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May 2 1 st for$i per pound. They were shipped by Dr. J. H. 

 Taggarts. In 'go blackberries were ripe May ioth, wheat on 

 the 17th. green corn was brought in by the Indians on the 

 17th, tomatoes were ripe the 17th, figs and apricots the 31st, 

 wdd currants June 7 th, white figs the 14th. and Tokay grapes 

 on the 27th; in '91 figs were ripe May 15th ; grapes June 2d. 

 watermelons on the 6th. This season apricots were ripe May 

 1st, figs on the 7th, plums on the 8th, blackberries on the 

 gth. Figs were ripe this year 9 days earlier than last, 24 



earlier than in '88, and 9 days earlier than in '87." 

 Th^foXwing clipping from the Fruit Trade Journal of June 

 un'tried 2 coun try S : * ^ 0penin ° ° important venture 



-On Monday [June 14] the first car of apricots from Ari- 

 zona reached this citv [New York], and was sold at auction 

 on the Erie pier. The fruit landed from this car utterly 

 ruined, and only averaged about 10 cents per half crate. 



tion mav be judged from the fact that tin; Hoard «»t Health 

 seized 250 crates and had them carted to the dump. This car 

 was rejected by the consignees. Messrs. Sgobel & Day. and 

 was sold • tor account of whom it may concern.' Yesterday 

 morning the second car, containing 1,086 half crates Royal 

 apricots, arrived and was sold at auction by the above firm 



handsome quality, larger than that coming from California, 



brought much higher figures. This latter came in a dim-rent 

 kind of a refrigerator car. which had been properly iced on the 

 1 good condition. The 



