Arizona republican., 1910-09-07
SEPTEMBER
ANXIOUS ID HANDLE
 ARIZONA ORANGES
Commission Merchants in Eastern Cities Forecast Favorable Con-
 ditions for Next Season.

Commission merchants in New York, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis and several other big cities are anxious to handle the Salt River Val ley orange crop next season A num- Der of letters have been received by President J. c. A. King of the Ari- ona Orange Association from com mission men who wish to make ar engagements for as large a part of the crop as they can secure, and all promise that market conditions this year will be better than they eyer were before. Within few days a meeting of the directors of the asso- citation will be held to decide who shall represent the orange men of this valley in the various market cen ters.
 Emil Zucca Of New York wishes to handle the Arizona oranges in that market another year He has repre- sented the association every season except two since its organization, and as he has always secured top prices next season. The seasons he missed Ntit NllOSt Ol 4JVa-o anu IJNO-J HIS letter to President King follows:
 New York Aug. 30, 1910. MT. J. c. King, The Arizona Orange
 Association, Phoenix, Ariz.
 Dear Sir: l have not had the pleas ure of hearing from you since last season, and l understand that your crop of oranges will be kind of light this year, and as all other fruit, Flor ida and California, will also be short and much later than last year, this will create a much better market for the Arizona fruit, as they will have a clean field and no other oranges to interfere, whereas last year Florida had a very early and good crop and SD had Northern California. l hope that the Arizona oranges will be much earlier, and if they are fully matured when shipped, l see a good prospect of better results than in other years.
 I do not know if you have yet de- cided who shall handle the fruit, but as I have handled it for so many years and always given good results, nO doubt you will favor me with your shipments.
 I should like to hear from you very seen in regard to the progress of your crop, as already some of my friends are inquiring as to how the fruit will be. and when I expect to see it
 Hoping to hear from you very soon, remain, yours truly,
 EMIL YUCCA
 MT Zucca is somewhat in error re- garding the condition of the Califor mia crop. California will have an unusually heavy crop and it promises to mature early. There are other req sons, however, which lead the Salt River Valley orange growers to hope for good prices.
 Two other big New York commits sion houses have written Mir. King. asking that they be permitted to han dle Arizona's oranges in that market this year. Denver, Minneapolis and Chicago firms are no less anxious to supply their customers with Salt River valley citrus fruit. All their letters will be submitted to the asso- ciation's directors at a meeting short Iv to be called by the president, and it will be decided through which houses the crop will be marketed.
 The growers look for about half crop. but the fruit will be of. unusu- ally fine quality and will ripen earlier than ever before. President King eX- pects the first carload to go out shortly after the first of November.