588 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
at New York by canal boats, loaded on the Erie, Oswego, and other 
canals of the State of New York, without breaking bulk at West Troy 
and Albany, for a series of years: 
Year. Tons Year Tons 
1868 secu Sel okee erosions ce we aeeaees DOUBT ORs Sas och ck emacs teste See 46 
1869 seed See ooh ae alent mene ee AAS ABTA Soca. ce bostuteeee se ee eee None 
TS7O ss cco ese ee oe eeleeee eee eee OT WS GD nce ances cctecleee ne cine settee 39 
TST a ae ee eee 52 WSU Ores oceans coches shee Eee None 
TOG ck Cats ee eee Oe eee cee ee OO WABI ee oc ceces eeieneccene eee eee 
No division is made at the State canal office at Albany of the differ- 
ent kinds of fruits, whether of foreign or domestic growth, for the rea- 
son that each canal-collector simply ‘specifies ‘call kinds of "fruit? under 
the one heading. 
The imports of dried fruits from the Dominion of Canada for the year 
1877 cannot be ascertained, for the reason that the imports are classed 
under the heading of “ fruits of all kinds.” 
The trade in dried apples is yearly becoming of larger proportions, 
for the supply of the foreign demand, principally from Hamburg, Rot- 
terdam, and Bremen, as well as small orders from Great Britain and 
Ireland, and a permanent and growing market is confidently looked for 
by dealers. 
The estimated quantity exported from Buffalo via. Eastern seaboard 
ports in 1877 2,000 barrels, averaging 225 pounds to the barrel; while 
in 1876 the shipments were about 5,000 barrels. This year (1878) the 
aggregate business may not reach the earlier expectations of the trade, 
for the reason that the fruit eropson the Continent of Europe are reported 
to be large and of good quality, and there may not be a sufficient mar- 
gin of pr rofit i in prices to justify heavy shipments this fall and early win- 
ter. Quartered apples, cored and uncored, are the only kinds taken for 
the export trade. 
The movement in dried apples is not confined to any particular sea- 
son; the demand being for consumption, they are sought for at all 
periods of the year. The locality supplied depends entirely upon the 
condition of the fruit crop in any particular section. Failures of the 
fruit crop from natural causes in any part of the United States, or on 
the Continent, produces a necessity for a substitute or an equivalent 
from some other portion of the country, &c., and as this is of yearly 
occurrence, a steady trade is constantly maintained. 
Dealers always hold large supplies to meet emergencies, and exercise 
great care and judgment in the selection of the dried fruits and the pack- 
ing of the same. 
The sources of supply of the dried apples sold in this market are all 
the counties in New York west of Onondaga and bounded by Lakes 
Ontario and Hrie, viz: Niagara, Orleans, Monr oe, Wayne, Genesee, 
Cayuga, Ontario, Yates, Erie, Wyoming, Allegany, Steuben, Chautau- 
qua, and Cattaraugus; also from the northern part of Pennsylvania 
bordering on Lake Erie. 
Wayne County is the largest drying county in the State; Cayuga 
Cattar augus and Chautauqua Counties come next in order, followed by 
Wyoming, Genesee, &c. Wayne County dries none other than sliced 
fruit; the other counties mostly quarters. 
New York State fruit is the most desirable in the market, not only 
for home consumption but for the foreign demand, for the reasons, first, 
the fine qualities of the apples grown; and, secondly, the great care 
taken in their preparation and packing. 
