New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-01
APPLES WILL BE HIGHER.
EUROPE'S CROP IS A FAILURE AND THE
AMERICAN SUPPLY Is SHORT.
pprCrs HAVE ADVANCED IN THE ENGLISH
MARKETs-A STRONG EXPORT DEMAND
HERE-WHAT PROMINENT DEAL
Frs HAVE TO SAY.


Apples are advancing, the export demand Is strong
and Increasing and the domestic crop is no" re-
por,eJ TO be- small Only few weeks ago there
was a good prospect for an abundan, supply ana
the crops OF Europe having failed, American farn-
ers confden; that they would be abe 10 supply
the foreign demand fully and prohtably. tribune
renorter Yesterday called In reference TO the sub
Jet on Otto @. Mayer, of Otto G. Mayer q Coz No
Br!dge-si and Mr.. Day. Of Sgobe. IL Day, NO 4
Brldge-st both of which firms are extensive nan
d.ers of app.es and are agents for large houses IN
England and Scotland.
Mr. Mayer said: The export season opened 'h's
week and We have Just sent ont our Circular NO /
for the season. stating that the English ana scotch
firms represented by us have cabled that there Is
good demand for American apples In their market
We also cautioned shippers rot TO fail to mark
their barrels American produce in conformity win
law enacted by the British Parliament ahout
eighteen months ago Such a Jaw has long pre-
vailed In England concerning the marking of other
kinds OF foreign goods.
The export season begins about the middle OF
August and shipments are light during the first
two weeks but steadily increase in volume. II con-
tnues til about April ]. but the buk OF the pusl
ness Is done before December Il. During this week
about 1000 barrels have been exported. Next week
there will probably be about 500. shipments vary
so much in quantity that 1t would be difficult %
strike a correct average During the week ending
- OFFENDER 60 1872 there Gj,SS barrels Of apes
exported while in the corresponding week oil the
rcxt year there were on.y nve Darre.s shIpp'l
abroad; and yet | have seen, In round numbers
10000 barrels exported In single week. All KINDS
Of apples except soft kinds that Will not Keep WE'LL
are exported The English people you know, are
partial TO red co.or, and as rule they prefer
Iei apples. such as Badwins. Kings, etc New
town Pipp.ns were formerly favore apples with the
English. bu; after some unscrupulous shippers had
fois,el upon them lot of Inferior sppies, falsely
branded 'Newiown Pippins,' they id not care Tor
them any more The European apple crop Is almost
a total failure. and the apples are Of poor qIadty
Our crop here Will not be more than half OF an
average full! crop being shor, in mos; sections and
abundant in bu; few. In July the outlook was good.
but the prolonged hot and dry weather has ma
terially changed the situation. Apples were sCid III
Liverpool Wednesday for from s. Gs to 81 3 a
mornings sale brought from 8 to 81 T. Farmers
have advantage H. The fact mat, on account OF
in Two weeks from The DAY OF shipment. uhi:c for
merry they had TO walt twenty-five or ihFiy Gays
Mr. Day said with much positiveness: You are
at perfect liberty to quote me saying that the
American crop will not be- more than onc-thlrd u u
ag ani am s snre Of n as TN HUDSON %
there is promise Of good yied but In the western
than one eighth Of an ordinary crop. Ia that sec
ton almost all % tn apples have fallen to ne
dropping from tn, tres was mo PT?.onS,yd a.
III CANADIAN crop is prc,ty good. THIS cabc lis
patch which you jdsl now saw handed 90 me- -
from Liverpool aTG quotes the prices at the app'c
auction sal there THIS morning. You can see Dor
yourself that u reports %" demand - b" very @ool
To- 81 -: green apples. s. 10 s. % This is c6nsAcr,
able advance on the prices realized 90 W-dncs lay
sal. 'Thc freight from here 10 Liverpool is about
- cents a barrel The Continental appi' crop, 40
whole * a CONFLICT failure and ;n' appl small
and poor Europe VII have 80 Depend upon the
United Stsi.s ana Canada Ter h~r supply. rnr AZ
pc market IS strong AM higher prices VIII fui".
llpa II ihr volume ana variation ~ 10" aii."
export trade may be gathered from -" following
statistics TAKEN from settlement compiled hf iaiir
Tuck Editor Of The FrIii Trad" Journal ahow
iu In detail the 0lalfi.~ - apples exported durH$
the fourteen years from $50 20 i1i ir usive Tibet"
we're / 2gS W. barrels shipped o. foreign ports in
$50 Af'er thn' fna shli'neni" dwinl."l q, on.F
sl.tS2 barrels in w. The eNporis men "riJ i,
I'm isa9 which was t"c banner yea. 10 the history
OF the American apple tiddr.