Show WHEN THE FRUIT SHIP COMES IN fresh figs figa and indian mangold on an new york fruit stands fruit is most abundant abunda Bt I 1 s year and its lovers will be amply repaid for a ifcic to fulton maxLe mar 1 td i aid its nearby huit sto s and the erroll cropun 1 n fruit ap h ps ra v bh h ai lie along alonar the r ater front below tb x bridge piers the na arrival rival of everd vc v 1 witnesses a period of abtil ity the brooman vatar ater front r particularly at docks which lie he the steamers mers freab mediterranean ports the tide of lemon and orange importation is on the rise nearly all the tha lemons and oranges orange im are shipped from italy and the Sc scelian llian ports parts messina and Pal palermo eTmo they ahey come in boxes gay with ansel t ansel cli chiomos romos and multicolored particles of paper they are L old sold at auction a ship s cargo at a time and on the day of the s sale de the importers are up and antwork at work long before dawn down to the mediterranean picas i hurry crowds of dark skinned men armed with small hatchets and bi biar Z catalogues cataloguer catal they look like ghosts in the half light as they scurry along the docks dock s soon they come to the covered pier alongside which the big fru itee swings sv ings on the tide creaking dismally agu against inist the piles she has discharged her cargo of golden fruit and it lies fusile the dock heaped almost to the slanting roof in the of which the garaig ht s flicker unsteadily over these heaps the porters swarm swarin like monkeys risking their lives and limbs on OD taw th unsteady pyramids of fruit 1 ix I boxes x the click of their hatchets hatche ts is s they tear open box bo after box bos looking for suitable samples is incessant at sunrise the prospective pur chasers chas ers and the importers arrived on the scene it is jabber jabber jabber italian and english until nine when uben there is i a rush for the salesroom in new york the porters nail up the samples again wa and soon the doe dock is left to the custom house aliouse inspectors and the steamship companas comp anys employed emp loyes this week the list of fruits is ig it increased cre aced fresh ripe figs are to be seen on the stands and with them fresh indian mangoes manghes at 50 cents a dozen PI plums u both blu e and red are abundant t ar acal A sell for 20 cents and 25 cents ceals a dozen apricots are arc almost a glut in the market and have hate fallen to 30 cents a basket raspberries Rasp berries bring 1 15 1 cents a quart huckleberries huckle berries 12 to 15 cents bent gooseberries goose berries 10 to 15 cents ind and currants sell lor for 50 cents a basket of nine pounds or 12 cents a quart peaches from call forn a range all the way from 40 cents to a dozen cherries range from 20 cents to 40 cents a mind po md georgici georgia deac peaches lies are numerous and can be bought for all prices palce from ZO 0 cents to GO 60 cents a dozen watermelons Water melons bring 40 cents each muskmelons musk melons 20 cents to 30 cents and grape fruit varies iron from six six ce cents ants each to 25 cents according to size size N Y times |