Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-22
NEW YORK FRUIT LETTER
Review Of the Condition and Value of
Oranges and Lemons in East
ern Market
BY Associated Press.

by RSSOCIdIeu HTeSS.
NEW YORK. Dec 21-Victor L.
Iorn's review of the fruit market covers
the situation to December 10, as follows:
. There were no auction sales of Sicily
Lemons len last week. except sale of about
$3.50. The fact that the local trade
manifested a lively interest in such
small offering, indicates light stocks
and good demand.
The visible supply, available for sale
at all ports within the next thirty days.
is 4S,55O boxes, as compared with $4,000
boxes at this time last year, 12425O
boxes in 1904 and 10000 boxes in 1908.
California Lemons-With no sales of
Sicily lemons and local stocks almost
exhausted, the limited offerings of Cali
fornias were taken eagerly at a consid-
cradle ADVANCE over previous weeks
prices. At Thursdays sale the Silver
lemon brand zoos brought 1913 and
36Os $5.S5. Squirrel brand zoos $3.50 to
81: 50; .960s, $4.10 to $3.50. Other brands
sold $40 down to $500. Three cars
constituted the total sales, There is
little prospect of any material increase
in the offerings in the near future be-
cause the available quantity of such
this market is small, and high prices
are being realized in the interior mar
kets, The shipments are very light
only twenty-five cars having been
shipped from December to December
r. inclusive. as against ffty-siX cars in
the corresponding period one year ago
Oranges-Fluctuatio have been
noted in the market at the sales of Cali
fornia naVels; but they were due in
large measure to the character of the
fruit. Some of the navels We're well
colored for early shipments and fairly
palatable but Others were green pale
and sour. There was keen competition
for the car of Arizona naVels. sold
Thursday. Most of the fruit was clean
and well colored, and all of it was
sweet. It's attractiVeness for the fancy
HANGED a n n
of large sizes. Florida fruit advanced
steadily from the opening sale. the
closing prices being SOC to 75c per box
higher than at the last sale. Some lots
Were in fair condition. but none were
strictly sound. and not a few were
Wasty Porto Ricos also shared in the
advance. although the bulk of the fruit
was in bad shape. With the exception
of few small lines of immature fruit,
which sold down to $3,12R per half box.
the Arizona navels brought $3.50 to $4.25
per half-boX and $5S1 V to $6.371 per
box. At last sale Mariposa brand,
northern navels. sold as follows: 96s,
81. 10; 1865. S4.O5; 1905, $3,45; 176s, $3.05;
zoos, $3.50: smaller sizes. $3.50 to $40.
| from Palermo sold at $40 down to
$2.10. The closing prices for Floridas
were s2.10 TO $500 Porto Ricos, 1870
to Sl.S5. Earlier in the week some
wasty Floridas sold down to $1.25 and
! Porto RiCos Use. Sorrentos sold at
! S1.70 to $2.25 per box and $3.50 per case
| The sales aggregated $4,000 boxes Flor
! idas, 300 Porto Ricos. 500 boxes and
| forty cases Sorrentos. one car Arizonas
and ten cars CALIFORNIA;. There has
! been marked increase i'm the ship
ments from California in the past week,
| but the movement of the crop is badly
! handicapped by shortage OF cars.
! From December to December ~, in
! elusive, 295 ears were shipped, as COM
pared with $50 cars i'm the correspond
ing period last year A car of Arizona
naVels is due to sell early.