Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-18

@ and 113 carloads of lemons. e
@ Total shipments to date this season 9
@ amounted to 21,416 carloads, OF which {:
% 2421 were lemons. e
@ Total shipments to date last season {.
@ amounted to 1910 carloads, Of which Z
g 1921 were lemons.
8 Following Is last weeks report Of Z:
@ carload shipments: z
@ Thursday-Oranges 10s, lemons 49, z
81 Observation-Disclosures 1913, lemons III. z
% Tuesday-Oranges 1903, lemons Is. Z.
o Monday--Oranges 1875, lemons IS. g
81 Sunday and saturday-Orangcs 1853, &
@ lemons 20. =
8 Friday-Oranges 1874. lemons 81. g
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An effort is again being made tc
establish an orange auction In Southern
California, to be located at Cotton,
through which practically all shipments
go on their way east. Prominent fruit
men are now In the east with plans for
the organization of a gigantic auction
company. 1t Is believed that eastern
fruit dealers will take stock In the new
undertaking, and II so its success will
be made doubly sure through the CO.
operation of buyer and seller.
The idea is to conduct an auction
market In Southern California where
the citrus fruits of this region may be
sold in carload lots to buyers repre-
senting eastern dealers, thus assuring
quick returns and shifting the element
of uncertainty to the shoulders of the
buyer, while at the same time largely
eliminating that uncertainty In market
conditions by enabling grower and
packer to keep In close touch with the
controlling auctions and thus regulate
their output to suit the occasion.
But the exchange and other co-opera'
tive interests are not in favor of Cali
ar,Ae .Ia1 te.tsA n
1t Is limited that these interests would
not use such a marketing agency.
These interests represent about three
quarters of the orange crop. This would
leave so small a proportion of fruit to
start with as to make its inception diff
ficult. Promoters of an orange auction
declare that with its establishment the
output would increase rapidly. The ex-
change and other opposing interests dis
approve, declaring that better prices
can be obtained by the system now
employed in marketing oranges.
Weekly Fruit Review
Shipments of citrus fruit last week
we're slightly in excess of the preceding
seven days. The best Of the oranges
on hand were shipped east, leaving the
local market to be supplied principally
with inferior grades. The good prices
prevailing at the east at the ending OF
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sired by grower and shipper.
The season has developed an un-
usually heavy orange bloom and grow
ers declare that 1t portends a heavy
crop. though some assert that the trees
are exhausting themselves.
1.-THE seedlings never produce large
crops unless a heavy bloom is pro-
duced, but In the case of navels a
heavy bloom is no Indication" says an
old orange grower. The abundance of
honey in the bloom this season is a
favorable sign.
The climatic conditions thus far have
been unusually favorable and prospects
are brighter than usual.
Orange shippers say the present warm
spell will probably cause the remainder
OF the navel crop to go forward rapidly.
Valencia orange season VIII open up
in the East Whittier and Rivera valley
districts this week. Growers will begin
the picking of a crop that bids fair at
the outset to bring them much better
returns than did this years navel crop.
A prominent grower and member OF
the Whittier Citrus association says
that the association has sold in advance
several carloads for which it received
SO per box (. o. b. California.
The output In both sections gives
promise of being about the same as last
year, IL anything, little heavier. while
the quality of the fruit is strictly first
class.
With all these encouraging indica
tons growers are expecting to realize
good money on the crop.
Vaiencias Are Shipped
At Fullerton inquiries are coming in
for Valencias, and few cars have been
shipped. A car of fancy grade Valen-
cias was sold Tuesday at &c. I. o. b.
The crop will be about % per cent
ahead of any previous record, and re-
ports are to the effect that the fruit
is smoother than common, of better
Sizes and altogether very desira BILE.
The shortage In and early marketing of
other varieties will have the effect of
bringing Valencias in much earlier than
usual.
The majority of the Redlands packers
are anxious for the navel season to
wind up in order that they may begin
shipments of sweets and seedlings.
Some cars of this fruit have gone out.
and offers of 81 have been refused for
sweets, but are being refused in most
instances. It Is believed that when the
navels are all marketed the prices of
sweets will go to $3.50 or $2.75, and that
seedlings also will bring fine figure
Sixty-eight cars of oranges were
shipped from Redlands during the past
week, making total for the season of
4060 cars. This Is the heaviest total
shipment ever made from that point at
this time of year, and with the good
prices received, growers are generally
satisfied.
Shipments from Riverside
Approximately 300 carloads of Or
anges and lemons have been shipped
from Riverside so far this season. The
crop is about 100 carloads short for
the same period last year, when the
figures were 1904 up to date. In 1906
there had been shipped up to this
time 1897 cars.
Last week witnessed the shipping of
practically all of the Riverside navel
oranges, and this week work will begin
on the seedlings. 1t is not believed the
entire crop for the year will exceed
$500 carloads. During the last six
weeks the weather has been almost
faultless for picking. AS result the
gathering of the navel crop was prac-
tically uninterrupted. The Riverside
Seeding crop this year will not be as
large as in 1907, but the fruit is of fine
quality, The gathering of the Valencia
crop will begin there about the middle
of June.
Orange shipments this season from
Cotton will total just about 500 cars.
The navel season is now practically
over, only two or three cars OF this
variety remaining to be shipped, and
the shipments now stand at 415 cars,
but seedlings, sweets and Valencias will
bring THE total to the figures given