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Show destruction, was the main shipping point. The price of Messina lemons has gone up to about $3.50 per box. the Increase varying from 75 cents to $1.00 per box. California lemons have proportionately proportion-ately Increased. Two hundred thousand thous-and boxes of lemons wore destroyed In the w arehouses In Messina, but" Inasmuch In-asmuch as outlying plantations did not suffer greatly, other supplies will be available as soon as conditions are adjusted and transportation facilities opened. Bergomot. which Is used In flavoring extracts and which came from the j stricken town of Rogglo exclusively, has risen In price from $2.05 a pound to $10. Increases are also noted In ' citric acid, lemon oil, orange oil and other extracts. raiCESOFEMTS FIM ITALY AND SICILY SOAR ! DESTRUCTION BY EARTHQUAKE IS CAUSE OF INCREASE. Messina Lemons Go Up to $1 Per Box and Regglo's Flavoring Extract, Burgomot to $10 Per Pound. I i : Now York, Jan. 12. Prices of products frfom Sicily and Calabria have Jumped in the local market from 25 to as high as 250 per cnt aj a .result .re-sult of the decreased importations which naturally followed the recent earthquake. Fruit dealers looked for a precipitation of conditions such as followed the California disaster, but it is hoped that normal conditions will be restored la about three months. Two million boxvs i f lemons are shlp-l-d to this country from Italy, and Metslna which Buffered almost total |