The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-04-16
THE ORANGE MARKET
FOR PAST SEASON
Has Not Been as Bad as
Some Would Have
You Think.

fruits have ruled low, much lower
than ever before in the history of
the orange growing industry. But
an investigation of the prices received
Dy local growers, while they show
that but little money has been made,
will convince any one that there has
not been the loss that growers hint
at
The conditions of business through
out the country, due to the European
war, have necessarily had their eff
feet on the orange growing indus
try. The great common people who
eat fruit regularly during good times
have not been able to buy this year:
besides the crop has been large.
Below The News gives some local
sales which will show a pretty fair
average of the prices received here
during the past season up to within
month ago. The late fruit now
moving and which will not be all
shipped before the mildle of May,
will bring much better prices. In
fact prices are already greatly i'm
proved and those now engaged in
shipping are getting very satisfac-
tory prices.
The following are some local sales
some poor, others fairly good, and
others, considering business condi-
tions, excellent:
W. H. Fuller; oranges; shipped
through Chase & Co.; $50 boxes;
netted little above 81 per box on
tree.
Jas. Padgett, Jr., through Chase &
Co.; orange; netted 81 cts. on trees;
grapefruit; netted SO cts. on trees.
R. o. Burton; tangerines; Chase
G. Co.; netted $1.51 1-2 on tree.
B. H. Weeks; sold 1000 boxes or
anges on tree, field boxes) rs cts,
per box, to Chase & Co
W. G. Cartledge; December; shipp-
ed 1900 boxes oranges; netted 95 cts
on tree.
W. C. Cartlelge; 600 boxes shipped
through /. F. -Babers, netted 60 cts.
per box on tree.
j. H. Harp; sold his entire crop
oranges, tangerines and grapefruit
on tree at 81 per field box; 65 per
cent of crop was oranges; 35 per
cent tangerines and grapefruit.
Sale made to F. Babers.
J. L. Burton; sold entire crop or
anges, tangerines and grapefruit to
|. F. Babers at 81 per box on trees.
R. c. Middleton shipped his or.
anges and grapefruit; netted him
81 cts on trees.
R. c. Williams-still shipping
Nv
liams, whose fruit goes to McCor-
mick, Hubbs & Co., New York, says:
81 am still shipping oranges and
the prices are now quite satisfa"tc cry.
My earlier shipments did not do so
well, but to my best recollection they
brought me about n cts per box on
the tree.
l.. S. Turner; shipped through
Chase & Co.; beginning Nov. 18th
and ending Feb. 1st; 1876 bxs or
anges; 70 bxs. grapefruit; so bxs.
Gull oranges; netted $670.19; little
over 81 cts per box on tree.
Another grower; Chase & Co.; S0S
bxs. oranges; 305 bxs. grapefruit
and 81 bxs. Gull oranges; netted
$S51.28. Net little more than 73
cts. per box on tree.
Another grower; Chase & Co.; net
about 55 cts per box on tree.
Citrus Exchange Sales.
Shippers through the local Citrus
Exchange, do not appear to have re-
ceived as good returns as local in
dependent shippers. Here are some
results of pools which have been
given us by shippers with request
that their names be not mentioned:
No. 1. Pool No. g.; Tangerines; 1876
bxs. netted $3.50, little above 55
cts per box, on tree.
| No. 2. Pool No. --; grapefruit;
starting Nov. 23d, ending Dec. 18th;
% boxes; netted $4.03; about IA cts
per box on tree.
No. 8. Pool No.; starting Jan.
9Th; ending Feb. 1st; oranges; lit
boxes; netted 36.44; little above
81 cts. per box on tree.
No. 4. Pool 4; beginning Feb. 1st;
ending Feb. 18th. SAT boxes of or
anges; netted $2O3.19 on tree; about
81 cts. on tree.
No. 5; Pool No. S; Feb. 18th; 800
boxes grapefruit; netted $71.18 on
trees; fraction over IA cts. per
box.
1t will be seen from the above that
Exchange shippers have not done as
well as independent shippers by con-
siderable.
There is this, however, to say for
the exchange. It is its first year as
competitor for Crescent City fruit
and it has been to some expense
that will not have, to be carried next
season. Mr.. W. B. Campbell, who
operates through the exchange, says:
"Two cars in pool No. 8 were dam.
aged by frost through negligence of
railroad, and I am informed that $85
has been paid in by the railroad as
the damage due on one car. This
will add about cents per box to the
returns of the shippers in that pool
The local exchange also has about
81 800 in money which is to be dis
tributed pro rata among shippers
and this will give them something
like ten cents a box. The exchange
also has property to amount Of
abo1t $4,000"