The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-06-14

truck-grOwing industry in eastern
North Carolina have the farmers
rsaped such rich returns from all
crops. The strawberry crop lead all
the rest, and the Carolina Fruit and
Truckers Journal of to-day will have
the following on the current season: !
Strawberry shipments from this !
territory for the season of 1904 hav- !
ing been brought to a close. Shipping !
Master Bauman, of the East Carolina
Truck and Fruit Growers Association, !
has returned from South Rocky !
Mount, whittier he went several
weeks ago to personally inspect and
direct the movement and distribution
of the tremendous crop of the current
season. Although of shorter dura- !
ton than last year, the season has
been an e~minently satisfactory one to
the growers. Prices have ruled fair
ly high throughout the season, and
the returns would lave been infinite
~ better had the Pennsylvania Rail-
roe not fallen DOWN SO completely
on its northern and western deliveries
at the consuming end of the line. Sew
eral markets, notably Pittsburg and
Buffalo, suffered considerable loss by
reason of the falling off in receipts
in those cities, the direct result of
poor and irregular deliveries.
The total number of refrigerator
ears shipped u of this territory
during the berry eason of 1904 ap-
proXimates 2,217 car loads, against
1866 cars last year. Reduced to
crates the total number this year
foots up 537,369, against 500, 1862 in
1908 in refrigerator cars.
BY the Southern Express Company
the total rumber of crates shipped
his season is 1000, which. when
added to the number SHIPPED by refrig-
orator. brings up the grand total to
6OS,369 crates, against $4,000 crates
during the famous year of 1908. The
net average to the growers per crate
is about 81, and at this rate it will
be seen that more than $1,216,73S
have been returned to this section and
distributed among the growers from
the one item of strawberries alone.
The districts from which these
berries have moved might properly
be styled the w. & w. section, be-
Nv erl "lIHlnSJOn flu IOluIOOTO
n w. c. & a. section. between Will
mington. Chadbourn and Lake City.
>. c.; the Seaboard Air Line, between
Wilmington and Hamlet. and the A.
& Y, between Wilmington and Fay
etteville. From the W. & W. section
this yea the movement was $50 car
loads; from the w. c. & A. section.
1.122 car loads; from the Seaboard
Air Line, 81 car loads, and from the
A & Y. section IS cars. and the
North Eastern railroad, As cars. This
makes a fine showing and a big gain
for Chadbourn this year over last.
and with the prices realized this year
it is quite likely that that section
will do even better next year.
In receipts New York city leads all
other markets, with 420 car loads this
year against 355 cars in 1903. Boston
went up second this year, with PSI
cars against 1876 last year; Pittsburg
dropped to third place this year, in
stead of second last, receiving 219
car a this season against 800 in
1908. Philadelphia comes fourth on
the list with 2O9 cars this year as
against 200 cars last year. Buffalo
is fifth On the list, with 129 cars this
yea against 167 cars last. Buffalo
and Pittsburg, however, suffered, as
stated above. some very serious losses
by reason Of poor delivery, causing
OInSI pOlllS 10 EeCclNc SUITE SUN
having been originally intended for
Pittsburg- The distribution this sea-
son, however, was even better than
last, and was about as near perfect
as is possible to make that depart
ment. OF this fact we can offer no
more convincing evidence han hat
in one day Shipping Master Bauman
had as many as PIP solid cars for
distribution, exclusive of the express
shipments. Thus ends the Strawber-
ry season for 1904
Irish potatoes, beans, beets, turnips.
onions. h~uckleberries and dewberries
are now moving in good volume and
all selling at good prices. The pea
crop has been wound up and was
about an average with last season.
The Irish potato crop in this terri
tory is way above the average in quail
ity as we'll as volume, and the prices
at this time are tip-top. North Care
lima white Chili'S and Early Rose are
selling anywhere from S4.75 to S5-75
per barrel in Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York. Pittsburg, Boston, Buffalo
Washington and elsewhere The
Charleston crop was also good, as
was likewise the crop in the Savan-
nah section. although the latter was
considerably short of last year. Solid
train loads of potatoes and vegetables
OF every kind, however, continue &c
&C orwar each day, N for Several
weeks to come these trains will move
regularly out of this territory. Verify
this is the garden spot of the world
Before the potatoes and vegetables
stop moving cantaloupeS and water
melons will be going forward, and