Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-11
THE APPLE MARKET.
Export Business Still Continues Even
at Boston.

| Ni' VI tDDltS III nct carSt
| ior Liverpool. and the shipment of 1906
. p'irre!s on the steamship Iberian of the
! sdihe Inc Tor Manchester. and o60(
/ paFFe!S on the Steamship Columbian FOL
| LONDON. calls notice TO the fact thai
! me apple export business still contin-
ues' even though not in the same vol
! uille OF the early part of the winter
me market i'll Liverpool remains good
i lie apples recently landed from Bos-
ION We're III excellent demand. the best
l'aidWlnS commanding from 10 to is
shillings Il barrel.
IL ms been y busy winter among the
apple shippers all along the coast. there
having been shipped from the United
States and Canadian ports 1851. 2o3
barrels. which is Il substantial increase
over The l,96?.03I barrels of the season
on l?'2-o3. OF this quantity 553, S1S
bIffeiS or about onc-ffth WAS shipped
from l'oSton; New York leading. and
Portland, Me, being not far behind
Boston.
Ihe shipments this season have been
E'rSef IMAM usual from Canadian ports,
-Noiitrtai sending out 4 large number
oi barrels before the river closed. and
ilaliiaX shipping more than Portland.
Liverpool has been the principal mar
Eet of this fruit as might be inferred
from the fact that for the week ending.
Feb. l. 29,l59 barrels Of the 81 .33s wenr
10 that port.
Hhf: local season has not been quito.
so productive Of export business as it
would have been had not the shinn,o
OF fruit been decreased by the diversion
form i,n-T0l al a l,ron
export business; the ShiDmcnt from,
Canadian ports being unusually brisk
which, OF course, decreased the totals
Of Boston ;tnd New York. Another rea-
son has been the large demand in this
country for our own fruit. which has
been supplied, only the overflow being
shipped abroad. Beside Liverpool
London and Glasgow have been OBJ
j'ctNo points. London using Il large
quantity in her markets.
i.ut the market for American apples,
is nOt limited II England alone. Franco
! becoming = convert to our fruit the
canned and dried having been in de-
mlnd there for Il long time. Now Ger
many is feeling the force Of the fruit
supply and has been buying our apples
to such an extent that the German
press sees Il great danger i'll permitting
the trade to continue.
Germany is not by nature an ample
growing country, and the growers have
permitted their orchards to degenerate
iii! they bear Il natural fruit which is
tough and 1iavorless. Such apples
when placed on the market beside the
fair. rosy-cheekcd fruit from the we'll
~, IL,
not fail to b6 set aside ana the more 50
when the imported apples can be
bought one or two cents pound
cheaper.
The care used in preparing the apple
for export has resulted in the use of
boxes instead of barrels as carriers
Tie barrel is still hold to by Il siavish
ototiou 10 old customs, even to the
sacrifice OF quality and it Will prob. bly,
De some time before the box entirely
suNerscGes the barrel.
The points claimed in favor of the box
ar: It's ntWEcSs AMI therefore cleanli-
n""%. The barrels generally used are dis
cardcd tio'n' barr, Is. from which It is vurY
difficult to remove all traces of the form, r
contents. and 50 the fruit often reaches;
its destination SPECIFIED with particle, OF
iioir which ut once rob il Of its beautiful
appearances. These boxes are so built a.
to allow Il free circulation of air through
tho contents. preventing sweating: Il con-
dili"n which has been aN,.rtci even in
if''i''l lots by the use of ventiiatmE fans.
Propelled hN electricity, in the steamship
h"!d&. This system of artificial ventila-
ti,n has been employed with great sue
cess on the steamships of the LryiinI
Limo running out of Session. tho. fruit car
m
pool in good condition. AZ indicated 10y tn"
demand and prices offered.
.tnrtEcr point OF excellence in which the
lut &lirIrisees the barrel is th, diminish
cd likelihood of the boxed fruit being
hi uierd by the pressure of one appl"
against another: in the barre; the weight
"f tn, apples above the lower tiers often
lc"VcS tn, III with tattcnCd sides which
speedily invite decay
i,,c:iu+e uf the increase of the Use Of
paper and doth sacks; by flour mill,r>.
tn. barrel is being done away with 10
some extent ana this has !, tendency 10
popuiarSc TIE box.
The time Of year when orchards; rccoiv"
their finishing touches will soon ne at
Eard Tho expert ample ra:s"r is adopting;
f!i:; fruit trees to thc uclland. and Just 80
long aS the American continent with il;
widely spread climate 50 favorable To the
growth of apples, continues to be the
source of supply FOR continental Europe.
81 long should the frnit grower adapt
his; ore hard and forms of shipment =
TN: ends which will produce the hest APP
pI' 1T tn, IT. best in III. foreign markets.
United States Consul General Mason III
i:crlin. in reporting, On the American APP
nl,' iii Germany SAYS: Not for Il ;,cncr-
alton Ia como, ii ever. can the native
grown supply he expanded and improved
II meet III" steadily growing demand.
"'rh" advantages of superior quality and
generally lower price. the heritage Of a
fertile soil and genial climate. will be
pyrnlancntIy in favor OF the American
fruit If the trade is vigorously pushed
Ind iutliciouSly managed. the tendency of
our fresh fruit exports will he to rcpllc"
more AMI more the vast quantities of APP
~, that arc now imported from Switzcr-
land. Austria. Holland ana Italy.
10 aid in pushing this trade the steam
ships of the International VI, rc;tn,iic Ma
ril.r cos lines haN" been equipped with
the electric vrntila tors ana the fruit cX-
ported. next autumn. will he able to main
tam tho high standard OF til" American
lr:,d". especially when the box is used in
preference to the barrel
FOR THE POLE.