The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-26
FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA.
They Find a Ready Sale in
Many Parts of the
Orient.
BETTER PACKING NECESSARY.
Country Used In China and
Japan.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 25.-The
Bureau of Statistics of the State Depart
ment has just published reports from con-
sular officers upon the Oriental market for
dairy products and fruits. Consul Hunt
at Hongkong sums up the subject for
that part of China as follows:
"There are two articles-condensed milk
and raisins-from the United States which
are used by Europeans and Chinese and
should command an important place in
the market. 1 might add that bacon,
butter and ham, and all kinds of salt
meats are in demand at small profit;
however, it is necessary to improvise a
new mode of packing them superior or at
least equal to that of Europeans.
at is absolutely necessary in this
climate to protect any perishable fruit, as
the voyage is too long to avail of cold stor-
age. Nearly all of the butter consumed at
this point comes from Europe and small
percentage from Australia. AS for cheese,
the United States compares very favorably
with the European supply, but it would
command better place in this market if
it were put up in smaller Sizes"
Consul Sommer at Bombay says that
California canned fruits and preserves are
considered the best in the Bombay mar
ket, though most California fruits are
brought by way of New York, increasing
their selling price. No butter or cheese is
imported from the United States.
Consul-General Polk at Calcutta says
there is small chance for the United States
fruit-growers to secure market in Bengal.
Vice-Consul Boone at Padang reports
that the dairy products are almost exclu-
sively from Holland and Switzerland. The
imported fruits there come exclusively
from California.
Consul-General McIver at Kanagawa,
Japan, reports: The market for dairy
products and fruit in Japan is very linz
tied, since the demand for them, except
apples, is confined to the foreign residents
at the open ports and few natives of the
higher class, who have come into direct
contact with foreigners. The consumption
of butter and cheese is confined almost en-
tirely to the foreign communities.
There has been great demand in Japan
for apples and pears, as those grown here
have very little taste or flavor, and the de-
mand has to some extent been supplied
by shipments from our Pacific Coast and
Canada, but recently the orchards in the
northern end of Yezzo, stocked with
imported trees under government su-
pervision, are producing some excel
lent pears and apples, have begun to
bear fruit in sufficient quantities to go far
toward supplying the demand, and the
quantity will in all probability increase as
the years pass. The trade in preserved
and prepared fruits and products has been
largely controlled by English manufac-
turers for many years. There is no reason
why we should not at least share this mar
ket.
Vice-Consul-General Tyler, at Teheran,
Persia, says American meats, salmon and
canned fruits are now sold in Persia
Consul Connolly at Auckland says that
New Zealand is dairy country, but that
the superiority OF American fruits will
afford market, and the importations are
noticeable.