The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-01-07
APPLES FIND FAVOR
IN SOUTH AMERICA

The foreign trade department of the
National City bank of New York has
been making an investigation OF fTult
markets m South America. A report
on apple sales in Argentine shows that
Hood River product lhas met with IA
yOr. A paragraph in the report notes
that the Hood River shippers have Of
fered for sale a large red apple that
has met with the favor Of sales people
and consumers. This apple is the
Hood River Spitzenburg.
copy of the report as received by
the Hood River State bank is given
below:
Apples have been imported into the
Argentine Republic for a number OF
wears ana the market has long been
familiar with those from North Amer
lea. They have been considered IN the
past, and if one may judge from the
present prices, are now more or less
luxury. The taste for them was
brought here by persons of wealth re-
turning from Europe. The consumption
was of little value until 1912 when
more cold storage facilities on steamers
to South America favored its profitable
development on larger scale. Prior
to that time, apples from North Amer
lea were shipped in cold storage to
England and transshipped to Buenos
Aires, which naturally gave rise to ex-
cessive charges. high prices and small
demand.
The value in gold dollars of apples
imported during the calendar year 1917
was 500, 794. In 1918 the value of i'm
portatOns increased to S2OS, 81, or
about lis per cent. The importations
from January to June 30, 1914, were
valued at Sll8, 500, about 70 per cent
over the importations during the cor
responding six months of the previous
year.
The heaviest importatiOns usually
arrive during the last half OF the year
after the northwestern harvests IN DC
tober, November and December. 1t is
questionable whether the large impOr-
tation during the first half Of the year
will be exceeded as in the past during
the last half of this year, on account
of the present financial conditions and
the fact that there is not the demand
for high priced imported goods which
would exist in normal times.
In the past about 30 per cent of the
apples received here came from Aus
tralia, New Zealand and Tasmania.
approximately As per cent of the re
ceipts were distributed about equally
between the United States, Italy and
Great Britain, and the remainder from
other European countries. This year
no apples have been received from Eu.
rope. A few shipments of New Zea'
land, Tasmanian and Australian apples
were imported during the months ol
March, April, May and June. The
latter are mostly of the hard, red va
riety and bring an average price OF
81. Ga per box, c. j. f. MOntevideo, Uru
quay, at which point they are trans
shipped to Buenos Aires. As the Voy
age from New Zealand and Tasmanli
is during the cold season and entirely
through cold climates, cold storage ac
cOmmOdations are unnecessary.
The Nelson Line S. S. Highland
Heather arrived on November 5 from
New York with a cargo of l ,49l bar
reIs of apples valued at Sl2,4lS ant
a. 223 boxes valued at 4,266. The!
were shipped to local dealers by New
York firms. On November l6 the S. S
Vestris arrived from New York witt
,O40 barrels of apples valued at $40,
24l and 5,S76 boxes valued at SIS, ll6.
The local representative of tn
United Fruit Co., of Nova Scotia il
Buenos Aires, states that l,700 pack
ages of the apples on the S. S. High
land Heather were shipped by his com
pay from Nova Scotia.
The boxes contain SO, lib, l25, IL
and $50 apples each, according to tn
I size of the fruit. The boxed apples
are as a rule wrapped in paper and tn
boxes are frequently strapped two AM
three together in large package. Tn
barreled apples are mostly small, har'
red apples of the snow variety ant
come packed 200 to 1000 in a barre
according to the size, although the aV
erage is 500 to the barrel. Whe
shipped from the United State, coll
storage apples arrived on the marke
in excellent condition. Within 10 day
after landing, nine tenths of the frui
from the Highland Heather had bee
i disposed of to the retailers. Apple
are admitted here free of customs du
ties aud are almost invariably turne
| over by the wholesale merchants o
importers to the retailers just as re
Il ceived from the steamer, without sort
II ing or repacking. The retail merchant
are contented so long as there are no
more than six or seven bad apples t
the box. The price usually paid b
them ranges from three to five dollar
per box. Some of the very fancy az
plies from California bring highe
prices than these. The retail store
and fruit stands sell apples more in ac
Il cordance with their size and appearance
than by their quality, receiving 8
/ cents per dozen for the best averag
4 apples to so cents for the small, re
H variety.
Il A large, hard, green apple under th
II name of Falwater, from Canada, retail
II at 81 cents per dozen and the sam
II price is asked for red apple known &
II Canadian King. The prices stated al
II in gold and may be considered as moi
II or less the average although there
III some fuctuation in price from time
II time as steamers with new supplies a.
II rive. Apples bring the highest price
u here during the Argentine winter sci
son-July, August and September,
= retailing from Sl.20 to $l.8O per dozeI
The Grand Junction Fruit Grower
Association of Grand Junction, Col
rado, and the Apple Growers Associ
ton of Hood River, Oregon, have bee
sending here large red apple which
quite popular. Apples of this coll
and of fine appearance meet vii
greatest favor. These two Association
/, apparently have exercised particul
> care in the selection of apples that VI
present good appearance when di
played for sale. AT the present tim
most of the United States apples tn
nrn man knnun and nnnnlar ON HI