New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15
A BAD YEAR FOR APPLES.
THE AMERICAN FRUIT ABROAD.

IRH SEASON DISASTROUS 0xE-sTATIsTTcs
THAT TELL THE TALr.
Exporters Of apples have had little to he thank
full for during the season now rapidly drawing to
a close It has been one OF dsappointments and
the exporter who has more apples to ship
nanifests disposition to rejoice. The indications
Of profitable season, which were observed early
in the year. proved false. The unexpected hap
pencd In almost every instance Canadian ex-
portes alone arc joyous, for to them only was
the season beneficial in pecuniary sense; Amcri-
can shippers having reaped nothing bat experience.
and that dtarls.
Canadian apples have been more sought after
in the foreign markets than State fruit, and
while good prices have been realized for the
former, shippers Of the latter have considered
themselves fortunate to lose nothing but time
and labor expended In Canada the yield Of
apples was fairly large and the fruit Of fine
quality, while in the States the crop was short
and the fruit the poorest that has been harvested
in years. Down East there were few apples, and
in the Hudson RIVER Valley the trees bore poorly.
In western Newly the crop was much better
Hudson River Valley apples were soft and
clouded7 to such an extent that hard, cieae
s prices Aside Aside from thus, there was heavy
yield Of English and German fruit with which
American apples came into competition IN the
London, Liverpool and Glasgow markets. SO poor
was the fruit that number Of practical ex-
perenced men who are usually the heaviest
shippers refused to handle it, and the demand In
the home market being small, many p fouueem'
inexperienced in this branch OF the business,
were forced to look abroad for an outlet Tor the
overplus. Thus IL was that so much infenoe
fruit found it's way to foreign markets ana proved
disastrous to shippers -
The foreign markets are now wen cleared OK
the poor soft apples with which they have been
glutted and good stock could probably be shipped
to advantage 1t is not likely, however, that
much mere fruit will be exported this season, as
the home markets advancing and the supply
does not exceed the demand. Although large
quantities of apples are held in western New York,
il is thought there are none too many for home
consumption. and as the demand, at good prices,
is strong, both in the East and the far west the
owners will realize handsomely without having
recourse to the foreign markets. At all events,
New York and Boston shippers will have tho
business to themselves during the balance OF tho
season as the Canadian ports arc closed .
Up to December 81, 1887, 432i4 barrels OK
apples had been exported as follows: From New
York, 2I2144 barrels Boston, s3,9ll Montreal,
03.l34; Portland, 2o'oo6; nalilax, l2,4Sl An
napolis. IO,4S4 as against COZ, 1873 barrels up TO
the same time the previous season, as follows:
From New-York, l50,329 barrels Boston. 1865;
Montreal, LOG, 1903; Portland, S0'967; Halifax,
56O73; Annapolis, ,34S. These shlpmen~
were distributed as follows: This season, 70
Liverpool, 235,57s barrels; Glasgow, 1885;
London, 62450: miscellaneous 1886; as againss
800 II 3 barrels to Liverpool; l22,327 TO GlasgoWi
1928, 7O4 to London, and i2,044 to miscellaneous
ports in 1885.
How remarkable this season has been will be
readily comprchcnded Shipments from all ports
hut Ncw-YOrl< were much lighter than last season,
but the prices realized were much lower, shd IN
many instances were not commensurate 10 tho
time labor and capital involved. Some expert
ments were made during the season with pears
with the result of demonstrating the lmpracnca-
blity of exporting this fruit. Exporters iet 70:
matOes severely alone this season ana Will IN All
probability not repeat the experiments OF a lew
years ago when several hundred crates OF tho
fruit were shipped to the other side at a loss