New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-27
APPLES Ar HOME AND ABROAD.
COMPARISON WITH FORMER YEARS

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upAvy Cnurs MKAN iAhuH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MAnRRta-tmt rue. rnie wiNtsn
Tho dcpota Of the Ncw,York Central nnd
Hudson River Railroad at H. Johns Park and barclay
II pier, ~ vol IA tho piers ~ the va,io"
lines of Hudson River steamboats, are now hlod WIN
different kinda Of produce. aud ono OF tho most
important Ia apples Hundreds OF merchants ale inter
esed In handling tho crop which Ii ths year unusually
large, promising to nearly II not fully equal tho
yield Of $780, which Is stl called among dealers the
greatest apple year. Tho fact that the apple crop large
in the years when there 10 Presidential eleo'
ton would to indicate that the
plentiful supply OF cider for campaign purposes proV
DENTAL At present both the farmers AMI the produce
commission merchants are thinking OF ways In which
the apple crop may he probably disposed o. Inc yed
throughout this state OF ino quality especially IN the
central and western counties. Maine ana tho
New-England States generally have Sooa crops,
ond 90 have most OF the Western good part Of
the crop will find It's way u tho drying or evaporaths
esablshnens This method of preserving the crop In
creases in extent every year. Thousands Of barrels OF
fruit arc daily ground and pressed in tho cider mills
where the small boy with straw bending over the vat
OF applcuice is the genius and symbol of the place
Cannon fruit sold low ten cents hnshel m inc
cider mills by the farmers who cannot dispose OF them
more prohtaby. and they use the sweet apples ior ia
tening SWINE. =. An, ,,., .,,,. 90
he found In the export trade to Great britain, nc
apple {. crop there has been ialiuir
though
snrcei TO supply the demand MP to this time. the Brit
ish farmers having hurried them To market III order
DISPOSE 81 them before foreign frnit arrived NeVrrhe
there has been good 9Yamy from OF d wbcra
HE Enronrnn apples iave mainly received, state
that n l. expected that these shipments will soon he eK
hauscd leaving the market open TO American surra"' ;
of the apples imported mt London Large shipments
OF American apples have been sent 10 si'e a1 5
T"ss markets Of American apples being packed
alV in "a
condition. New-York apples are quoted higher tnan
English market. Recent sales ranged from shil!ngs
for aeenngs aud fall ppps TO Il sIings t9r ouSn
recent ears t9 tn to October Ii there had been
other ports l2l 6o7 barrels Of apples about half OF
which lett this port and about onehd Boston ao ne ea
Last year England had good apple crcp aud this con-
s try s sHer' Of "' 1850 wee ia2ssoc barrels.
Hcw York sent 500 200 Boston, 5l0,30o; Philadelphia.
G2 M?e Ssrre R6on tRSds the S
went to Liverpool about one-iAth TO Giasso" ana te
pcrts dropped to 23os52. barrels, and in Iss2-3
they rose to 3'J2Da prFo ia tdn% shiIIihps
per barrel The English commission merchants charge
uty charges IN making account Of sales which the
mission merchants OF this city do NOT understand ue
commission merchant in this city told TRIBUNE re-
porter that he expected to zee hcasy cfpor uade IN
priced "a there a heavy yield. expect said he,
that good apples will sell AT 81 20 TO - barrel when
IL what they arc worth that IL, sound choice fruit
You can, buy fall varieties or poor quality
greoningsN for 81 n barrel But Kings,
Spies, BaldwinH, Blusn anu any, hhc
variety in good order will bring the first named figure.
Although q failed in attempt to have the Legs
tue last winter adopt standard barrel Of three bnsh
els the same noui barrel yet tho agitation had
good effect Except along the Hudson River, the small
Fpuuy barrels hayo been quito generally discarded and
large barrels have come into use Growers will find
II To their ADVANTAGE to large barrels altogether.
People want barrel ~ apples when they buy one. and
not kegs Moreover. they sel quicker ana at better
prices and tho freight IL not cent moro Tor large than
Tor small barrel, Il also pays growers to pack their
apples and prcls them In tightly having the opfnced
with smooth handsome fruit stem end up. An attrac-
tive appearance not tricky deception aud yet II helps
to mako sale Then grower should adopt adstinctNe
brand aud by putting good fruit he can make his
marx In demand when others will not sell readily,