THE DRIED-FRUIT TRADE. 593 
DRIED FRUIT TRADE OF SAINT LOUIS. 
Receipts and exports for eleven years. 
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From the report of the Board of Trade of Louisville, Ky., it appears 
that the receipts of dried fruits from the South have been an important 
feature of the commercial affairs of the city, and the business is con- 
stantly increasing in magnitude. During the last year the receipts of 
apples and peaches have been upon a liberal scale, and prices have 
created demands. 
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Memphis states that 
the total receipts of dried fruits in that market for the year 1877 com- 
prised in the aggregate 4,448 barrels, of which 2,218 barrels were trans- 
shipped to other points. The receipts comprised equal amounts of 
apples and peaches, and were valued at $44,000. 
The report of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Richmond gives 
the receipts for the year 1877, as follows: 
Pounds. 
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Wmednytorileberries\os. 2228s S22) SSA ees SLE See cee cewek s” 25000 
In Detroit, which is the center of a large trade in canned and pre- 
served fruits, the trade in dried fruits is very active. For the year 1877 
there were received in that city of dried fruits 1,628,211 pounds. Of 
this there were transshipped to other points 204,616 pounds. 
Philadelphia does a large trade in dried fruits. The immense quanti- 
ties that are prepared in Pennsylvania and the neighboring States of 
New Jersey and Delaware find a market in that city. The Southern 
States on the line of the seaboard also furnish to it very large supplies. 
It is probably one of the most important distributing points in the East, 
but in the absence of statistics on the subject we are unable to give even 
an approximate value of this trade. The amount that enters into con- 
sumption in a city of such magnitude must be very great. The dealers 
represent the trade as prosperous and progressive, and, with the improve- 
ments in the methods of drying and the character of the fruits thus pre- 
pared, a gradually increasing demand both at home and abroad. Large 
supplies are furnished from this point to the Western States and Terri- 
tories and to the mines of Pennsylvania. The exports to Europe are 
annually increasing, so that the foreign trade is becoming one of great 
importance. 
The reports of the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, while represent- 
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