Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-17
LONDON FRUIT EATERS
AND WORLDS SUPPLY

1
AND WORLDS SUPPLY
ers can be concluded from the fact
that the value of the fruit unioaded
at London bridge alone every year
exceeds $30,0OO,OOO.
We live on fruit that Ia grown in
foreign climes. says Tit Bits, and the
greater part of the strawberries that
are consumed by use come to London
in vast quantities from France, long
before our own are ripe, and are sold
at pence and 3 pence pound. APP
pies come largely from Canada, Nova
Scotia and Tasmania, while from
Australia, Lisbon and Almeria tons Of
grapes are exported every year. Lis
bon grapes reach this country in Au-
gust and those from Almeria in Sep
tember. About l4,OO0.QOO pounds Of
Almeria grapes are consumed In Brit
ain during the season. In the Lux
embourg gardens, in Paris, the gov
ernment maintains an orchard for the
special cultivation Of apples. Over
$50 varieties are cultivated, and they
are generally sold to the shops In
Paris. When the crop ID unusually
henvy few cases are sent to The
London markets, where they fetch
high prices.
II r.. =. 49,
The demand for oranges h this
Ecountry is extraordinary, and In one
week 40,000,000 Of them were unload
ed from the orange boats vt London
bridge. 1t is no unusual thing for the
fruit brokers to put oranges to the
hammer in parcels ranging from 1900
to 10000 cases. Spain, Of courss, 10
the greatest orange exporting country
in the world. and we purchase from
her about 100000 bushels yearly.
They are mostly grown In the dis
tricts Of Valencia and Dsnia. During
the last year or two John Bull has had
to purchase oranges from Italy, the
Azores, Portugal, the Canaries, France
and Egypt, as he found that the sx-
ports from Spain, Florida. Jaffa and
California, where seedless oranges are
grown, we're not large enough to sup
ply the whole Of the British islss.
Lemons come to us from Naples In
April, from Malaga In August and
from Sicily in November.
Tomatoes come to this country sv-
cry week by the thousands Of tons.
They are grown mostly in Spain, Tea
eriffe and the Canary islands. There
are several kinds Of nuts that can b.
purchased in London all the year
round. The oily Brazil nuts are grown
in the valley of the Amazon. A nut
which has been 4 favorite In Russia
for many years is now making it,
appearance in Britain. Il is known ~
the Trebizonde and has delicious ia
vor. The cocoa-nut industry Of Zan-
zibar stands well with the European
markets. The bunga trees in that
country yield about thirty nuts year
each, and the Machui, which are older,
forty nuts. Trees are planted thirty
five feet apart, which 10 thirty-Hvs
trees to the acre. About 1000 nuts
are the produce Of an acre Of land
A cocoanut plantation At Mangopwa-
nj has trebled the yield of its trees BY
the owner cultivating the ground,
which is seldom done at Dunga and
Muchui.
Though it is generally known that
the dried fruit and spices Of many
nations relaid under contribution to
produce our various kinds Of puddings,
very few people are aware Of the fact
that most Of the currants used In our
cookery are shipped from Patras. The
fruit is brought down to the principal
port Of Greece by peasants, being con-
veyed in bags on long, narrow carts
drawn by mules. At the port the bags
are weighed upon the old-fsshioasd
beam and scale, and their contsnts
afterward emptied upon the ground
Cases are brought forward and ths
currants are tossed into them with
wooden spades. while men with hare
feet dance on the fruit, treadine ~
currants firmly into the boxes. wstting
their feet occasionally in order to pre-
vent the fruit sticking to he soiss.
When filled, the boxes are taken -
warehouses whore they are hAns1-
ately nailed up, the hds having alrsa1y
been marked BY fancy ihsefip1ieaa.
such ~ Perfect 0sms,* ''Extra -
perfine," AGardsn Fruit ste.