Eureka Reporter | 1903-08-14 | Page 6 | Bid High for American Fruit

bid high for american fruit the b g shipment of specially spec lally packed california fruit which arrived in england july 31 was sold at covent j garden london at once there was a crowd present and the competition was spirited partly because of the excellence of the fruit and partly owing to the shortage of the fruit crops in prance great britain and elsewhere in europe five thousand four hundred and seventy seventysix six cases of bartlett and sou venir Du congers pears fetched from cd to per case wo thousand nine hundred and forty two cases of plums were sold for los ad to per case the prices were an improvement over those obtained in london heretofore