The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-15
RAMBLING MANY ORANGES.
nan AND STEAMSHIP LINES ARE
BUsY WITH THE FRUIT.

,,oyement out of Florida ~ Ahent
10 or - Cars DRy-Much Of the
rrutt Comes Through Savannah.
RnIiroad Men Expect the Crop
VIII Run 60 i.OOO.OOo BoNes-FIor-
,da r. Recovering From Effects of
che Freese-Morc Florida Oranges
co 60 western Than 90 Eastern
e,tIes-In This Respect Oranges
nicer From Vegetables.
Tn. transportation lines are in the midst
~ their orange business. The season 81
,.,s, about al its hight, and the movement
.b aav is large. II IS understood that
more are from 20 to p ears a day leav-
IN, Florida for points east ana west, and
v,ry good prices are obtained for the
fruit
t,-sm information received from various
sources By the railroads that are most
d.eply interested In the movement Of
oranges they fix their estimate OF this
,..,r.s crop at 10000 boxes. IL the csti.
,,,tc Is not too large, tho season Of last
,.,,r will be exceeded In It's production
Greatly. As the years pass the disastrous
elects Of the great freeze OF is9i become
loss apparent. and Il IS thought the yield
of the fruit In Florida viii soon become
a. great as # was the year just before
t1. f.S1zc. when more than 100000 boxes
were produced.
one change that VIII be noticed. how
aver. viii be the shifting Of orange pro-
d.ctIon from the middle ana northern
sections OF the state 10 the southern.
Many growers established young groves
\, The southern section after the freeze
d.slring 10 be below the frost line IN
cas-, there should be another such calam-
rv There viii be just as many or more
oranges raised in Florida In years 10
come AS there were formerly. railroad
freight agents are assured. but che pro-
a.ctou viii be confined 20 a more hmite0
HrtA
Both railroad and steamship companle
have part IN the movement Of the or
sngo crop The fruit IS shipped from
Jacksonville and from Key West By
steamships 20 the Northern ports. mucn
az that des tifisd for those Northern points
being sent by water.
Railroads handle the larger part Of
-h,ir orange shipments 10 Western points.
Tfe pronortlon IS about 60 per cent. 10
ihe West and ~ per cent ~ the East
Che proportion noticed in their handling
of vegetables being reversed. u is found
te,t the Northern cities demand more
truck from Florida and Gcorgia than the
cities In the West, the reason. i b
Thought. being that the Western cities OBJ
flin their vegetables from along the Gull
coast
Tine shipments by rail OF oranges IRE
l.-. 20 the East than 10 the West be-
cause OF the fact that steamers take irut
o. New York and o,her Northern ports
from the West Indies the Bcrmudas ana
me fuit-raisiug countrlcs OF me VI diie--
raneau sea. thereby helping TO supply the
demand and forcing shippers in Florida 70
send their oranges 10 the West
Much ~ the orange crop OF iotii'
passes through Savannah. Tho Plant ; s.
tam and the Seaboard AIT Line handle q
number Of cars every day. The run d
salnred In carload lots. the distribution
d, mo trade being made from the lar q
cities 10 which the shipments ore made.
In thts respect there has been change
of late years. as Il was formerly tht
case that tine frut was shipped tn less
than carload lots. being sent direct 10
commission houses that handled compare
lively small quantities OF it
A bright outlook for Florida oraht'
exists. railroad men declare. One said
Yesterday that there IS no question that
az, state produces the finest oranges tasf
can ls 1ad In this country. Those IA So :
in California ore insipid. while those I'M
ported from distant lands have 10 BE-
picked green IN order 60 admit OF their
reaching market before they are spo-lea.