Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

/ @ lemons TO- 81
/ 3 Friday-oranges bs. lemons 8. q
S9<3.@@.$ssS>ss's'<'>E:>S E:>Ss>s>s'<:'Ss>Ss>sSSNSNS
Fruit moved we'll in the Los Angeles
market last week Notwithstanding the
recent slump in strawberries. which
bad a bad influence on the trade. The
market had but few fancy oranges ow-
ling to eastern consignments ana the
disposition of growers to hold tnelr
stock for higher prices. However, con-
sidering the season and adverse condi-
tions prevailing, citrus fruit dealers
had no cause to complain.
The first shipment of peaches of the
season and the first shipment of figs
reached the local market the latter
part of the week The peaches sold for
a better price than did those compris-
ing the first shipment last year. Every
prediction is that there will be a large
yield of deciduous fruit this year The
third consignment of cantaloupes ar
rived in Los Angeles last week and 1t
] is said that commencing this week the
market will be supplied daily. But ior
the immediate future this supply will
| be limited. The cherry market is in
good condition, last weeks prices being
sufficient to produce fair profit without
overcharge to the consumer. The first
of the Royal Anne variety reached the
city on Wednesday.
Riverside shipped 2O3 cars of oranges
last week, making 1923 for the season.
The total output so far this month has
been eli cars.
Mediterranean sweets and st. Mich
ales are the principal crop of oranges
being shipped from Redlands at this
time. Some bloods are being forward
ed. but the crop of them is not large.
The shipments to date have been 4163
cars.
| Offerings for sweets range around the
So. 80 mark, with Mikes" little
stronger. but the packers are ioath to
take that amount, and seem inclined to
the belief that better prices can be Sc
cured.
The output of Valencias will be
heavy this year, exceeding 300 cars
from the Riverside district alone. AL
ready many orders are being received
for this class of fruit, So a box being
offered for delivery next month. These
are in most cases being refused. how
ever, as packers hope to receive at
least SO. so for first grade fruit
i Valencia Acreage Increased
The acreage of Valencias is getting
more each year. In fact, throughout
Southern California hundreds of acres
have been put In, until packers are
beginning to sound note of warning
against too extensive planting of this
particular class of fruit, fearing it will
cause a slump. In years past the Va
lencia has been the best paying or
ange, owing to it's lateness and the
fact that there were not many planted.
Il Now, however, growers are budding
over their old groves and within a few
years the output from Southern Cali
, fornia will be more than doubled.
Obesrvant men say that if the same
} care were given to deciduous fruit or
chards as is given to orange orchards,
that about as much money would be
made from them, acre for acre. To
J make a good bearing orchard of any
kind there must be a wise choice of
trees to plant and timely and thorough
. care given to them ever afterward,
. it is said.
Apricot growers in Riverside county
j are looking forward to an excellent
, crop of fruit. and hope to secure good
prices for their product. An estimate
of the amount that will be grown in
that section, made by men who are IA
miiar with conditions, is for between
800 and 900 tons of the cots which, they
say, will ,e of extra good quality.
Already preparations are being made
,, by fruit companies for beginning work
5 at the dryers, preparatory to the busy
4 season of drying, which will begin
about June 20.
The extra price for apricots received
I last season inspired owners of orchards
9 to take better care of the fruit trees,
J and many orchards were fertilized tc
4 the extent that the product will be of
) much better quality, larger, smoother
3 and more salabe.
From all sections come reports of a
large output, and the high prices ex-
D pected may not materialize, but the
} crop will be heavier, which will of
course bring in better revenue.
The cool nights and medium cool
days that have prevailed the past sew
q eral weeks is said to be good for apri"
} cots. making the quality much better
3 than does the warm weather.
! Cantaoupe Acreage Reduced
The 5000 acres of cantaloupes in the
Imperial valley have been reduced to
: about half from the effects of two
) weeks wind that prevailed in the val
6 ley recently.
9 The melons are doing nicely on the
: old land but many growers on new
! lands have quit in disgust. A new
1 pest to the cantaloupe industry is the
2 jackrabbit 1t is very active just now
! and has already caused planters to
abandon their crops.
) The Imperial valley association has
. arranged for Japanese labor to pick
the cantaloupe crop, giving the Japs
81 rs a day for ten hours work and 25
I cents per day extra for every one who
! will pick the season through, the Japs
TO board themselves. The white people
are given 1925 a day for the same
8 hours and the same bonus.
! According to an estimate made by
Commercial Agent G.. M. Knox of the
Southern Pacific, 1877 cars of canta-
loupes will be shipped from the Coach
, ella and Imperial valleys this season.
Knox is now in the Imperial valley
! acquainting himself with the candi-
tiOnS,