590 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 
Prices ranged during the year as follows: Blackberries, 8 to 11 cents; 
raspberries, 22 to 28 cents; pitted cherries, 15 to 16 cents; and pared 
peaches, 8 to 10 cents per pound. . 
The distribution of the fruit received at Buffalo is thus reported by 
dealers: Peaches to New York and Pennsylvania; blackberries, raspber- 
ries, and cherries to western markets. The lumber, oil, and coal districts 
draw their principal supplies from Buffalo, and lake vessels carry small 
quantities to points in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. The home: 
trade is fair, and confined to the finer quality of berries. No direct or 
indirect shipments are made to Europe or other foreign countries from 
Buffalo. . 
The export trade to the Dominion of Canada is light, as the duties are 
almost prohibitory. ’ 
With regard to the supply of small dried fruits in this market, the 
range of country producing them may be drawn on the map of New 
York from GCnondaga County to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and the 
northern part of Pennsylvania to Lake Erie. The receipts from Hrie 
County are not large. The finest dried peaches and raspberries are re- . 
ceived from Orleans, Niagara, Monroe, and Wayne Counties. 
But few native-grown plums are handled in this market. The West- 
ern New York fruit is generally sent East by the growers of it. Small 
parcels of plums are received from Virginia, North and South Caro-. 
lina, Delaware, and Maryland. Cherries and raspberries grown in New 
York are preferred to those sent from the South, the flavor being finer, 
and greater care is used: in their preparation; as a consequence they 
bring from two to three cents per pound more in this market than the 
Southern product. 
The estimated value of the dried fruit sold during the year 1877 in 
Buffalo is shown by the following figures: 
Sales or dried apples ccecas pore eee eee aps ores aera meee Seon bene eae aeme meee $155, 000 
Sales oF MIACKPOLIes Jc aeccoes cone taco ween aacceh weeeses serum co aeeeeeee , 000 
Sales Of Taspherries -25% 2 de aoe bss eset Sus Soke See e ews ececee psoas eens peewee - 7,000 
Sales of Cherries 262.0 cck ce caws cedve set coo Sane stub wens + bone tous Conmemes 3, 500 
Sales Of peaches woncecas ce meen seas —se s-seb sebek peae See cee seen eee - 5, 500 
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At Chicago, the trade in dried fruit is very large, as itis a distributing 
point of considerable importance for the West and Northwest. 
The secretary of the Board of Trade of that city, in a report to the 
department, states the receipts of dried fruits for the year 1877 to be as 
follows: 
Dried apples, 30,000 barrels of 200 pounds each. 
Dried peaches, 18,000 barrels of 250 pounds each. 
Of the smaller dried fruits and berries a proportionate amount was 
received. 
The sources of supply for dried apples, are, in the main, Michigan, 
New York, Ohio, Indiana, Itnois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North 
Carolina, the quantity received from each being in about the order 
named. For dried peaches, Southern HUlinois, Southern Indiana, Mis- 
souri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and Ohio, in pro- 
portion as named. Also, about 3,600 pounds from California and Utah. 
Blackberries come almost entirely from North Carolina. 
As to values, it is very difficult to form an intelligent estimate, differ- 
ences in growth and quality making an average value less in the absence 
of the proportions of each. In the amount of receipts given only such 
as are consigned to the merchants are included; considerable quantities 
