The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-11-21
APPLE MARKET
IN new YORK
SHORTAGE OF 100000 BARRELS
Notwithstanding Tight Money Market,
Values Are Strong aud
Demand Good.

New York, November S.-Notwith,
standing the broken week and the
tight money situation there has teeu
good steady demand for apples when
quality and condition we're up to re.
quirements. Anything fancy In all
the favored 5nrts brought good prices,
and commanded a ready sale, and un-
der the iair Woyeu., Mt that marked
the close & de Week s business there
was none tlO much stock Of desirable
character available. The weeks re.
ceipts covering the period up to
Thursday night numbered less than
80, 900 barrels compared with nearly
double hat quantity In the same per-
iod year ago. OF the receipts fully
two thirds was made up Of ordinary
and choice grades, and .hese, II must
be admitted, moved into consumption
somewhat slowly. The exports from
New York weie on model ate scale,
since prices on stock desirable for ex-
port markets is still too high to admit
of even small profit to the exporter.
In addition to the high cost of the
fruit the q-estion of tight money is a
lessened volume OF buying by large
interests The anxiety among ship.
pers ter ready cash has also been the
cause of some considerable shipments
from the upper sections OF the state,
but as this fruit in general has been
of good quality no difficulty has been
experienced In securing top figures.
A factor that promises to cut con-
siderable figure before the present
season is far advanced is the fact that
the total apple crop OF ihe United
States instead of bsing 80, 600, 600 bar
rels, as was previously estimated, will
not run over "A, 900, 000 barrels. The
shortage in such commercial apple
sections as western New York, nearly
all of Michigan and the entire south
west, has been the cause of the heavy
buying by the trade Ia the great mid
die west. The impression hero is that
while New York has good many ap.
pies they will all be needed to meet
the requirements of the trade locally
without taking into account the de-
msnd from the markets OF Europe.
There is, generally speaking, a con.
siderable buying OF fruit going on
even now for the buyers In the west,
and report from Rochester on
Thursday stated that several carloads
of late varieties had been sold to 20
to st. Louis and Chicago. For this
stock, the report stated, up to S3. 30
per barrel /. o. b. shipping point was
paid.
In this market there is a good bust
ness to the jobbing trade and for
some OF the finer sorts up to IS per
barrel hes been paid on small lots.
The range on No. stock covering all
varieties has been from S3. 30 to $5 per
barrel, with the average price close
around Si 25 per barrel. There has
been little easiness on far western
box apples, and some stock sold in a
small way down to 81 per box. Best
prices for box apples we're around %
per box. The results at the auction
sales on box apples this week have not
been so favorable, and good many
lots in Blue Pearmains sold at from
TOO to 81. Is per box. Spitzenberg ap-
Piles sold at from S240 to S3.l5 per
box at the Thursday sale, but Jona-
than apples we're little dragging at
from Sl.40 to 50 per box. Northern
Spy sold at from Sl05 to 81. 55 per
box, and Baldwins met slow sale at
from Sl.35 to 5l.65 per box. The con-
dtion OF che fruit was reported fair.
A comparison of the market cover
ing the principal varieties with prioss
ruling at this time last year shows a
marked strength most noticeable In
the second grades this season. The
following table gives the range In New
York on tho leading sorts: