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Show LEMONS LOWER COMING SEASON California Supplied the World Last Season; Hence High Prices. "The citrus fruit season Just ended was the best that California ever experienced," ex-perienced," said F. H. Speich, one of the largest packers and shippers of oranges and lemons in the State, witn oflicea at Corona. Colton. Highgrove and Riverside, at the Wilson last night. "The lemon, croj especially was the largest and most profitable ever garnered gar-nered in the State, and those who had lemons to sell readily found that lemons lem-ons wei money ready money. This fact is attested by the prices to which they soared all over the country, up to 40 cents a dozen retail. "The high prices were due to a single cause failure of the crop elsewhere than in California. California had to supply tbe demand from everywhere, and as a consequence the prices soared upward and California lemons went into markets they never before Invaded. And, what is better, they have secured a foothold and will hold their new markets mar-kets next year and the years to come. "Some idea of the money made by the lf-mon-growers may be had when I tell you that many of them received f. o. b. California shipping point $2300 and J240O pr carload. The one crop in many cases amounted to far more than the growers could have fold their entire groves for, homes and all. "J3ut it may be a matter of welcome news to the consumer to learn that the coming lemon crop promises to be the largest in the history of California, with no shortage in the other lemon-producing lemon-producing countries, so one may expect lemons to be worth less than hard' coal, diamonds and ostrich feathers next year. "California oranges promise to be a full crop also and shipments are Just coram"ni ing. The annual shipments are about 26.0OO carloads of oranges and 4000 of lemons." |