The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-29
CONDITION OF
CITRUS CROPS
Shipments for Past Week Were
Heavy. and Prices Generally
Satisfactory.

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citrus fruit movement including this
week is about loo cars COO!
nights haze brought out the color
and sweetcned the fruit The move
mcnt was heavier this week as grow
,rs anticipate a good market for the
thanksgiving trade and others want
TO play safe and get the fruit moved
before killing frost arrives. If the
state is so unfortunate as to have
che this season The large growers
who have heating apparatus can
lsugh at Jack Frost and many Of
them will hold a large portion OF
their fruit until it is superior tc
shipments now moving.
The clyde Line hauled out Of
Jacksonville this week about 10000
boxes for New York and Philadel-
phia, and probably - per cent. of
their cargo was transported into
Jacksonville by their st. Johns River
line which operates as far south as
Sanford. Heavy shipments by this
line during the week was made from
Crescent city. Bcresford, Sanford,
and other points on the river. The
Atlantic Coast Line, Florida East
Coast and Scaboard Air Line rail
roads hauled the balance of the crop
TO this city, where it was dlstrlbu-
ted to the different railroads lead
ing north and west.
The Florida East Coast railroad
moved some fine stock from Mer-
litt's Island this week and ship
ments from Miami were also heavy.
Il, four packing houses are shippin2
and each is averaging from one to
, three ears daily South Of Mans
al Home stead Narania, GouldS Hhd
! Cocoannl Grove he packing house.
are wen king full ime and from one
to three cars are moving daily from
each point. As far north as Titus
lille the movement has been gen
orul and some of the stock has bee
particularly fine especially grape.
fruit
The growers realize that tn,
grapefruit is short and many are
Holding out for 30 to 81 per boN
on The trees, but the irui! bringing
s. is for fancy Bri2hts. Fully -
per cent of the fruit this year !.
Rnssct and large deals are bcina
made at Sl.l0 per box on trees.
The orange crop has improve"
| Wonderfully ila past ten days. Tho
: nights have been cool Without frost
with bright Sunshine during the day
in almost all sections of the state am
growers and shippers are at work
in earnest. The crop. while Target,
| Russrts. is bringing sac to PEI
ben on the trees and buyers ar,
CLOSING many deals. Many of Tia,
growers are shipping ON eonsisn-
ments as returns which have beer
received are very satisfactory, il
many eases better than if they had
4 L., firm In t,,S
; sweet and wholesome.
1t is now up to the shipper to SET
that his grade and pack is all RICH,
and rs represented. \ few don't
may aid the growers and shipper,
10 get better prices
Don't mix Brights aud Russe;>
and mark them Brights
Don't pack oranges in the sam,
box sizes from ll.s to 220s and then
hmrk them laGs.
Don't mix drops or culls Will
good fruit as a commission man can
tell The difference between an or
an@r thai has been clipped from The
tree and one which has laid on tn,
J eround a week ar Two
lunt ship ali your poorest fruit
II southern markets because ihe>
AZ" near home. The consumers know
GOOD from poor fruit. and are hand
! ier ~ ,hasiisr You it il becomes me-,
essay.
Phi MP good. honest and neal
pack. Five cents work of fame,
: paper per box will oftimcs iucreast
tht settings price "a. per box Look:
count Have a distinctive brand o
your own and put up your fruit ever,
year 81 that the customers will asb
for This brand then ruu can Sc'
Horr money for your fruit