Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-02

Dufing the season of 1856 there wero
shipped abroad from the United s,.t.s -.
oanada s9a,s75 barrels of apples. The MO-
v,ous year, lSS4-s5, the total .b;nua,,.
-. uo'oao we're 787,785 barrels, while dnr;ns
Q, - season OF 1884 the exports were on,.'
o. barrels. During the season of lsso-si
Wv. .aIee aggregate Of 1926. SO6 barrels va
pr;,.;o .eu 10 Europe. principally to Great
.; Adylces from various parties make it csr
c;aI,. .n Tue european crop of apples, espe.
veor a' oi england, is much smaller this
De large demand for American .rrIe. NH III
present uncertain element Ia the nna 49, ne &c
surplus apples we may have for exno,;;no
,:hce 10 many sections the American cror, :,
disappointing. ''n crop Is
Guns MS connection j. w. Draper & Son of
,Iohveht Garden, London, state in a recon,
.e..eI mat this season offers fairer induce.
n.s 70 extend shipments of apples than in
en- years, as the crops in England. France
'mahy ana IN the Low Countries are nm
Usually light, while those grown in Italv
SPAN and Portu. al do not influence the MAJ
.e'' tnelr quality being decidedly inferior
american shippers, they say, need nor bs.;.
tate 10 export largely, since thew have tho
neio to themselves. Provided the frn;, IL
packed under proper conditions. and reacbe.
10 ues,ination in sound shape, there can he
no doubt OF fair results.
me pest sorts OF apples, such as Newtown
,'ppins, bsldwins, Russetts, Seeks. Spitzen.
oergs, Mugs, Greetings, Northern Spies and
., LASTS are always in demand, and if proper.
seitc'ed and well put up, will almost in
.Iy meet with a good market In fact
a.most any good keeping apple will do to 90
over. although in most instances b;ob ooio, "a
appies 90 the best. Apples of the frail nature
OF Astrachsns will not stand tho vnuana I,,.
the list of those that will answer ia a Love
one. Each barrel should have leeiblv atom,
ci'ied thereon the name of the apple.
apples should be packed tightly 80 as to
prevent damage from moving about in the
oarreI. The barrels should be new ono.
maze Tor the purpose. The filing should be
uohe on platform Of boards and not ON the
GROUND. All wormy and bruised fruit should
De rejected. The barrels should be filled
from the bottom, 80 that when the head is
op'hed' full surface is presented. The
SIZE Is not matter of prime importance
Inc fruit should also be evenly assorted and
uniform in size and quality throughout. a,
nne at the bottom and middle as on ton. The
nrst layer OF apples should be uniform in
SIZE and be placed in the barrel stem down
"hen the barrel appears full, it should be
wei shaken, and more apples then be placed
on top, projecting at least half the thickness.
OF the apple above the top of the chime of
the barrel, the head placed on these apples.
ana with screw press, gently forced into
the barrel. The barrels should be well nailed
and lining hoops nailed around both the heads
to keep them in place
The following remarks made bya New
YORK house on this point some two seasons
ago are pithy and well worth attention: ain
regard to packing, there is much room for
Improvement, and faults in this respect are
not entirely confined to State packers. A
large part OF the receipts, especially during
the last two seasons, have been Stuffed the
middle of the barrels containing inferior and
trashy fruits, topped off with few LAYERS of
good apples. Buyers soon find this out, and
the poor apples bring no more than they are
worth. The stocks should be closely graded.
the primes and seconds being packed separ-
ately ard plainly marked Only one variety
should b. packed in barrel, and the kind
and grade neatly -teuciled on the head. The
top layer should show, on opening the barrel
fair average IF the quality throughout the
package Brand, packed in this manner will
very soon acquire reputation which will
amply repay packers for their care and hon.
estv "
The shipping mark must be put on the head
of the barrel, and it is a matter of small i'm
portance what that mark is. A plain stencil
is far the best, the palmer the better, but
shippers who send often must remember not
to use their brand except for the best par
GELS. II they wish to send fruit that is not up
to their standard it is better to vary their
marks as reputation for good packing is
easily established by any shipper, but may
be destroyed entirely if the same brand is
used on a barrel of inferior fruit. Some
brands of fruit hardly need to be shown at
the sales, so well has their reputation become
established.
As a rule, the late shipments of apples, es-
pecially if the fruit is of keeping character,
are the most profitable. The demand for the
earlier sorts is not so reliable, because the
English crop itself is largely of this descrip-
ton. Yet as the European crop this year Is
a comparatively light one, it is possible that
early shipments will meet with good results.
Last years export trade in apples was not one
of much profit to the shippers, though this
wear the growers should get higher prices
than they did last year. The Baldwin is the
most popular apple in the English market.
The explorations of apples is a simple mat
ter, provided they are consigned to response
BILE agents or brokers of the English fruit
commission houses in Portland, Boston or
New York. These agents attend to the busi-
ness, make the shipments, pay the carriage,
insure the apples, and have them sold at
auction Immediately after landing in Liver
pool or London, tor which they charge a
commission of five per cent on the sales.
The freight 10 usually from sixty to eighty
cents per barrel. Other expenses swell the
total to about 81 per barrel after the ship
ment has left the United States. This does
not include the selling agents commission of
Ave per cent on the total sales in England.
The total cost of shipping and selling apples
in England varies from Sl.25 to $3.50 per
barrel This is in accordance with a circular
sent to us by De Long, Mayer & Co., New
York atty, who are exporters of apples.
The best English houses claim that the
Liverpool route is by far the best for Ameri-
can exporters to adopt. Shipments made
from New York or Boston to Liverpool at
through rate to London will reach the mer
chant in better condition and in less time
than would be the case were the direct route
to London adopted Again, in London there
are heavy wharf and lighterage expenses.
America enjoys the indisputable reputa-
tiou for being the best apple producing coun-
try in the world. For quality, variety and
weight. her produce stands unequalled, and
whatever may be on the English market
American apples in good concition always