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 !: ,141881T, _. ,,; (,. THE ,:FLORIDA ,DISPATCH, FARMER :AND, .nurr-( PEH. .-:.. '. :.- ..: ",-' 389 f :,'
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 clear possible; : Onion*,'S6 barrel._ Florida cabbage are dls Strawberries and pineapple have- come -
 ,as If, I should fafl to he.i i improvement }in any particular: .
 appearing.here ; suffer by comparison:with through-Irbin the South''in firstclass"shape" ; .:; .
 do so then I am at, your- service to which the county -is enjoying come the Alabama and Louisiana .receipts and and ordinarily would have netted much '""-*; ...... -

 answer: any question .you map 'desire' from cotton ? No, sir I It has come won't pay longer. String beans,scarce at s3 more than they' have.: The price at which ', ,

 to ask. from the tobacco money and' not ,the per bushel box for express receipts ; freight. they have been sold baa caused them to be :-' :'

 That tobacco growing in Florida' is cotton money; for you did not ge receipts lower. Squash (Florida), IL5GaL75box. spread over a large territory and to tickle the ,, _,
 ..71 per'bUlh !. box palate of many vrho would not have seen
 ,
 'build Cucumbers c
 up new industry: you are all well enough to establish!\ a bank or .
 higher them if they sold: cher. This is a compensate,;.: "'
 offerings
 freight receipt; express
 aware, for .it was pursued before the new houses in Quincy, in twentyfiveyears. Nothing else of special interest to;your truck rug influence for it ha brought the taste of *,;; .

 war very successfully and was your Is the cotton any more of a farmer. ,P. M. KXXX.T*Co. thee luscious fruits to the months of so

 money crop, and so.it is bound to;be crop or any better prices ? 'No, sir; many that. demand, will be greatly enlarged 

 again. There was produced in Gads-: less yield.*: and poor price. It 'is the and consequently higher price rea-
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET.PUILiDSLPsIA lized. One of the best thing that a grower
 den this tobacco that is homes
 county year about 650 acres making your:
 of a certain kind of fruit could ,do would be
 of tobacco, not' including the' plantations cheerful. Why do,some complain, ,May,WI. to gives lot of it away early so as to get the "<. r

 of Messrs. Straiton &' Storm" poor prices ? Let me tell you that There Is a fair,supply of Florida vegetables recipients to,crying I for, more. Cryiag frequently '

 (The Owl Cigar Co.)r'and those, of there have been thousands of poundsof arriving on this market,but when goods'are beget': crying and strawberries en -

 Messrs. Carl Voght & Sons, and choice wrapper leaf spoiled by poor choice_and in order meet with ready Tale 'at. :i ene man's table will set.a dozen of his neighbors ,
 full prices and a*the season is advancing we I to looking for them. -
 Messrs. Schroder & Bon which :grew handling or negligence. Now, Mr.
 and '
 can handle vegetable in larger quantity OrangesFloridaa are dull,but steady., The- ,
 about 700 acres, making a total_ 'of President, none.of my hearers expect to a better advantage and we' trust that in supply at present i* small; choice, to fancy

 about 1350 acres.., The well known to get so much for a bale of" 'dogtail marking your goods that you will remember bright, $3 per box; fair to good bright, $&6B9, '

 success'of these firms named makesit cotton as' for a''nice clean-picked one, us with a fair proportion of your shipment. 3.75 per box;; grape fruit,$39150 per box.;Callfernlas ,

 unnecessary to further refer to them, and the same rule applies to tobacco for this market;and'we win use our.best effort are Belling fairly well at$3 609&50 per
 will in ;your behalf to try to secure you good box, Messina and Palermo,800 count,$393.75; .i
 so I only mention the 650 acres, (and here he explained his _valuable believe
 results from each shipment,and fully 360 count $*-" ; fancy higher.
 t.' grown, by others. The, various crops circular). that we can on the average net you fully; a* Strawberries e market. in liberal supply :

 planted ranged from i to 20 ,acres Now, sir, I firmly believe that' there much clean cash as yon can get. in 'any ,and the stock is mostlr.KOod. A few

 each. The average,yield per acre'was is a brilliant future,before us, :and all market.. choice Norfolk bring 2: ont the. majority

 about 392 pounds, and the price' paid that is i wanted is the energy and push Nxw PoTATOxav-Are In light supply! Active ell for:12 to 20o.Sweet .
 demand and firm at$7.5998.50( for prime potatoes--Jerseys are coming poor
 about cents pound i in all successful industries
 averaged 25 per necessary well-assorted stock; medium, !& (&( &10: order, 'an'd're selling hard at $L509&00.)
 making a total ot 254,800 pounds, and money will surely follow: Gro'wY9ur cull,$16094 50>. ,' Choice Tenneuee stock brings $4 per bbl.

 selling for '$63,700.00 or $g8.oo'pero crops nicely, handle them carefully STBIKO BEANS More plenty, but. choice Green Vegetables-Th* supply large and .

 acre; 'the. cost. of producing which, did ( and the prices will be satisfactory. Bound wanted at $$98 0; Wax, $394; Flat, the.demand good., Asparagus: and green pea* ,

 not exceed $48.00 per acre. As many of the cigar factorieshave $2.5093( ,with poor and ordinary ranging down are dull and prices lower. Onions are steady.

 The tobacco grown from Y Havana used the Florida leaf, and it has to $L50( 2. String beans are scarce.
 CT7CUMBXB8.-In light supply, and when Bananas.-The supply has fallen ot>*there "
 seed is second to none grown in the given satisfaction,. success is bound to strictly choice and well-packed sell readily atS3 are no steamers coming from Baracoa and *

 United States, and' is an excellent sub follow. The only trouble is ihat.there liO@(. O per crate, with ordinary down to Banes. So far thl* week only one steamer. *

 stitute for some grades of Havana tobacco is not one pound now grown where $ (J2 50. has. arrived the Ethelred, from Jamaica, .'

 but not for the best, for. the there should be twenty. Increase ZOo PLJUTTS.-Scarce acd w.nted'a $4912 which sold as follows: Golden Vale, No.,
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 bbl. $150 No..2,U54; hands, ,$1.75. Regular No.
 climate and soil are so fardi'erent your supply, 'for the, demand is far: ; : .
 SQUASH,..Wanted at s4(t2.60 per crate. Is,$$2,1092; 8 hands, $1.50; No. 2s, $1; No.
 that we never can'expect to ,produce greater ,than the supply. Mr. President BXXTS.-Arrtying plenty and will not pay 8*,550. :-:

 goods equal to the best: Bavaria, ,for I thank you all for your kind attention freight, Pineapple*..Havana* :are in moderate

 tobacco all sections has certain pe- and wish you 'all success. CABB QJ-The: market well cleaned' up supply and selling fairly well at 8 to 14olr'uu ,,-:. I

 culiarities its own.in that particular The.object of this meeting was to and choice solid stock closely trimmed will Trade Journal.

 section, which cannot .be obtained listen to the valuable remarks ,of Mr., sell readily at$i.so orate.TonAT.x&Thereceipta. liberal ,but -

 elsewhere. ,Now, not all tobacco Fenton and''to 'organize a, tobacco the demand Is strong'and more improving,and BALTIMORE MARKET. .

 grown in Cuba is nice goods. I.have growing association to build a ware-, anything choice solid and well,assorted and 'BAX.TIXOBB,May,8.FixmiDA .f

 ,seen as poor tobacco thereas,: I ever house to concentrate the crops and nicely packed,will sell readily at fall and Im- OB.A1fOESThe season is draw- ,, : .
 while but much of the stock arriving :lug to a close, as is shown by lighter. arrival, ,
 saw anywhere else; and the tobacco make them much more accessible to proved price,
 and following these,the last of the notion
 in the Vuelta ,.Abajo, district the, buyers, and get a uniformstyle of p.rt1cuJarI7'from instances the Indian bad order Blver and, is-1 small* being sales., The demand however, continues good :' '
 and in ,
 brings from 45 to'60 cents the Southern packing and handling. The meetingwas sold many_low. and irregular prices,but. for for small fruit,while the bulk,of the arrival

 portion of the, island only'gets adjourned until Saturday, May strictly prime stock,we look for an Improvement are large, though in fair condition. J. H. ,-/

 from 7' to 10 cents., Therefore do not \ 16, to ,permanently organize and proceed in price' Six Basket. Carriers, choiceto Seward Co.sold 500 boxes on Monday at a

 look for'the genuine Vuelta:Abajo,tobacco to business. The meeting was fancy crate.$2.7509150( ; 'do. fair to good, range of$1 to x.80,and a like number today E Eat
 from '11.80 to $3.40 box, the latter sale
 in ,*.50; choice to fancy crates, IX5093J5: ; do, per
 growing here Florida for, arousing: one with fully 2,000 people losing the auction .'aIOn'tor' this firm.! ..
 25 with cults and ordinary -;
 fair to good$1.75(12( .
 that ,cannot be' accomplished:.anymore present; there were also many, ladies ranging from 50 cent to $1.25. Dix k Wilkins also,announce ,that they will ;

 than Florida tobacco canbe present who are deeply interested in, OJU1oEs-Ia light.supply,and with a better sell no more under the hammer this season.

 grown in Cuba., ,A large dealer th retold the tobacco growing industry. inquiry price have advanced and demand Prices on the' market are firm and also higher

 me-last'winter-while there-that good at s3.5O@4A0 for itralght line, ul rtedatUa' throughout. Quotations are a* follows:
 I. Choice' bright 176-240, $26d&50; do.,mixed
 small desirable
 River all or
 Indian ;
 to get Havana tobacco in Florida.it, Markets for Florida Produoe. .les$25093aa'to slse;'choice rnsst, 178.26I8.SO -
 other choice line, $2.7550! ( ,
 sixes, $t 095;
 would be"necessaryto take home with for auorted sizes; all small counts,.,$3'5094; 290a, $& ( ;; straight lines, S&5092.75( ; t6L12i "
 '
 me,fifty' feet of the,atmosphere'from NEW YORK MARKET. all large sites,f L509&25.( ;;$l.7b2.( J ..'
 1 'the ground?: up, and ten feet deep of : OBAPX V BUTT.Wcarce,and wanted'at.from PlirxAmjia. season for Bahamasopens
 NEW YOBK' May .. excellent the first arrivals -
 with prospects,
 ,. the soil, which''is true., :{ <* Th market. on Florida vegetable for the $3.00(34( per box; barrels, $637.50:
 being the schooner Sarah E. Douglas "
 FxACHxsw .Carriers I containing:
 1 Now let'us.see the'financial' condition : pact.week has been fairly active on all choice PXXKTO: BXDTIXIJ &fioir. with 6,000 dozen Thomas B. Schall, and the .t

 of the country, which is an important j grade New Florida Potatoes,primes,telling 100$8.fi09S.Wednesday morning,It Is said,a 'total, of Francis J. Ruth with 4.000 dozen to the A.

 factor of all industries, and thisis quick at 17' 6099( per barrel, second*, *596; 2,400 crate of strawberries arrived in this city, Booth Packing Co. The fruit.shows fine condition -
 Cucumber in light. supply and demand good and meet a fair demand,which wouldbe
 the.reviving the practically'dead this is large shipment for this cold
 for fancy Flock, wiling;' at., I4tt5 per crate, a very brisk but for the cold snap. :The out of to1t'1Ide.andla
 industry, for a quarter of a century, ,in, medium grade,1993; Choice Tomatoes want weather,aid consequently, prices were' -lower good. "Trice range' from $610.Packers

 this county. I will take Gadsden .%wiling carrier S6&4, crate' 1393;; 'Squash' than for some time. It ha been expressed whose stock are all cleared up are ,.

 county, and I presume the other, H4JL59; Hiring Bean, wax $394,' green that be probably as low a*these our famous prices prevailing Jersey berries nOW'wUl preparing,to go to work ,next week. T. B. .'

 .. counties are the'same. In September,' sVl...10; Beet flL50;;'Pineapple 109160. a*'' will sell owing to the. scarcity which It seem 9cball report promise of. a good crop. There .
 to size and quality. Orange in light request, are due to him within a week the schooners
 there recorded in thetr" exist. berries selling
 ,,1888, were bound will Norfolk were 
 Peaches will
 but.
 Choice
 price unchanged. Annie T.B.Schall Wm. Somers, O.
 Rogers
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 clerk's office in:round from 12,to lie,a*to quality.
 1,300 mortgages find quick sal, as soon as ready to'ship.O W. RobinOB and W. H. Parker,with eo,. "
 numbers and in 8. P Some few crates have arrived from .polDtsy
 September .ALXZL "
 ,1890 "
 ; to IO.OCO each. Cuban pines done. -
 ., and being of
 far North a* Maryland,
 only, remained and of these there .
 53: fresher appearance cold ,quickly at better
 was a good reduction when the last '', .
 ST. LOUIS MARKET. prices> mentioned before. CHICAGO: 'MARKET.' ; ;t

 crop was'delivered To.be able to ST. Louis May 1LThe Florida orange are not, in good demand CHICAGO.'May 9.OxAKass ;

 increase the crop the number was Florida, orange, season is practicallyover but:some good specimens can be moved,freely" >-Florida,bright,choice, $803/0;

 ,again increased, but those, are boundto here,and shippers and receivers are now at$3 o-t6per box. Florida, good, $2.7598( ; ,Florida" large,com-, ..f:
 be wiped out'if the:season is, favorable Interested in other product 'There i* a potato California Navel*offered thl s week and sold non.$99fJO; Florida, Indian River,choice,'' .
 market at 94 50 to $6 box. Seedlligs, were ,
 the freely per
 famine here Just now, being
 ,this Three years in tuOi4.J'1orld( ,Indian River good, $2.7688;
 year. ago almost bare; There.l. a car or two on the way. not. in good order. '
 Messina $U6
 good
 ,
 fences Florida, Navel, ,fa.58S8;
 ... riding through the country new however,and iu a few day dealers will have California
 California choice .7596 ,
 (@((2 fO; ;
 and new cabins were a thing of the an opportunity to satisfy their customers. air, :$15991.75;'Washington >Navell'cbnJ.ce,

 past, ,but see tkem now: on__every'plantatkm. i!They are ready sale at|4 boxand a car,would THE BOSTON MARKET.. .*.&&; Washington Navsls,.common, tuG '
 Just now fully $.50. Strawberries BoST ..')I 71.
 Go t9. town,' see the new average (W59.. ,
 Jail BOW..making big impression in our Yesterday and to-day,asparagus,that pro- ,
 the'haaK dozen fair,$L26IL60 -
 stores and cigar factory : .PnqcArrzxdFlorida,per
 : and Arkansas has to .only .
 market,with Tennessee principal duct of warm'auaahJne., same us' '
 !( ; Florida, per dose/,finc7, $1'.7.<9 ; y
 with roll of
 week.
 a pay ,$1,2 oo lost: s nipper Prices,S to II cent*, a",quart. balf grown with a good portion:of it .' O J;anCis ,, "','
 ( Dais U e e out"of,cetten? ,Ias.a'nd' ,Jftrw,o tales*.are reedy.sal.at 9769.09 barrel. MII4- ', .. .. { cCealUs d.apage11,1))' ', -\ s ",

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