Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
American Apples for Europe.
THE FRUIT OF NEW YORK ORCHARDS DISTRIB.
UTED GREEN ON BRITISH TABLES.

In connection with the articles that have
lately appeared in the Herald in relation to
the shipment of American beef, oysters and
other edibles, brief sketch of the growth
and present extent of the business Of ex-
porting apples to the British markets will,
no doubt, prove of interest. For the past |
twenty-five or thirty years American apples
have found their way to different parts of
Europe, but in small quantities, and in
many cases merely as presents from friends
in this country. The only variety that was
supposed to have the necessary keeping
quality was the Newtown Pippin, and as
this kind was expensive and some years
poor in quality the shipments were limited
in amount. About 1861, some shipments
of Baldwins, Spitzenburgs and Greetings
were made and arrived in good order, and
each winter thereafter, up to that of 1872
! shipments of those varieties were made,
though to limited extent and with vary
ing success, financially speaking. In the
| fall of 1873 it was found that the apple
crop in Great Britain was almost total
failure, and, as it happened then, the crop
in this State and the West was unusually
large and prices low. The dealers who
ventured on shipments were well paid and
the quantity shipped that season was
greater than the combined shipments of
the ten years previous. From that time
up to last fall the shipments were light, as
the English crop yielded fairly. Last
season, however, it agained failed. At the
same time the crop in this State and in
New England was enormous and in general
very good in quality, with the exception of
the Newtown Pippin variety, which yielded
abundant but indifferent fruit. A. F.
Young & Co., one of our produce houses,
determined to develop and systematic the
business of exporting the fruit, and to that
end Mr.. Young, one of the firm, spent the
past winter in England attending to the re-
ception and sale of apples from this port
The other member Of the firm, P j. Nevins'
has attended to the selection, packing and
shipping of the fruit in proper order from
this side. The result is most successful,
and what has been heretofore hap-hazard
: speculative series of ventures is now put on
firm and solid business footing.
From the middle of October up to this
time almost every steamer leaving this
port for Liverpool or London has carried
shipments varying from 500 to 5000 bar
rels. The extent of the business can be
= judged from the fact that the sales of Amer
ican apples at Liverpool alone reached over
t 10000 barrels in the month of December
+; last. The English people have received
J, the large quantities shipped this season
e very favorably, and from Liverpool the
e other cities of Manchester, Birmingham
S Hull, Bristol, and in fact almost every
l town in England, hos been supplied anC
e " American apples have become literally
II as familiar there as "household words.
y The greater portion of the apples shipped
from this port are grown in Niagara
y Orleans and Wayne counties, in the western
IL part of this State. They come here via tn
a New York Central and Erie railroads ant
lie are inspected, branded and shipped il
1t most cases direct on the steamer from th
le railway depot. On the steamer they ar
a generally carried in the steerage, AM
ID through the fall and winter no special car
n, of them has been found necessary. Sine
ut the late warm weather, however, arrange
IS ments have been made to fill and refrigt
er rate compartments on some of the steam
I'd ers, and last Wednesday the first shipmer
Ill in this manner was made on the Algeria,
ne the Cunard line, which carried 2,200 ba
at rels.
of SHIPMENTS FROM OTHER POINTS.
g- The Canadian apple crop of 1876 WI
Ily also large, and the shipments fro
a Montreal and Quebec last fall, and fro
nd Portland, Me-, this winter, were qui
ok heavy and the quality of the fruit goo
m. Boston was the outlet for the heavy Gre
he of nearly all the New England States, al
YER though the fruit was not so fine and sold
id. the English market at lower prices th'
us that from New York, yet the trade throui
ce. the winter was extensive. Philadelph
9Th has also sent considerable quantity, CO
set sisting mostly of New York State fri
ed stored there in the fall.
mt. The bulk of the shipments are made
to Liverpool, though London and Glasgow
yer ceive considerable fruit direct. This traC
At though comparatively a new one, /
of developed wonderfully, and it is impossiI
ody to say what may yet be done in the way
be supplying the British Empire with fruit.
Don In the summer of 1875 the firm bef'
ack alluded to shipped to London 100 crates
,ain peaches in a refrigerator, and they arriN
ead, in good order, though sixteen days on
real way. There was also large quantity sh
in ped the same year from Philadelphia,
ears they did not carry well, and the vent
Ned resulted in loss. Since then, however,
id it proper management of perishable fruit
ogg refrigerators for long voyages has recei
orst considerable attention from parties
ford terested, and the time may not be far
aro- tant when Delaware peaches will be as '
met known in London as they are dur