The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-05-27
WEST, SOUTH AND EAST.
FROM EVERYWHERE COME
SAME GLOOM TALES
Mankato Commission Houses
Say Choice EdibIes Going
Higher In Price

According to information received
by the local fruit commission mer-
chants, from the fruit belt, there is
little prospects of low priced fruit
on the market this season. Reports
from California show that the cherry
crop will be about seventy-five per
cent OF the normal crop; Apricots
are in some sections a total loss on
account OF ret and blight. IN some
localities Of California the peach
crop is from eighty five to seventy
hve per cent normal, while in others
1t runs as low as twenty five per
cent. The plum crop is from forty to
sixty percent; Bartlett pears in some
sections of California arc as low as
ten percent of the normal crop, while
in the Santa Clara valley and Sacra-
mento there is a full crop. In the
American river distriC: the Tlokay
Grape crop is about seventy five per
cent Of crop in places, while the
poorest sections are reported as low
as twenty-five percent normal:
Malaga grapes are running about
from fifty to sixty percent, and mus
cat grapes about fifty percent Of a
full crop. The total estimate of the
from thirty. to thirty FIVE thousand
cars. Georgia has from 1000 to 1900
cars of peaches. In Delaware, Mary
land. Pennsylvania, Virginia and part
Of New York state the damage in
frost and other causes have been
very heavy to all crops, and especial :.
ly to peaches. Texas has about 1000
on the market. All fruit crops were
badly damaged by frost in Oklahoma:
The damage to fruit in the states of
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. and Ohio
has been very heavy. Peaches april
cots. ad cherries in the states of
Utah. and Colorado were heavily
damaged by frost, and in the state
total loss. All of the above damage
coupled with the excessive freight
rates from California to Minneapolis,
makes the prospect Of cheap fruit
but slight. The rates on peaches
from California to Minneapolis is
1892, per hundred weight with the
added charge of $50 per car far re-
Naval Oranges on Market
Naval oranges on the local market
are about all gone. but enough small
sizes are left to last another week.
From now on the oranges on the
Mankato market will be the light
Valencias. While the sizes in a car
run small the fruit is of an excellent
quality, the skin is thin and the fruit
practically seedless. The strawberry
crop in the south is in bad shape:
All through the berry districts OF
Missouri. Arkansas and Louisiana
this crop was hard hit by frost. For
this reason it will be difficult to get
enough straw berries to supply the
demand. In former years a little
later than this the Mankato commits
sion houses handled from one half to
an entire car of this fruit between
the two local houses every few days.
So far this year they have not been
able to get solid car for Mankato
territory. but depend entirely upon
local shipments. The quality Of the
straw berries this year is rather
poor, owing to the conditions named
The prices of this fruit will be un
doubtedly high.
Mankato market is well supplied
with all kinds Of green vegetables
such as head and leaf lettuce. young
beets, green beans, wax beans. greer
onions, radishes, new carrots. new
cabbage etc.
The first shipment Of Georgia
peaches will be soon on. and will ar
rive in Mankato perhaps in two
weeks from now.
Canteloupe will start to move from
California the latter part of next
week They are a good crop.