THE NEW YORK MARKET. 



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ten times the cost of the land itself; yet the 

 new industry has paid all the bills, and left 

 me a cash reward far greater than my lim- 

 ited education and abilities would probably 

 have commanded in any other business or 

 profession. 



The old cornfield is now a part of my 

 farm ; peach trees by the thousand cover the 

 hills, and in peach harvest, when 75 to 100 

 Italians are joyfully singing as they gather 

 the fruit, I do not feel so lonely as I did once 

 on that same old hill. 



THE NEW YOEK MAEKET 



ITS POSSIBILITIES FOR CANADIANS — UNLIMITED 

 DEMAND FOR LATE STRAWBERRIES— LETTERS 



FROM 



MR. FRANCIS WAYLAND GLEN 



BROOKLYN, N, Y. 



Brooklyn, N. Y. , July 3rd, 1902. 



Sir, — This morning my grocer charged 

 me 18 cents per quart for strawberries. They 

 were fine, but not the best they came from 

 Oswego ; they have been the same for the 

 past 6 days ; red raspberries, 16 cents ; 

 blackcaps, the same ; good blackberries, 10 

 cents to 12 cents ; currants, 10 cents ; prime 

 California cherries, 12 cents per pound; 

 Georgia plums and peaches, 10 cents per 

 quart ; whortleberries, 15 cents ; local cher- 

 ries, 10 cents ; pine apples, 12 cents each, of 

 fine quality ; red and yellow bananas, very 

 cheap, quality best ; apricots from Califor- 

 nia, 10 cents per quart. With all these fine 

 fruits fresh and in fine condition, strawberries 

 hold the price above quoted. Prime berries 

 have been sold wholesale at 16 cents for the 

 past week. 



We have 10,000 grocers in this city. If 

 they only sell 10 quarts per day each, the 

 total sale will be 100,000 quarts per day. 

 Then there are 2,000 retail dealers who make 

 large sales. Now at these prices a late 

 strawberry in Ontario would be a money 

 maker. As a rule from June 21st to July 

 15th strawberries command high prices in 

 this market. The time is near at hand when 

 we shall have complete reciprocity in trade 

 with Canada, then Canadian fruit growers 

 in all the provinces east of Manitoba will 

 have free access to the best market in the 

 world at their very doors. 



Brooklyn, N. Y., July loth, 1902. 

 Sir, — To-day strawberries bring 18 cents 

 per box at retail, and the demand more than 

 equals the supply. New England and New 

 York can easily consume 500,000 quarts per 

 day at this price after July ist. People 

 think that blackberries, raspberries and 

 blackcaps are too sweet this season and cur- 

 rants are acid. They are quite willing to 

 pay a large price for strawberries. N. B. 

 and N. S. should supply New England, and 

 Ontario New York and Pennsylvania. The 

 market is unlimited, returns prompt in cash. 

 A good late strawberry will net the grower 

 10 cents per quart. We get strawberries 

 from Florida, Lousiana, Georgia, Tennessee, 

 Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and why 

 not from Canada ? 



Brooklyn, N. Y., July 12th, 1902. 

 Sir, — My grocer tells me that this is the 

 last day for strawberries for 1902 from Os- 

 wego. Some fine berries will still come to 

 market from the North, but the price will be 

 so high that the grocer in these parts of the 

 city, where the very wealthy reside, will 

 buy them all. For the past twelve days the 

 price for good prime berries has been 16 to 

 18 cents per quart. At this price they should 

 net the grower 10 cents. Wholesale price 

 for the past few days has been 15 to 16 cents. 



