| Show CALIFORNIA FRUIT EAST Large and bright purpleblack Tar tarian cherries from California cost at retail 20 cents n pound in New York while Immense cherries known as the Centennial almost equal in size to the apricots now coming from that State cost 40 cents This showy variety Is a California seedling fruited for the first time In 1870 It is of an amber color freely splashed with dark crimson Its meaty flesh Is remarkably sweet and of excellent flavor and while the fruit is Juicy it has tho good market qualities of keeping well and carrying in good order The best of several small lots of cherries from North Carolina compare com-pare favorably with those from California Cali-fornia the highest price of these being 20 cents a pound California peaches have already been seen here In small advance lots a box containing eighty fruits selling for 4 at wholesale The season for citrus fruits from the Pacific coast Is nearly ended and as they come In refrigerator cars they quickly melt when exposed to the sun The few mandarins remaining In the retail fruit stores are offered at 30 cents selected navel oranges at GO to 75 h cents and large shaddocks at 2 a dozen Garden und Forest |
