East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-25

A New York market review gives
the following gloomy outlook for the
apple market
A dismal, dismal week for the ap-
pie dealer. says the review. And the
outlook is murky. II seems to the
oldest operator that this week has
been the worst probably in q number
of years. The New York market has
been filled up to overflowlng with ap-
Piles and still they are coming. The
country seems panicky. Shippers, It
appears, realize the situation and are
trying to get rid of their fruit ire
spective of whether the market Is
ready to take 1t or not.
The fruit now coming Is poor; the
stock that went into the coolers last
year in good condition is not holding
up. Advices come from Maine to the
effect that apples there are deterior-
ating in quality and that the stock
must be moved within three weeks
or 1t will not bring freight charges.
Buyers are backward. They are
hammering prices at every turn. From
Saturday of last week to Wednesday
of this week over 100 cars of apples
apples were received on the Barclay
! street dock alone. and by the end of
the week the total number will be
$50 cars, This represents only the
receipts via the New York Central
and does not represent what stock
is brought by the Erie, d. L. & w.
and West Shore railroads. There were
apples at all the terminals and APP
pies on the docks.
The market on Greetings was from
50 to 81 a barrel and on Baldwins
50 to 1926 and nothing but the very
finest cold storage fruit brought the
outside figures. No. apples, both
Baldwins and Greetings, sold at S1.25
to $1.75. Medium No. fruit accu-
mulated. 1t could not find an outlet
Taking into consideration the enor-
nous amount of fruit that is coming
here every day and add to 1t the vol
umes of apples that come from the
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey cool
'ers, the figures are bit startling to
contemplate.
There is one thing that may save
the apple deal, and. that is a frost
this month in South Carolina. or some
OF those other southern points from
which come fruit to compete with APP
Piles. Last year it will be remember
ed cool weather was experienced ur
to June and along in March a frost
occurred that almost ruined the
strawberry crops; 1t was the apple
mans chance, because everybody had
to eat apples as they could not buy
! Strawberries at soc a box. But the
weather conditions are not worth
gambling on and no one wishes for a
frost because what in this instance
may help the apple man would ruin
a great many growers on the Allan
tic coast.
The European markets are on the
decline, principally on account Of the
avalanche Of poor and wasty fruit that
has struck those markets in the past
few weeks. Hamburg Is the only mar
ket that shows any activity Export.
ers this week got net prices back
from Hamburg of $4.40 for Baldwins
There will not be another cargo to
Hamburg, however, until next Satur-
day. London, Liverpool and Glasgow
have practically gone to pieces and
there is no inducement to export al
the moment. No doubt these markets
will revive just as soon as they clear
up the trashy fruit that was sent over
there. Last week the apple exports
from all ports were 66,O64 barrels
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