The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-04

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With the aid Of some 1900 special cor
respondents the New England HOmes!eaa
will this week be enabled to present q
very complete forecast as to the larger
fruits whose harvest has now COM
menced, 1t is seven" or bearing year for
apples In New England, but though there
Is q large yield oil lall fruit, the reports In.
dictate that the crop OF winter apples will
DO about 70 percent OF the usual "even"
year yield in the six States In the best
apple counties Of Vermont, along Lake
Champlain, not two.thirds Of the full
even year crop will DO secured, while
Maine reports adeCrease ot20 percent, but
both these States and New Hampshire
will have large surplus. Connecticut
has but half q crop, and Massachusetts
50 percent. But the falling of in New
England will be partly made up by the
great crop in the apple sections Of Nova
Scotia. Annapolis and King counties
last year exported only 10000 barrels,
but this season will have q surplus Of
100000 barrels.
Perhaps the most significant fact re.
vealed in this important report is that the
great apple counties Of Western New
York promises 1.-THE lightest crop 10
twenty years, and the worst feature Is that
the quality promises to be comparatively
poor;" to use the Language oil a parLicu.
larly well informed person, whose state.
ment ia confirmed by the many reporters,
the great apple counties Of Orleans, Mon.
roc, Niagara, Wayne and Wyoming agree
closely In reporting scarcely fifty percent
OF an average yield. Many towns in this
section, which usually ship great guam
titles OF apples, will have practically none
for export this year, and farmers have
very fine ideas as to prices. In Eastern
New York there Is better prospect, but
the average for the whole State 400 70.
ports) Is only % percent. Pennsylvania
has So percent Of a full apple crop, but
there Is a good crop in Ohio, but further
west the reports are Encouraging, and the
Northwest and Southwest have such a
small supply as to offer a renluneratlve
market for surplus Of the Middle States,
much Of which was last year available for
export.
Gable reports on Tuesday from various
points inI England and on the Continent
confirm the earlier predictions OF rather
short apple crop there, especially OF good
fruit In England, but the orange crop Of
Southern Europe will be large and will
affect the English demand for American
apples somewhat. Consequently there
will be good demand In England for our
fruit. We exported thence nearly 9O0OO
barrels last year, the ''odd" year, and the
supply was so large that the prices were
barely remuneratlvo. We incline to the
opinion that the exports will hardly be as
large this year, and while prices may DO a
little better, the business OF exporting ap.
pies Is now too closely managed TO permit
Of any great advances over the profits to
be had by selling in domestic markets.
Tho wisdom Of holding winter fruit Tor
higher prices is therefore problematlCRl,
and must largely depend Upon later dsvel.
opmentB. American orange pippins sold
IN Liverpool at g 10 per barrel on Mon.
day, the first sale Of the BeaSon, which Ia
equivalent to about 81 % net on this side
Ia slight advance on current values.
Pears will be considerably below the US.
uRl yield peaches for the third time are
practically failure north Of the forty.
ilrst parallel plums are fair crop and
will be cheap, while grapes In New Jef.
sey are light and the good crop In South.
ein New England should bring very fair
prices.