The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-06-15
COMMISSION ROW TALK

So far the market on local produce
this spring has been a very encourag-
ing one. The demand has been good
for all kinds of produce, and prices
have ranged reasonably high. Cher
ries. for instance, which have been on
the local market for nearly two weeks,
have been picked up at fancy prices as
fast as they have come in, and the de-
mand indicates that there is room Tor
more There are lots of Yakima cher
ries coming in at the present time, too,
so that the good prices have not Deen
due to any shortage, but to good
healthy condition of the market, result
ing from a good cherry appetite on
the part of the public and willing
ness to pay fair price to appease 1t.
Common cherries are selling at from
so to so cents and Black Tartarl cher
ries at from Is to SIS cents a box. A
few cherries are being received from
Wenatchee also. though the recelpCa
from this and other districts outside OF
Yakima have been light so far. A lew
sour cherries are being received from
the country directly surrounding Sc
attic. Cherries will be on the market
steadily until August, arriving from
different sections during the later part
of the season.
Strawberries are scarce this year. III
dications are that the crop is unusually
light and commission men state it as
their belief that the crop is even now
practically all in. The shortage in the
crop is probably resultant of the
heavy rains this spring and the lack
of warm weather to ripen the fruit.
While there have been one or two
warm days these have been so few and
for between that they have been or
little good to the berry crop. Owing
to the fact that the berry crop is so
light. the probabilities are that prices
will not get any lower on this grade OF
fruit but will hold up steadily through
the rest of the season. Or course,
there is the time later on in the sea-
son when the rains set in and people
get tired of strawberries, when the
grower who has any left over Will
have to DISPOSE of them for what they
will bring, but the chances are that
the berries will be so scarce this year
that the people may not have chance
to get tired of them, and in that event
even the late shipments may be dis
posed of at good prices. At the pres
ent time strawberries are selling at
from $1.25 to $1.75 per box.
Last years apples are almost played
out. All the varieties save one have
been consumed, and those are scarce
The Yellow Newton Pippins are the
only apDles left from the last year
crop to sell until the new crop begins
to come in. These are selling at from
$2.75 to SO box and the grower who
has a few of them stored away VIII
be able to demand his own price ior
them during the coming few weeks
New apples will not be in until july
1, and the first shipments OF these
will be very light. The first apples to
come will be the Astrokins, Golden
burgs and the other early harvest
varieties. Australian apples have been
shipped in during the season and have
met with some success, as there has
been little trouble in disposing OF them
at fair prices, but it is deemed doubt
full whether it would pay to ship them
in any large numbers, as they seem TO
be lacking in quality as compared with
the Yellow Newtons Winesaps ana
other late varieties from the Pacific
coast II may be, however, that there
is distinctive place for them, in spite
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