The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-09-03
EASTERN APPLE
news OF Interest

News of the eastern apple market
taken from the Fruit Trade journal
for the past week is as follows:
Offerings Of apples we're liberal dur
ing the early part OF the week, but
the fruit was of extremely irregular
quality anil value, aud prices ruled IN
buyers favor. Later offerings from
western New York we're lighter, and
there was firmei tone In the market.
Most of the fruit from that section of
the state sold. however, at from 81. 10
to 81. %, but large fruit in full sized
packages brought more money. The
demand for choice to fancy fruit has
been good, and il was only on these
grades that the market made an i'm
provement, the trade In the irregular
grades continuing dull. Good red
fruit sold generally at from 81 to 50
per barrel, and Green at from 81 to
81 75.
Reports from the producing dis
tricts are to the effect that the deal is
progres ing very slowly. 1t was the
buyers who lost tho money last year
and not the farmers, aud the latter
are now fairly we'll supplied with cash
IN the state, aud are not seemingly
willing to sell at the prices which
buyers teel that they can afford to
offer. Some reports have been re.
ceived at from L0ukport to the effect
that some buyers there are offering
81 to 81 80 for Duchess aud like fall
varieties, this applying, however, to
barreled fruit. At these figures it
would seem that buyers In that Sec
tion are braver than in others, as
there would be but small margin of
pI oft for he best fruit at these 6g-
ures now, and later. when the fruit
becomes more plentiful, ii is natural
ly to be expected that prices will de-
cline. Other reports come from other
sections that buyers are getting fruit
In the orchards at 75c. and 81 per
barrel, but farmers are not anxious
sellers at these figures.
One feature which is initiating
against the interests of the buyers
this season is the fact that there is a
light crop along the Hudson of
early apples, making the markets high
er for fancy fruit now than will be
the case when the later crop uecomes
vailable. This is naturally calculated
to cause the farmers to feel rather
bullish in their views.
Generally speaking, however, con-
servative buyers are proceeding SLOW
ly, very few deals are being made and
it is likely that they will operate
along these lines, until the fai imers
have had time to:Ret their ideas down
to a point where there is q chance to
make some profit on the deal.
Scotland Wants Apple.
Thomas Russell, the well-known
Glasgow fruit merchant, was in New
York this week, making arrangements
for the coming apple season. Mr..
Russell visits the United States an
nuaIly and takes a vast quantity OF
American apples, for which he has a
fine outlet in Scotland. tie will be
represented in New York this year by
Thomas 2. Wallace, Inc, of 1877 Reade
street.
In speaking OF probable demand for
American apples in Glasgow this sea.
son, Mr.. Russell, said "We will want
/, a lot of American apples if we can gel
them at @ price that will allow us tC
sell them at a profit.
Conditions in Scotland, however
are very much like they have been il
the United States, and as | may say
the world over The financial depres
sion has caught us, and the men arr
largely working halt time. even at oul
; shipyards Under these conditions, il
! may be readily seen that fruit mus
be cheap. We have had good croI
of small fruits, such as We raise anC
the prices for everything have beer
cheap, and it Is ooly natural thai
: prices for apples must be compare
lively cheap also. "
Mr.. Russell has not been in thu
states long enough to form an opinion
regarding the pI obable yield, but hi
information is that there will be plen
ty of apples this yesr, and that pI ice
A will be much lower than they wer
/ last season. lie will visit the appl
+ sections before HE return, both il
!. the United States and Canada, in or
v der to get au insight into the situa
tion.
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