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figures of several weeks last fall, as a guide, the following table was 

 compiled, showing also that some varieties find more favor and bring 

 higher figures in Germany than in England, and vice versa: 



Varieties. London market. Hamburg market. 



Baldwin 12 to 16 shillings per bbl. 13 to 21 marks per bbl. 



Ben Davis 12 to 15 shillings per tabl. 9 to 18 marks per bbl. 



Winesap 11 to 13 shillings per bbl. 10 to 12 marks per bbl. 



York Imperial 16 to 18 shillings per bbl. 16 to 17 marks per bbl. 



Tompkins King 15 to 19 shillings per bbl. 15 to 17 marks per bbl. 



Northern Spy 13 to 14 shillings per bbl. 17 to 19 marks per bbl. 



Spitzenberg 13 to 14 shillings per bbl. 10 to 14 marks per bbl. 



Jonathan 17 to 19 shillings per bbl. 17 to 20 marks per bbl. 



Pacific coast Newtown Pippins, eleven shillings per box in England, 

 equal to thirty-three shillings per barrel, and fifteen marks per box, equal 

 to $10.95 per barrel, in Germany, which shows that this apple is the 

 favorite in European as well as in American markets. 



In catering to these foreign markets we must prepare our fruits in the 

 way they want them, and not in the way we would like to have them 

 taken. But the greatest need of the export trade, if we wish to hold and 

 further develop these foreign markets for our fruits, is that they be 

 honestly graded, honestly packed and honestly labeled. To do otherwise 

 is commercial suicide. 



APPLE SHIPMENTS TO THE ORIENT. 



By Hon. H. B. Miller, U. S. Consul, New Chwang, China. 



As the subject of apple growing in Oregon has taken on a new impetus, 

 a report of an experiment made by me in shipping apples to the Orient, 

 together with a few observations concerning the trade, may be of some 

 interest. 



September 28, 1901, I shipped fifty boxes of apples from Portland, 

 Oregon, to New Chwang, China, via the Portland and Oriental Steamship 

 Company. These were transferred at Kobe, Japan, to another steamer 

 bound for New Chwang, which place they reached November 10. 



They were packed in ordinary light ten by eleven by twenty-two boxes, 

 cleated on both sides, and apples were wrapped in paper. The packages 

 held in good shape and every box arrived intact. 



I shipped several varieties as an experiment, with the following result: 



Loss. 



Ben Davis 2 per cent 



Tawoer 10 per cent 



Spitzenberg lo per cent 



Shannon Pippin 25 per cent 



Jonathan 50 per cent 



Red Russian 75 per cent 



From this experiment and observations of shipments to Shanghai I 

 consider the Ben Davis the best apple for the Oriental trade, but would 

 not advise planting them. 



