FRUIT-GROWING IN AMERICA.
From late New York files we learn that American fruit growers have much the same difficulties to contend with as ourselves. At present the market is overstocked with fruit of all kinds In fact thero ia an actual glut, and shippers have in a large number of instances lost heavily on consignments sent here. During last month 150,000 boxes of Meditteranean lemons were received and so'd in New York at a net loss of 3300.000.
In May there were reports of a short crop, which rssulted in many orders. The crop has proved to be a good one, and the result has been disastrous to those who bought at the high prices of May. California fruit growers who made fortunes in 1890 are losing money this year. Peaches are scarcely worth the amount of the freight. The same is true of pears, which sell at $1 50 to #'2.50 per box, while the cost of shipment from
California to New York is 32 a box. New York never had so many watermelons as she has now. They have been arriving at the. rate of 75 tc 100 day, and the prices on an average scarcely equal the cost of freight. Georgia has an immense crop.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3017, 14 November 1891, Page 5 (Supplement)
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208FRUIT-GROWING IN AMERICA. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3017, 14 November 1891, Page 5 (Supplement)
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