The San Francisco call., 1905-06-08
OUR FRUIT ABROAD.

THE invasion OF the worlds market by California fruit is
and has been pushed quietly that but few are aware
impression making. Formerly the only dried ruit
export United apples This continues and
increases For the nine months ending of this it
amounted 37445o2 pounds worth SIo5oz4 We have no
OF knowing how much California contributed to the dried
Missouri Michigan and New York but consider the
ports of the fruits which alone produce in quantity suhcient TO
impress the worlds market get nearer estimate OF N po
of product
years ending March 1905 exported to foreign
countries I24oo95 pounds OF prnes OF the value OF
great part Of this export France and the irt was
Bordeaux and sold French Prunes his 1aG
was asceraned by our late 0onsu al bordeaux !udse
suggests method of packing and processing
handling be made to sell as FTenc Prune can Dc
procesed and sold under label and Trademarks
There sorcery packing and nothing known about it in
part OF the world that may be known everywhere we
ali the Of producing fruit and capacity that respect
market and to the preparation our product to meet Its tastes and
In regard to its fruit supply the think in
geography The long French specially and ITS price
put it in of distinctly Spanish
ru still vision OF the map of Spain and
suggest the Cid Campeador This because those countries den
tilted themselves with their They advertised by every
carton that went to market producers pains to
hold the trade by keeping the product standard The Spanish
an carried with It the economic golden hoof o
the sheep asn lands while grazing them
prunes abroad dpng the of the
French article and fasns following Our an export
doubled year In the ending in March amounted
9zo69 pounds and the value S5SO9S Those figures
large but they merely pioneer They beginning
What needed is to identity our pune and rasins with the
localities most noted tor helT M IN fFance Poaafh aa
Wherever California an sold should in some form adver-
Fresno the locality most identified with that production In
like manner San Jose should be the al IN Prunes OF Bordeau
Californian he should talk OF those fruits IN
expressions of geography until the most distant will hunt
or Fresno and San Jose on tne map we aSo nave atu
monopoly this of apricot production and that dried fruit
export increasing In the ending March
abroad o4756 pounds of dried aprcots valued SII6o5 It
claimed and believe the claim well founded that California
world apricot production This being the
should carry everywhere the whole OF California for
generally dused here than other fruit except the
peach.
The press Of the State has the duty of encouraging the
and OF disseminating information which affects his interests
leaf and the under the bark and OF the
blades of grass and grain before they rise armored in steel and
The Francisco other of
trade being planted and pruned in the country Cities
growing the fleece sheep and chewing the cud Ct
plains and roofing with
and cacng with hens all California When Eastern business
patiently trade statistics the
California fruits export that the trade, and
significant its volume only its infancy, all feel
the producer here and hail him
destiny Then Jose and Fresno begin spell things for
and loom large future and hat off to salute
apricot tree, for its price is part of our juice