The Republican journal., 1880-09-16

Total. 9i3 Total Since Jan HOS ol9
The total M nber Of barrels received during the
year 1873 was Dob, i69; total number received dur
ing 1879 was l.!9, 100 During the month Of july
this year which may be reckoncd as the first
month of the apple season. there were received
J ,3o2 bbls Of apples against .,j65 bbls III the
corresponding month Of 1870, gain OF 5937 bbls
The receipts for August this year were SIT bbls
against 1896 last year, a decrease Of 699l bbls
The decrease was probably due TO the glut of early
fruit i'll July.
With regard to foreign shipments the Herald
furnishes the following interesting facts and sug
gestions
The practice Of shipping apples to Europe is
comparatively new. Only few years ago the cx
pertinent was tried, and with but doubtful success
at first But the business has increased TIL last
year or rather for the fiscal year ending June 30
1850 there were exported from this port 1873 Is
bushels or 1889 barrels aggregati1g 81 Gl2
Here Is the grand outlet for our surplus Of apples
this year American apples are liked in the mar
kets of the United Kingdom and many more can
be used if they are forwarded But IN any of the
dealers here feel that there considerable risk in
VOWED IN shipping apples making the business
almost like lottery, still they are expecting to EN-
bark heavily this year. The apples will be cheap
here at the starting point, and, if they bring is
III @Ncl pOOl IL VIII Just barely pay 10 snip Them
while If they bring lbs. or more they will pay a
profit One or two of the lines of ocean steamers
are preparing to enter largely into the carving of
apples The Leyland line proposes to carry fewer
live cattle this fall, and devote its attention to
treighting apples Each steamer can take from
20O0 to $500 bbs at a cargo and it will not be sin
gular if, during the season for shipping winter
fruit, from 5000 to 5000 bbls per week should
leave this port for Europe
And right here it may not be ont of place to
NJ "a al
lines of ocean steamers. Our ocean steamers have
actually made our markets what they are to day.
Then note the actual demand for more lines in
order that 1t be not necessary to curtail an export
business which has proved so successful as has
that OF cattle in order to relieve the county of her
apples. The lines of steamers expect to be very
| successful In carrying apples this year Already
400 Or 800 bbs. of fall apples (Hubbardstons have
been sent over, with some doubts to their sue
cess. great deal of pains has been taken in or
der TO freight apples across the ocean successfully
One OF the first essentials is ventilation then if
the apples are in good order when they start and
| the weather Is sufficiently cool, success NAV be
expected. great deal depends upon the cond
| ton of the apples, and those farmers who pick
and pack their apples in slovenly manner think
| ing that they will answer for the European mar
ket make very great mistake. In fact almost
the entire success of the apple export trade this
| fall will depend upon the picking and packing of
| the growers Poor, bruised apples will not live
through the voyage. Apples are not sold in Lon
| don and Liverpool as they are here simply by un-
| heading now and then barrel and examining from
| the top but about two barrels out of 20 are Sc
lected and put upon high platform in the pres
| ence of all the marketmen, and the heads are
knocked out and the apples poured out in great
pile upon the platform. If there are any bad ones
they are sure to appear, and if these two barrels
| show many mean, rotten apples the whole 20 bar
rels are condemned 1t does not pay for farmers
to pack poor apples to send to the European mar
| kets.
| When the experiment Of exporting apples was
first being tried, an extensive apple grower in
Maine, who always raised the best fruit to be
! found in the market, and also took great pains in
picking and packing it, sent 20 or 30 barrels of his
best fruit, through commission house here to
Liverpool In the top of each barrel he put his
name and residence, and desired, if the consumer
Of the barrel of fruit was satisfied, to hear from
| him. The farmers request brought several replies
direct, besides several to the Liverpool commission
| house which handled the fruit The replies ex
pressed great deal of pleasure and satisfaction
| with the fine American fruit and desiring more of
it the next year. But that year the apple crop vas
a total failure, and our farmer suddenly grown
famous in the markets of the old world, could not
supply his customers. For one or two seasons
since, however, he has forwarded his apples to
Europe and his name has become brand viii ch
always sells 1t will pay to hand-pick and pack