The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-09
APR|COTS N LOCAL
MARKET
Peaches Have Started to
Move = Cherries Near
ly ALI Gone.

loads and carloads of this kind of
fruit will have to be taken care of
within the next two months. Alex
ander peaches, which are now be-
ing brought into the market, are
bringing from SO cents to 80 cents
in Seattle There is an average
price of As cents box being re-
ceived in this city.
Red Astrackan.
There are not many Red Astra-
ckan apples raised in the valley, but
these are now being marketed.
These, with the Transparents, are
bringing from 1925 to So on the
outside. The net average in this city
is about $1.3O.
ApricOts Are Coming.
Apricots are bringing 80 cents to
S1.25, the net average, according to
the statement of one of the repre-
sentatives of a Seattle house, is IS
cents a box. Others say this price
is incorrect and that 65 cents will
be the average price this season.
Peach Plums.
Peach plums have started to move.
The first came into the market yes
terday. By Monday there will be
many boxes on the market.
Cherries.
Cherries are being brought in
from the hills, and those that are
coming in are bringing a good price,
namely $1.25 to $1.35 box, at Sc
attic. This leaves a net price of 81
for Wenatchee.
Up-River Fruit.
The small fruit from the up-river
country is beginning to move in good
shape. Two hundred and fifty boxes
came in Thursday, and $50 Friday.
More is expected in today, and still
more Monday.
Regarding the fruit conditions, the
Yakima Daily Herald says:
THAT As cents or so cents a box
for peaches will be a good price, is
the opinion of Ray Paddock, man
ager of the Yakima Horticultural
Union, who has just returned from
trip of five weeks which took him
as far as Pittsburg. Mr.. Paddock
would be delighted along with every
body else in North Yakima and Yaki-
price, but on the basis of the infor-
nation he possesses he cannot see
where the price will come from if it
is higher than the figures he men
tons.
Texas is now putting peaches in
to the east and middle west at rs
cents a bushel. These are Atoms
and Carmens and are an excellent
fruit. There was at Cincinnati a
quotation of $1.10 on Elbertas.
Big Crop Available.
Georgia. says Mr.. Paddock, has
a great big crop. Michigan has a
fair crop. Northern Ohio has good
supply but there is nothing in the
southern part of that state. There
is an excellent crop in Delaware and
from 500 to 1000 carloads in Colo
RADIO. California, as we all know,
has good crop, and Utah will have
about 400 cars. The peaches come
to market from California and
Texas, Georgia, Delaware and then
Michigan. We come in just behind
Michigan and Colorado is about five
days from us. The Texas and Geor-
gia fruit is remarkably cheap and
the prevailing idea in the east is
that we are to be very high. The
peaches which are canned are the
big business and l fear greatly that
every old lady will have her pantry
shelves filled up before we get to
market with our goods.
Conditions as to Apples.
With regard to apples the con-
ditions with regard to the crop are
not much different. There is a good
supply in New England and New
York, the Virginias, northern Michi-
gan and northern Ohio are fairly
good, Kansas and Missouri are spot
ted with barren and good sections,
Illinois and Indiana are light, Wis
consin and Minnesota have some
cheap stuff which hurts when it is
placed on sale. The crop in it's en-
tirety is larger than it was two years
ago and the quality, speaking gen
orally, is exceptional.
Consumer in the Dark.
81 do not think that the con-
sumner knows what cheap fruit is.
That is l do not think that the con-
sumner has any idea of what the
fruit should cost but he does know
whether the papers say that the
northwest fruit is to be expensive.
We allow reports to go out to the
effect that because we think the crop
is short elsewhere or for some other
reason we are expecting good prices
and the result is that the consumer
gets the idea that our fruit is high
and the dealers avoid us. If we re-