EUROPEAN MARKETS FOR OREGON FRUITS 



EUROPEAN MARKETS FOR OREGON FRUITS. 



Read by Hon. H. B. Miller before the 1910 annual meeting of the 

 Oregon State Horticultural Society. This article Supplements the 

 preceding one by Mr .Miller. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Of all the European markets, Great Britain offers the most inviting 

 prospect for the products of the orchards of Oregon and the North- 

 west. The annual importation of apples alone into Great Britain 

 ranges between ten and twelve million dollars in value, one-third of 

 which now comes from the United States, with a very small per cent 

 from the Pacific Northwest. Great Britain Imports annually pears 

 to the value of between two and three million dollars. A very small 

 sprinkling of this importation of pears comes from the Northwest of 

 the United States. In fact the Oregon pear is just beginning to beco^-*"-^ 

 known in the more important markets of Great Britain. Wherever the 

 Oregon apples and Oregon pears have been introduced into these 

 markets they have established a splendid reputation. The dealers every- 

 where say that the Oi'egon apples are far superior to those received from 

 any other country or district.. 



There should be no trouble in marketing great quantities of Oregon 

 Bartlett pears in British markets. 



FRESH PRUNES AND PLUMS. 



The markets of Great Britain are beginning to open for fresh 

 prunes and plums from the Northwest. There are now to be found 

 in nearly all of the leading fruit Stands throughout Great Britain, 

 Coes Golden Drop plums and Oregon prunes, selling at retail from 16 

 Cents to 20 per pound. The total importation of raw plums into the 

 British markets is $2,150,000, largely from France, and mostly of 

 the variety which we know as the French prune. There was also 

 imported into Great Britain from France, fresh cherries to the value 

 of one million dollars. 



All raw fruits are imported into Great Britain without duty, and 

 the total value of all classes of fruits imported into Great Britain 

 without duty amounts to $53,000,000 per annum. In addition to this 

 is a very large importation of fruits that pay duty. 



In looking at the tremendous Imports of fresh fruits into Great Brit- 

 ain, it must be borne in mind that there is no month in the year when 

 they are not importing fresh fruits from some country. Fresh riears, 

 peaches and apples come into the markets from South Africa in Febru- 

 ary, March and April. Similar fruits reach the same market from 

 Australia, Tasmania, and New South Wales in May, June and July. 

 Fruits from Oregon in the markets of Great Britain compete with those 

 from the eastern part of the United States, from Canada, France, 

 Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Our apples compete 

 with apples from all these countries, but more particularly with those 

 from California, Canada, and the eastern part of the United States. 



