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Journal of Agriculture. 



[it Oct., 1909. 



Variety of Fruit, 



Prices Realized. 



Variety of Fruit. 



Per Hector (Loudou), sailed lOtli April. 

 (Fruit excellent. Temperature, 40 degrees.) 



Ben, Da vis 



Cleopatra 



Esopus Spitzenberg 



E.xporter 



French Crab 



Jonathan 



London Pippin 



Melon Pippin 



Merritfs Pearmain 



Munroe's Favourite 



Newtown Pippin . . 



Rome Beauty 



Rymer 



Scarlet Nonpareil . . 



Schroeder 



Statesman 



Stone Pippin 



Sturmer . . 



Winter Strawberry 



Wolselev 



Prices Realized. 



s. d. 



Ger- 



Wellington 

 Various . . 



PE.IRS (C.iSES) 



Bergamot Banfel 



Beurre Diel 



Broom Park 



Josephine 



L'Inconuue 



Napoleon 



Uvedale's St. 

 main . . 



Vicar of Winkfield 



Victoria . . 



Williams' Bon Chre- 

 tien 



Winter Nelis 



Pears (Trays). 

 Josephine 

 L'Inconnue 

 Vicar of Winkfield 

 Winter Nelis 



8 9 



9 3 



12 



13 6 

 13 

 17 



10 6 



10 9 



11 6 



14 



13 5 



5 3 



3 11 



4 9 

 3 9 



This list does not comprise all the boats which sailed during the season. 

 It is regrettable that details could not be obtained for all ; notably some 

 which landed their fruit in an unsatisfactory condition. As the furnishing 

 of temperature records during transit is not included in the companies' 

 carrying contract, this information can be gi\en or withheld as each com- 

 pany thinks fit. 



The most noticeable feature of the list is the high prices obtained for 

 pears. This is a fruit which doubtless will be largely availed of for 

 export purposes in the future. So much impressed, in fact, are some of 

 our most successful exporters with the future prospects of pear export, 

 that they state their intention of making the cultiwition of this fruit a 

 speciality. 



It will be seen that most of our exporters still adhere to the error of 

 shipping a wide variety of apples. A glance at the list will show the 

 fallacy of this, as it will be seen that a few of the well-tried and better 

 known varieties still more than hold their own in the matter of high 

 prices. 



The question of direct shipmerits to other markets besides London and 

 Liverpool has not yet received the attention which, it deserves. Notice 

 was taken of this matter in last gear's report, and the belief was expressed 

 that it would pay in many instances to consign fruit direct to other dis- 

 tributing centres than the ones mentioned. The experience of those who 

 have done so this season seems to bear this out, as one exporter who con- 

 .signed most of his fruit to Hull, averaged good prices throughout. The 

 Leongatha Labour Colony, as was the case last season, when thev shipped 

 direct to Glasgow instead of permitting the fruit to be sold in Liverpool, 

 again reaped a substantial profit, the prices obtained being better than they 

 could have obtained on the London markets. Both Hull and Glasgow are 

 large distributing centres, the first named in particular being situated 

 within a very short distance of an immense population inhabiting York- 



