The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
coNsTERN zion AMONG CONSUMERS
American Apples Had Taken the
GermaA Markets by storm.


GermaA Markets by storm.
London, F'b. 2-The Berlin correspond
ents of the horning papers are all skepti-
cal as to th alleged reason for the exclu-
sion of Amfican fresh fruit. They doubt
that the ca lse is the discovery Ola bug in
box of a piles in South Germany The
exclusion il attributed rather to the agra
rlan demand for reprisa1s against the
American tariff.
The declion has caused the greatest sur
prise and considerable dissatisfaction, for
Americana apples had rapidly taken the
German markets by storm, owing to their
cheapness and fine quality, and the poor
consumers cannot afford to buy equally
fine Frensh or Italian fruit.
Washington, Feb. 2.-The officials of the
agricultural department have as yet re-
oeived no information on the subject. They
are disposed to believe that the explana-
ton that importations of fresh fruit will
be prohibited because of danger from YER
min is not sincere one, but that Ger
many having in mind the recent legisla-
ton of the American government imposing
discriminating duty on bounty-paid SUI
SUI 4lo0 ldACA llliS dEliOn as q SOTl Oh re-
taliation.
G. B. Bracket, the chief of the pomolog-
zeal division of the department. in discuss
ing the dispatch, said 1T is surprising
that any charge should be made that Cal
lfornia fruit is infested with pests. The
1ruit from that state is the freest from
vermin of any in the whole country She
ms stringent laws against the introduction
OF insect pests and diseases, and has
corps of inspectors who examine all nurse
ny stock before it is permitted to be i'm
ported.
There is little or no ground for the
statement that American fruit shipped
abroad is unsanitary. The pest from
which the American apples suffer are the
Laruave of the coddling moth, which de-
Velops INTO worm, and also from the APP
pie magSot. The possibility of any harm
from these pests in apples shipped abroad
IS however, very remote. Especially is
TINS the case with Germany, because very
lew of our apples which have been ship
ped to Europe for the past twenty-five
years go 10 that country. Our fruit is
not inspected before it is exported, though
me natural assumption is that dealers
PICK out the choicest and most select be-
lore sending it away in order that the
reputation may be kept up. Apples are the
only fresh fruits which are shipped to
Europe at this time of the year. Peaches
and oranges have been sent mostly az an
experiment, and they go mainly to Eng
land.
The growth of the shipment of apples
abroad has been enormous in the last six
teen years. In 1SS0-S1 the shipments
amounted TO 1925, sos barrels, while in 1896
), they aggregated 2,919,S46 barrels. OF
inns aggregate 111,09C barrels, valued at
s2iS ~, were shipped to Hamburg, the re-
naming number, with the exception of
approximately 100000 barrels, going to
English ports. OF course it is likely
some of the fruit which is sent to Eng
!and reaches Germany indirectly, though
uere are no statistics on hand to tell
the precise amount.
on the basis of the above indicated
snIPments to Hamburg it is evident that
'ne loss to America by the prohibition of
ene Importation, as stated, would not be
ar great as If this prohibition should APP
ply TO all Europe. The fact of this whole
ila'ter is that We are the ones that should
We protected, for nearly all the insects
~ our fruits have been imported from
4oielgn countries