Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-03
ORANGE MARKET
EXCEEDS HOPES
THANKSGIVING TRADE PROVES
EXCELLENT
Thirty.Three Carloads Forwarded
From orange During Past Week.
General Review of the
citrus outlook
specia1 to The Herald.

a
en-, ii,ed nm to her name this year by
shinpinp the first carload OF oranges
from, Southern California, ana ny nel
regular shipments sent out TOT lle
Thanksgiving trade. Thirty-three cur
loads went forward last week, poul9
for eastern markets Ihe iruit - w
dnc size and well colored; II u IaChS
tho .,,,cetness of maturity one must re-
,ne,ober that IL Is sent out TO meet tIe
great demand at this time, Wle''
oranges are more largely used Tor dec
oration than for part OF tlle I'leI,u'
consequently the golden color Oh Wv
skin seems to be of more lnlpoIttun,CV
than the condition OF the Gems Wl'l,in, .,.,
Orange county also lays claim 10 the
highest box-price paid for Valenclas
lost season. i'm that of G. G. Chapman OIL
ITulierton. which sold in New YORK Ior
50 n box. ,.4. 1,o
The heavy profits made in late va
1encias here came as Surprlse W
many orange growers in What are CoIl- %
sidered more favorable districts 1heIe
are numerous instances Of growers re-
ceivinp S350 net for Nalencias on the
trees. but the highest price reported
here for fruit sold thus in the orchard
was of c. f. Matthews, who received
s41O net. Mr.. Matthews orchard COM
prises about five acres and is situated
over near Tustin. This frult wa, was
bought and marketed by 10. ~ VIII
son. an Independent shipper of Orange,
September 70.
Bring Fancy Prices
A little later the same shipper pur-
chased the Valencias of a. II. Bennet'
D. f. Campbell, G. T.. Torrey, j. I.
Curry and Samuel Tustin, paying them
$3.50 net. in the orchard. The fruit was
sold In the auction market at New
York city in seven consecutive car
loads. The first car was sold Septem-
ber 4 for $1,610.95, the lowest price of
all The five others soon followed,
bringing returns ranging from S0.4S 10
$3.50 per box for extra choice. The last
car brought the highest price of the lot,
S2.375.15, or $7.16 per box for extra
choice. This sale was made October II.
The fruit packed in these cars was all
from small orchards of about two
acres each and averaged the growers
$1,000 per acre net.
The Santiago Orange Growers asso-
citation reports late sales of fancy va
lencias which brought from $3.25 to
S362 per * for the best grades.
A profit of $12, 600 is reported from the
ten acres of ValenciaS owned by DIR.
Wall of Tustin. d. f. Campbell of Or
ange received net returns of $4,000 for
about 1900 packed boxes of Valencias
sold "in the lump" on his trees. His
OICndIu comprises dbOll AoV DGelllllS
trees, occupying less than three acres,
situated in the southeastern part of
Orange
Cuts Back Navel Trees
The large orchards belonging to
David Hughes miles east of Orange,
returned him $4,000 for his Valencias
alone, last season. Mr.. Hughes also
owns 200 acres of lemons from which GA
carloads were shipped last season, and
loo ffVl,g, tg,s1
equally rs large. The fruit of the
Hughes orchards is packed and ship
ped direct from the ranch. At Santa
Ana, on Trolley day. this ranch was
represented by a float appropriately
decorated with farm productions; it
was one of the handsomest in the
parade of products"
During the season just passed 749
cars Of oranges and lemons We're ship
ped from Orange bringing returns of
nearly 100000 to the growers. The pre-
vious year 655 carloads We're shipped,
and in 1902-03 the number aggregated
779 cars, which is the greatest number
ever sent from Orange.
Notwithstanding the unfaVorable
weather conditions which prevailed
during the early summer months. while
the fruit was setting, many of the or
chardists report satisfactory pros
poets.
The coming crop is expected to be
somewhat less than that of last season,
but the fruit promises to be excellent
So great has been the profit in Valen-
clas that many navel orchards have
been cut back and budded to the late
variety. This will materially lessen the
output for many seasons.
No Dearth of Water
There is rarely scarcity of water
Tor irrigation in this section. The
Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company
furnishes the water supply In the i'm
mediate vicinity of Santa Ana and
Orange.
Among the number of growers are
many men of wealth who find it pleas
ant and remuneratiVe to raise oranges
on model ranches, small in extent but
attaining the greatest perfection in cuI-
1iVation.
Orange IS the shipping point for
most OF the citrus fruit of the sur
rounding country by reason of its To-
cation at the junction of the Santa Fe
lines to Riverside Los Angeles and San
Diego.
The oranges sent out by the Cali
iornla Citrus union at Orange, in pool
NO. 20 for the Thanksgiving trade.
brought net returns of $2,922.7S. or an
average of $1,5S per box to the growers.
Ior the fruit delivered at the packing
house. This lot consisted of five car
loads and 20 boxes, or 1889 boxes alto
Bether