The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-13

American apples ~ EaFurns
American apples have Invaded Ger
many. Austria and England In SUCH
Quantity as 10 alarm the fruit growers
Of Europe The New York Press sAya.
III the Americans would be a little
more careful in packing their apples
for export they could easily hold the
markets ofall Europe. for the Amori-
can apple Is superior IN every way 20
the European fruit The German POI
biological Journal states that In the
last winter 100000 double centnors Of
American apples were landed AZ Ger
man ports The agrarian papers IN
Germany are showing the alarm they
feel BY pointing out how badly the
American apples are packed. and cali
ING upon German fruit raisers 20 gratt
their apple trees az once" Until the
American apples captured the market
last winter Germany used TO get her
apples largely from the Austrian Ty-
roL Now Baldwlns. Greetings and
spitzenberga 90 there from the United
states. +. II. Mason, United States
consul al Frankfort. says Of the Amer
loan apple invasion Of Germany Moth
ing can obscure the fact that the vie
tory has been one Of superior qualify
father than mere cheapnoss Of price.
ana there 10 "a assuring prospect that
lhe large importatioua OF this season
nave opened a permanent market for
american apples Ia Germany. II Ia
therefore worth while 10 review some
OF the mistakes that have been made By
certain exporters in our country and
point out the additional precautions
mat VIII be necessary 70 give the trade
stability and lift Il above the character
OF periodic and more or leas uncertain
speculation. Taking into account the
magnitude Of the importatlons and the
TACT that most Of the fruit had been
gathered. barreled and sold In the prin-
eipal American markets without any
special preparation for export, Il must
DC conceded that Il has arrived for the
most part In fairly good condition. a.
ieast until the latter part Of the ship
ping season. But since the middle %
December a number OF shipments hare
arrived In wretched state--thc apples
20 rotten and crushed a. 70 Be wholly
unstable except for manufacturing
purposes, and then az a serious lOaa TO
ne importers. she agrarian press. ev-
er ready 10 ind flaws In imported food
products. has not failed 10 point out
ahd make the most OF these defecta In
Austria the newspapers declare the en-
pre- u Inundated with American APP
pies In Great Britain Canadian and
American apples were received Ia such
quantities as 20 become a drug IN the
market" The Bradford Observer says
OF American apples. The season 20
date Will be memorable and one OF Bit
Ter experience 10 most The stupen-
deus receipts have completely dwarfed
any previous record. being LIS. 5si
barrels. against "a. csc barrels for the
same period last year The previous
largest season was IN 1891, when 5ss.-
V1s oarrela were received. These fg-
ures refer TO LiverpoG alone. and usu-
ally represent the bulk Of the chip
ments 70 Great Britain. but this 4 not
. ! - 80 ~ NAAh AAAAAN NANENN NUIH year.
as the total receipts are over 400 coo
barrels London. which previously was
comparatively an Insignificant recelv-
er. has had nearly 10000 barrels. Wills
Glasgow has taken about s55.0O0 lar
, rols. and shipments have been made
20 other ports where Il was thought
possible an outlet might be found. The
Liverpool figures are. Of course. i'm
menscly over any other port. and rep
resent. from the Ist % September 70
tle alst Of December. a supply Of over
5000 barrels daily. The largest was In
the week ended October 2i.whcn l07.sS2
barrels arrived. and the supply during
The month was over 1900 barrels dal-
d. The previous largest total import
recorded was 10 lS9l-92. when i.s50. 600
barrels were received. 50 that In the
trli half o. this season the imports TO
Great Britain are an excess Of over
100000 barrels over the total Imports
OF any other previous entire season. .
Consular reports agree that 70 keep the
markets OF the world the American
apple grower must be more careful Ia
packing.