lemons, pears. peaches, grapes, plums and cherries. These ears range from an orange ear, worth SiOO, down to load of spoiled fruit that will not bring freight charges By reason of the ICng shipments and cost of refrigeration the California fruits in value, stand above their car numbers by comparison. Scarcely one fifth of the fruit cars received in Chi cago are loaded with California prod nets, but in value these shipments are placed at one-third of the value of Chicago's total receipts.
 The California fruit trade in Chicago is perennial. From December to July the orange crop is received, while from May to November the deciduous fruits are coming steadily. No tastes in the market control in the matter ot fruit received: the extent of the crops and their relative prices as laid down in Chicago determine whether more pears are sold than peaches or, more gfapss than cherries
 Of late years, however, the Califor- nia cherry trade has grown immense ly. The fruit reaches the market about the last of March, and it is one of the few California fruits that is not considered flat" by connoisseurs of the northerngrown article. The Cali fornia plum, too, has an active mar ket. E
 But as compared to these, both in flavor and quantity, fruit now coming from Michigan, southern Wisconsin Ohio and Illinois overshadows them completely.
 IL begins to do so in June, when the first northern berries begin to come from Illinois. When the Michi- gan crop ripens few days later one days receipts often reach 50 cars or their equivalent quantity. Nearly all of the Michigan berries, of course come by water,
 Following the strawberry come the raspberry and blackberry, and before these are gone, about the last of July. the early peach has arrived from Michigan.
 Twenty thousand bushels of peaches from Michigan alone may be landed in one day Five thousand pickers may have gathered them from the Michj gan orchards, and 3,O0O men may be needed to receive them and unload them and transport them from the docks at the mouth of the river. One boat may come in with 60,0oO baskets. holding one-fifth of bushel each, and such picking represents a whole fruit farm of moderate proportions. And from tnid-July till the first snows Michigan peaches keep coming.
 Concord grapes from Ohio and west. ern New York are in season, and the prices at which the consumer buys a hye-pound basket of his grocer often leads him to wonder where the grower got his profits. Often they are as low as ten cents a basket yet of excel. lent quality. Cold storage methods have prolonged the life of these grapes until they may be had for Christmas tables.
 In the whole fruit business cold storage methods have done wonders for the trade. Apples are kept almost from one harvest to another. Almost every other fruit has it's life prolonged for weeks by the storage warehouse When these houses have been exhaust, ed rapid transit is drawn upon for the supply. .a .s,,.-.... ...
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