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Apples and Prices in the East.
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New York, September 20.-Apple pri-
ces for American fruit have kept up re-
markably well so far this season and
nearly everybody who went in for ex-
porting early apples made money.
Buyers began to appear in the Hudson
river districts several weeks earlier than
is customary, and consequently the ex-
port season opened much earlier.
1t was first thought among both the
trade and the shippers that the season
woud start out with high prices and
chat these figures would continue up
until fall, or until the Western fruit be-
gan to come East. But the buyers are
cautious and within the past three
weeks have shown a tendency to get
out. Prices in the orchards are lower
and many of the shippers have balked
at selling and are c0nsigning their fruit
instead.
Wayne M. French, Simon, Shuttle.
worth q Co. g man, spent few days
up the river recently. He says that in
Columbia and Duchess counties buyers
for exporters are offering $1.25 to $3.50
for Greenings and Baldwins and where
the seller cannot get $l.50 he consigns
his fruit
Last week in London, Kings brought
$3.50 to So, York Pippins sold for 1926
to So. IS, Genitins went at 81 25 to $4. rs.
Deduct from these prices about 81 per
barrel for freight, duty, etc, and the
figures loom up in fine shape for the
shipper The market Is excellent at
this writing for fine fruit, but is weak
on all else and the latest cables state
that much fruit is arriving in bad con-
dition.
Referring to the conditions and pros
poets for the season Mr.. Meeker said to
the Packer man:
"This season should be banner one
for the shippers of the Hudson river
valley. Everything seems to be COM
ing their way. Our London advices
tell us to get all the river fruit we can,
as they have reliable information that
the Canadian crop will show up very
badly, on account of scab and fungus
1t is known that the crop in Virginia
is dead failure, and especially in the
Albemarle pippin section. Therefore
the upriver Newtowns will have it all
their own way. The Nova Scotia crop
is known to be almost nothing In COM
parison with other seasons, as the
Annapolis valley will pan out hardly
Is per cent of crop, and not all of this
will I've good quality The Middle West
reports apples as dropping and the Cal.
ifornia and Oregon supplies will not in
teriere much with the Eastern growers,
as different class of trade buys this
output.
There is one mistake these shippers
make,h he continued, land that Is,
they are in too big hurry to get their
fruit on the market and to accom-
plish this end they are apt to pick their
fruit before it is properly matured.
Last week several shipments of Bald
wins went over that had practically no
color and it would have been little
hard 10 tell whether they were Green
ings or Baldwins, they were so green.
Fruit like this will not bring its full
price and creates dissatisfaction on the
other side. We would suggest that
farmers let their fruit mature well
before picking"
The following are the exports of APP
pies from New York for the week end
ing September lS: To Liverpool, 2S, ,S95
bbls: London, 2,764 bbls; Glasgow,
Is, 424 bbls; Total for the week, 1855
bbls, against (, 3,40S hbls for the same Pc
riod year ago. To date this season
there have been ,707 bbls of apples
sent abroad compared with 4,96S bbls
up to this time u wear ago.
Edward Williams of Albion sold his
crop of apples In Murray to ID. S. Beth
wick of the Albion Cold Storage Co.,
for 81 500, the crop being estimated at
about |, 200 hbls. Mr.. Williams picks
aud draws the fruit aud the purchaser
does the packing.
The apple crop is fine in western New
York. The fruit is holding on well,
aud little or no damage was done by
the recent storms. The prices are very
satisfactory. Many of the growers
have sold their entire orchards at from
50 to 81 p per bbl, which is considered
"A high figure.
Albert Wood of Carlton Station, has
sold his orchard for 1000 aud "piek II
down" That means pick the fruit
aud put it in heaps. The orchard con-
taius % acres.
Chicago, September 20.-Several par
ties from the street went to York State
10 buy apples but found the crop 80
badly affected with fungus they would