The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-24
THE CANADIAN CHEESE TRADE


The statistical position of cheese has IN
dergone very marked change during the
past four or five weeks the exports from
Canada having shown rapid increase during
that time as compared with the correspond
ing period last year, reducing the dsIic.t in
the shipments from Canada from 274 094 boxe s
on Sept. to 149, 735 on Oct. 8. On Sept. y
TIE combined shipments from Canada and
the United States for the present se:soa fell
Dehlnd those of the same period in 1897 bv
9G5,I6f boxes, whereas the deficit has now
been reduced to 379 $50 boxes The chin
ments of the past two weeks from tb:s NH
nave splurged ahead of the same period Iast
year by ABOUT 10000 boxes ard If thew keen
on at TINS rate the seasons decrease will
soon De turned into an increase; but we be-
HeVe there will soon be a check to this lqrse
movement The fail make has undoubtedly
oeen large. both in the province of Quebec
anu Ohtarlo, the pastures having bsen ex-
cepLlhally favorable for milk production; but
Gesplte all this. the general impression is
tnat 1t will not be as large as that Of 1897,
quite a number Of cheese factories bavin9
recently changed their machinery and gone
into butter making. Regarding prices the
market has declined fully Ac since last
week, sales being made of about 1900 boxes
at time of writing Wednesday, at 91sc for
hnest Western colored, and at SC for finest
western while. a lot of 500 finest Eastern
Septembers was placed at SIC, while finest
western Augusts have sold at sac and IN
dergrades have been picked up at &c to S%c.
Ihese figures will give fair idea of values.
montreal Trade Bulletin.
AMERICAN APPLES IN EUROPE.
The United States consul at Chemnitz Ger
many, advises Americans to ship their APPLES
this year to Germany. If good fruit is chosen
such as will stand long voyage-the Bald
WIZ apple, for instance-he is confident that
the business will prove to be a paying one
complaint has been made in Germany against
american fruit because OF the fear of the in
PRODUCTION of the San Jose scale which is one
CT the most destructive diseases known 10
fruit. investigation has shown that the fear
or the Germans has been exaggerated It is
ROT denied that the San Jose scale is found
IN some parts of the United States but dis
eased fruit is not shipped abroad Such q
course would soon result in DESTROYING the
export business German experts are now in
the United States studying our fruit So far
as known, they have not advised exclusion
a good price at home. These apples are
shipped to England as well as to the contf-
hent, and the business has been proved to be-
worth the effort made to establish it, In New
Ork state, IN Pennsylvania, parts of Mary
Iand, the northern part of Virginia and in
some of the Western states are grown some
OF the best apples in the world. They stand
transportation we'll, and the demand for them
Is increasing. The reputation of such fruit as
the Baldwin, the winesap and the AlbemarIe
plppin, Of Virginia-the latter of which is
connned to a comparatively small area owing
10 peculiar conditions of the SOILS well es
tablished. Americans have much TO learn
about packing fruit, but they are gaining a
strong hold in the foreign markets For the
five years preceding 1895 the annual avara 90
Of shipments of fruit from this country fo
Germany amounted to over four million dol
Iars-Baltimore American.
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