Apple and Pear Market in Europe, and Prospects of the 

 Northwest Growers in that Market 



By Hon. H. B. Miller, Consul at Belfast. 



IMPORTATION OF APPLES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM, WITH COUNTRIES 



FROM WHICH THEY COME. 



FRUIT NOT LIABLE TO DUTY. 



Apples, Raw. From — 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 



Germany $ 19,385 $ 70,390 $ 20,890 $ 7,695 



Netherlands 141,105 64,480 100.580 118,220 



Belgium 121,800 126,395 176,560 475,265 



France 276,440 80.585 107,240 365,420 



Portugal 220,165 228,395 171,585 212,440 



Spain 122,760 17.780 81,880 5,165 



United States of America 4,684,340 4,342,190 4,299,100 3,649,215 



Other foregn countries 1,020 1,040 1,935 1,935 



Channel Islands 61,445 52,810 28,520 24,950 



W. Australia 300 2,920 2,295 



S. Australia (including N. Ter.) 139,770 117,715 59,115 264,115 



Victoria 122,175 106,990 218,005 140,555 



New South Wales 1,000 1,355 3,535 6,970 



Queensland 25 



Tasmania 894,590 666,505 1.278,000 1,114,530 



Canada :. 3,519,750 2,889,910 4,604.370 4,007,780 



Other British Possessions 320 535 2,400 1,440 



Total $10,325,965 $8,767,885 $11,156,635 $10,398,515 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Great Britain is not in a general term an apple-growing oountry. 

 Ireland is perhaps the best apple-producing section of the empire, but 

 its production does not excced over 50,000 barreis. The apples grown 

 in Ireland are especially prized for cooking purposes, and there is no 

 doubt but that the production of cooking apples will tend to increase, 

 but it will be many years before it will have any appreciable effeet 

 upon the market. The Department of Agriculture is endeavoring to 

 encourage apple growing by establishing experimental orchards and 

 giving Instruction in horticulture in various districts. 



The table given shows the importation of apples into Great Britain 

 for four years, together with the countries of their origin. A review 

 of the apiDle importation into Great Britain for a period of years prior 

 to this schedule, shows that for a number of years the annual importa- 

 tion amounted to between five and six million dollars. In 1892 the 

 Imports for some unknown reason nearly doubled, and reached about 

 $10,000,000, and since that time they have remained close to that value, 

 varying only slightly either way, and for the last year of statistics, 

 1908, the total Imports amounted to $10,398,500. It seems clear, there- 

 fore, that there is little likelihood of any decrease in this quantity of 

 imports of apples into Great Britain. There is a fair prospect, under 

 favorable conditions of industrial prosperity, of this amount being 

 considerably increased. 



IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



The United States of America shares in this market to the extent 

 of something over one-third, averaging for the past four years $4,000,000 



