Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-11

% Angeles for the week ending May Z, as &
@ reported by the California Fruit Grow
@ ers exchange, were 754 CARLOADS Oh Or
o anges, Ill carloads Of lemons.
% The total to date was s0,5Oo car &
o loads, of which 230s were lemons:
o Last years total to date was lo'loS' s
% Of which 1886 were lemons.
@ Last weeks carload shipments segrc- 8
@ gated daily were as foilowsi an
@ Thursday-0ranges is6, lemons ~;
o. Wednesday-Oranges I'LL lemons EV' g
% Tuesday--Oranges 11S, lemons IL.
M Monday-Oranges 400, lemons 10. 8
@ sunday and saturday-oranges l7s'
o Friday-Oranges 100. lemons es.
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The demand for California fruit
throughout the country is rapidly IN
creasing and In order to meet thif
growth new trees are being planted II
every section and acreage which was
formerly devoted to hay and grain Is
being converted to citrus culture:
Last week showed unusual activity
in the orange market. Navels are al
the seasons end and the cleaning VI
period is in progress. Seedlings are
gradually taking the place of navels
and the season will be In full swing
In another week, to continue for two
months. Reports from eastern CEN
tiers are that California oranges are
gaining ground In the estimation OF the
trade and that Italy lemons are de-
creasing in like proportion to the IN
creasing popularity of the California
product.
The navels which remain are going
at top prices. The exchange controls
the greater part of the navels on the
trees now and the amount will not
reach over 500 cars for the entire
state. Eastern buyers are getting busy
and (. o. b. offerings of $3.50 are moi
uncommon. This is an advance OF sc
cents the box in a week or ten days:
Valencias will begin to move by the
last of this month and 1t Is estimated
that California has 1000 cars to SHIP
this season.
Lemons are not active Just now
Weather conditions have not favored
the lemon this year. but local ship.
pers claim that there Is an Increased
demand and have hopes that the sea-
son will finish strong.
Quick transportation
For once orange shippers have nc
complaint on the time made by the
railroads this season. Uniformly good
time is being made, fruit being landed
in New York from Los Angeles In
thirteen days and in Chicago In eight
days. This is a big improvement, and
indicates either a change OF heart or
the part of the railroad men or some
competition that has not been present
heretofore. Perhaps, too. there mas
not been so much stun for the rail-
roads to haul this year. There Is ru'
NOR that the Salt Lake route. to-
gether with the Gould lines. have beer
setting the pace for rapid shipments
landing oranges in Chicago in sever
days. Shippers are routing their owr
fruit, too. which is contamination
they have long devoutly contended fol
and not always gotten.
Practically every packing house al
Redlands will be running very light
handed during the next week because
of the lack of navels to ship. says the
Redlands Review. There has been con-
siderable activity this week or ten
days. It is desired to have them all
out of the way before work on the
seedlings and the ST. Michaeis Is be-
gun. They are dropping some, and
although many Of the growers desire
to hold off for a time until they will
bring better prices, many Of the pack
ers are anxious to get them on the
market while they are in good condi-
ton. Sweets and bloods will be picked
in a few days, several houses expect
ing to begin on them about May is.
The valencias are holding we'll, and
will be the last Of the oranges shipped
Prices for them will, 1t Is believed. be
better than for any other fruit, and
with the extra amount in this district,
the average price for the year Will be
brought up materially.
The offerings on navels now range
from S2.15 to 1925 f. o. b. Redlands.
Shipments for the season to May 1,
aggregate 1892 cars, as compared with
26O5 to the corresponding period OF
last year. This cannot be taken as
a fair comparison, however, for last
season only this immediate section was
included, while this season the total
includes Redlands Junction and Graf
ton, which brings the total to much
greater.
Highland Fruit Estimate
AS near as can be estimated there
are 215 cars Of citrus fruit of all va
rieties in the Highland district, ap-
portioned as follows: East Highland
Fruit association, Sc cars; East High
land Citrus association, 80 cars; Stew
art Fruit company, East Highland, 20
cars; Independent Packing company
(Cleghorn Bros.), % cars; Highland
Fruit Growers association, 20 cars;
Highland Orange Growers association,
90 cars; y-Gilmore company Del
Rosa, 20 cars; west Highland citrus
association, "a cars.
OF these 20 cars are navels. 16 of
which are being held in the cold stor-
age plant of the East Highland Fruit
association. The Highland Fruit
Growers association and the West
Highland Citrus association each have
2. The East Highland Fruit associa-
ton is holding its 16 cars of navels,
partially as an experiment, as this is
the first year the plant has been In
operation. Up to this time the results
have been highly satisfactory, and ma
terially lessons the icing charge and
the percentage of decay in transit.
Redlands is said to be nearly bare
of navels, and the Cotton Fruit ex-
change, which controls a large per
cent of the fruit Of that section, has
only nine cars. If these reports are
correct there are not to exceed 80 cars
OF navels in the east end of Riverside
county, plus what are held in Rialto,
from which point no figures are avail
able at this writing.
Two dollars and twenty-five cents is
being paid for sweets. which is con-
sidered a fair price-even more than
the present status of the market Will
justify.
Considering the liberal offerings OF
California oranges in all markets the
past week, the market has held up