The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-26

BY WILLIAM r. SANBORN 7
Fresh, homemade, juicy blackberry |
pie; blackberry jam and blackberries |
In cans for winter, is the pleasing
prospect herewith presented.
Blackberries are most abundant, |
particularly in the south and eastside
woods and along the roadways, so 90
out and get your share without delay.
Then can and preserve them against
the canning famine in fruits, except
at scandalously high prices, next win
ter. Go slow on the pies Just now,
they will taste even better in zero
weather.
Go gather blackberries! This is the
heart of. the season, which opened two
weeks ago, for blackberries are a crop
which hangs on awhile. They do not
all ripen at once, glory be. Don't let
berry 60 to waste, for fruit will be
scarce and high next winter, much
higher than last year, we may be as
sured. Save the blackberries and
1. save them quick. They will not tarry
long among us.
Can For Winter.
But remember, please, that the
blackberry pie Of today isn't half as
important as the canned berries and
Jam you should put up for winter, and
this you are urged to do. The south
side woods. roadsides and fence cor
ners are the favorite spots in this vi
cinity just now, though these berries
may be found In almost every part of
the county. where the trees have been
given chance to shade and adorn
the landscape.
But some spots are more favored
than others, as witness the fact that
the fame OF the south and eastside
woods and roadways has reached
north to Lynn and some Lynnftes
have been driving down Of mornings
y to help save the crop. II sugar be
scarce, can them as you would pie
fruit; they can be sweetened and pre-
served later. after the new beet sugar
crop is on sale.
Arrange With the Farmers.
Where you pick along the roadsides
and IN the fence corners no one will
object, but should you wish to invade
the fields and woods. It will be best
to tell your story to the farmer. You
can then arrange either to help your.
self freely, or 1t may be in some in
stances on shares.
Very few farmers care to see things
go to waste. and surely not fruits that
are to be scarce and high and badly
needed. We have been told, however,
of one instance where wealth of Der
.rtes are going to waste and which one
farmer, his name not given us, refused
two ladies from Richmond the privil-
eye of saving. The husband of one Of
these ladies in telling us about this
today said he hoped that man would
come to want, and he was sorry not
to know who he was.
But the Wayne farmer. and those
over on the Ohio side of the line are
Of broader caliber, in the main. So go
out and get berries, then put them
UP. Blackberries fatten on rain at the
right time, otherwise they partially
ripen and dry up. They have had
the rain and are really fine right now
Winter Fruits Expensive
1t isn't the scarcity of California
fruits that is to make them so high
this winter; it is the abnormal foreign
and domestic demand. The next rea-
son for high prices Is the fact that so
large a share of the prospective pack
is already in the hands of spectators,
or big distributing brokers, in the
form of contracts, many Of which have
n. been sold to jobbers and exporters
at large advances.
The bulk of the California canneries
and evaporating plants are in control
of the California Fruit Corporation,
with whom the rest of the world does
business. True, there are a number
of independents, but these do not U.s.
ually undersell the big brother in
trade and never at such times as
these. Indeed the Independents are
asking more than ten precent. over
corporation prices now, since the lat
ter has called halt in sales, waiting
the outcome Of the crop.
Sales by Allotment.
If you are customer of the corpora
ton you are allotted what they hope to
be able to spare you at the seasons
end; providing you get your order
in while there is fruit left to sell. We
have in mind a jobber who thought
pineapples too high at the opening,
and hesitated for a day or two. His
wire was received too late, and he
hasn't a can booked for fall delivery.
But that isn't the worst, for pine
apple has advanced one hundred per
cent, since the opening gun, a few
days ago. This fruit is packed in
lib, 2-lb, and 2h-lb. cans, and it is
estimated that a 2a can of Hawaiian
sliced will be worth 60 cents at retail
this winter. The everyday California
plum and green gage, in 2-lb. cans will
likely sell at AZ cents to those who
can afford to buy them, judging from
wholesale prices which are to prevail
And don't forget California peaches
If you can get choice Clings or yellow
peaches next winter under SO cents
A. consider yourself lucky; they may
. cost you 60 cents before the next croI
Is due.
Dried Fruits and Berries
AS to dried or evaporated fruits
these are not to be cheap either. This
list includes peaches. apples, cherries
raspberries and prunes. Prunes are
already high and so too are all the
rest of the line, not forgetting raisins
All of these are handy of shipment te
foreign shores and in great demand
But this is not a new condition, 81
far as California fruit is concerned
the state did a big pre-war bushes:
abroad.
The California situation is, however
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