Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-01-06
AMERICAN FRUIT
Gould be Extensively Handled in Uni
ted Kinodom-consul.


sui to the United Kingdom, writes in
the Daily Consular and Trades Repor
that he finds so fruit dealers in Shelf
field who handle American and Cana.
dian apples TO a greater or less ex-
tent. He has investigated the trade
and sums up the facts as follows:
/ From a personal interview with a
dozen or more of these firms. select
ed at random. it is safe to say this
English city consumes $4,000 to $780,
600 worth of apples weekly during tn
season, from October to the middle
of March or April l. OF this amount,
about three-fifths are Canadian, the
remaining American. Practically all
Of these apples are bought of commits
sion men on the wharves at Liver
pool. The tendency of the trade here
is to favor the Canadian grower and
packer. the reason for this being
that Canada exercises supervision
over the grading, packing, and brand
ing of it's fruit that is entirely lacking
in the American product.
Many dealers here would be glad
to make arrangements whereby their
supply could be obtained directly
from the grower or packer. thereby
eliminating the middleman and his
profit or commission. They say they
would be satisfied with profit OF ~
per cent With apples selling retail
at from cents per pound. or SO per
cushel, for ordinary fruit. to IL OF 16
cents per pound, or Sc to IS bush
q for selected cased Newtown pip
pins, it would seem that this is a
market worth the attention of the
American apple grower, but before
staple trade can be established the
American must do certain things. He
must establish fixed grades and brand
and be prepared to stand behind
hem with his guarantee. The Amer
can producer who does this and care
ully packs his product, giving atten-
-4OA " NlAG NOAuAAAOlo uAiuti
hey are shipped and insuring them
against overheating or damage on
he voyage, would soon find himself
n possession of a steady market for
lis product
The method of packing is not vi
al one, both barrel and cased apples
hiding a market here. Curiously
nough the dealers seem to prefer the
Eastern apples in barrels while the
Western apples are readily bought in
asses
In using a bushel box or case it is
ossible to grade the fruit nearer to
ize than where the barrel is used,
ut this is not essential; in fact as
II apples are sold at retail here by
eight variation in size enables
4e dealer to more readily supply the
uaatity his customer may want, but
is essential that the barrel contain
ut one variety. sound and free from :
Ianish and not as has been seen G.
ere. VIXEN a barrel was turned out s
r inspection, TO contain three or 8
ur varieties. and those in the cen
&c OF the package SC poor and knur- !.
as to be hardly fit for cider making. 3
is such packing as this that makes Is
le English retailer fight shy of Amer i
All apples. &
III, o,.1 dooe not onpoar 10 he any &
titled prejudice in favor or against Z
ny particular color, but on account 4
its hardness, making it a good 8
upper and the crispness of the
uit, the Newtown pippin appears to
: the favorite. n
Nearly one-half of the exports from e
10 United States goes to British q
rritory and nearly one-third of its
lports are drawn from British ter 4
tory. Trade between the United B
ates and the British Empire, in A
lding in this term the United King 4
m, Canada, India, and its other 3
lonies and dependencies in various q
rts Of the world, aggregated in the
D months Of this year for which a
stistics are available, nearly one bill d
n dollars. No other nation APP
oximates the British Empire in q
e value of its commercial inter-
1rse with the United States. With n
ittish territory the trade of this
lntry in ten months of 1909 aggre-
ted 9S6.00O,0 600 dollars; with Ger
IN territory, 31S millions; with
ench territory, 206 millions, and 4
tn Dutch territory, ITO millions.
tinnzI WnnI Grnuers, Convention. q