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per barrel, f.o.b., for fall apples, and 

 $2.50 for winter apples. Montreal 

 men have also been in the held, and 

 some of them have been contracting 

 heavily, so that a lively competition 

 isiit work to bring up prices to an 

 unusual scale. It is even stated that 

 quite recently the sum of $3.25 per 

 barrel was paid for i ,000 barrels of 

 winter fruit f.o.b. 



We think, therefore, that there is 

 every encouragement for those of us 

 who have an apple crop to expect 

 high prices for our stock right at 

 home, and we do not advise great 

 haste in selling, unless outside fig- 

 vires are to be had. 



Prices of Pears. 



If apples are bringing a surpris- 

 ingly high price what shall we say of 

 pears, which have sold during the 

 latter part of September at a higher 

 figure than was ever known in Can- 

 ada ? Bartlett pears went up to $15 

 per barrel, and even $20 has been 

 paid for some of fine quality. Fine 

 Flemish Beauty pears have been 

 selling as high as $6 to $10 for No. 



1 quality. 



Great Britain. 



Sir, — As usual at this season of the year, 

 we beg to give you a summary of the most 

 authentic reports we have been able to get, 

 as to the crop of Apples in the United King- 

 dom. Up to date we have reports from 94 

 different parts, and these may be classified 

 as follows ; — Total failure, 13 ; very poor, or 

 almost a failure, 38; very partial, or under 

 average, 24 ; average, 17 ; above average, 



2 ; Total 94. 



There are some districts from which we 

 have not yet received any special report, but 

 we have no hesitation in placing above figures 

 before you as representing the general crop 

 of this country. If we should later on re- 

 ceive any advices that lead us to believe 

 otherwise, we shall at once inform you. 



From the above statistics it will be readily 

 seen that the Home Supplies will be very 

 sm,all, and, therefore, the prospects for ship- 

 ments from U.S.A. and Canada are corres- 

 pondingly good. We, however, again call 

 your attention to the advisability of not 

 shipping small or common fruit, as if any 



quantity of this class arrives, the result will 

 certainly be unsatisfactory. 



The crop in Belgium and Germany is re- 

 ported good, but light in France. 



We look for a good demand for fruit of 

 good size and quality, but again advise our 

 friends that they cannot be too careful in their 

 packing. J. C. Houghton & Co., Liverpool, 

 28/// Aug., 1889. 



Sir, — Messrs. J. C. Houghton & Co., 

 Liverpool, cable that about 500 bbls. Apples 

 ex "Umbria" met w.th a fair demand to- 

 day and the following prices were realized : 

 Kings, 25s. to 26s.; Baldwins, 12s. 6d., to 14s. 

 6d.; Greenings, los. 6d , to 13s. 3d.; Hub- 

 bardsons, 12s. gd., to 15s. 



Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Glasgow 

 and Edinburgh, cable that they ha\e re- 

 alized the following prices in their markets : 

 Maiden's Blush, 21s. to 24s.; Cranberry 

 Pippins, i6s. to 20s.; Kings, 21s. to 28s.; 

 Baldwins, 15s. to i6s. 



The shipments for the week ending Sep- 

 tember 7th amounted to 6,366 bbls. from all 

 ports to all ports, including 1,700 bbls. from 

 Halifax to London. Otto G. Mayer & Co., 

 Per Josiah Rich, New York, nth Sept., 



Sir, — The apple season of 1888-9, although 

 resulting in the largest arrivals that have 

 ever been received in this country, cannot 

 be looked upon as a satisfactory one, as the 

 low prices caused by the supply so much ex- 

 ceeding the demand, must ha\'e been very 

 disastrous to shippers. The first shipments 

 were received in August ; the invariable re- 

 sults of these early shipments is always 

 disastrous, and this season proved no excep- 

 tion to the rule. Fall fruits never arrive in 

 a condition to command high prices and 

 come into competition with arrivals here 

 from Lisbon, Oporto, and France, and the 

 bulk of our own growths, which are mostly 

 of early varieties. By the time the Winter 

 Fruit, arrive here these shipments cease, and 

 the demand for American Apples fairly sets 

 in ; but during the past season they came in 

 such quantities that the prices never ruled 

 high, and the great rush made by Canadian 

 shippers to get their stock here before the 

 close of navigation — combined with large 

 shipments from New York and Boston, 

 caused such a congestion of apples on the 

 market that prices dropped steadily, until 

 they got to a point when there was \ery 

 little margin over freight and charges, and 

 the stock was not cleared away until after 

 the Christmas holidays. From that out 

 arrivals still continued heavy, but we were 

 able to use them all at prices ranging from 

 los. to 15s. 



