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Recovery of the Apple Market. 



Messrs. Woodall dt Co., Liverpool, cable 

 under date January 13tli, as follows : Active 

 consumptive demand, 4,900 barrels sold, — 

 Baldwins tirst bringing 13/ to 17/; seconds, 

 7/ to 10': Russets, 11/ to 1.")/; Greenings, 

 9/6 to 10 ; Spys, i;!/6 to U/. Tliey cal)lc 

 under to-day's date, 4,500 liarrels sold, — 

 strong demanil, — market firm with good de- 

 mand at last quotations. 



Messrs. M. Isaacs & Sons, Ltd., London, 

 cable to-day,— Baldwins first, 8/ to 10/, with 

 improved demand. 



No report from Glasgow. 



Shipments from Portland this week are as 

 follows; — Liverpool, 7,771 barrels, Canadian; 

 Glasgow, 898 barrels, Canadian : Liverpool, 

 422 cases, Canadian ; Glasgow, 177 barrels, 

 Maine ; Liverpool, '2,.35o barrels, Maine. 



The ocean freight to Liverpool, via Port- 

 land, is 1/6 and .■>'; primage ; to Glasgow, 2/ 

 and 0% primage. 



The ijuotations given by Messrs. Woodall 

 & Co., Liverpool, show a sudden and com- 

 plete redemption of the market, a recovery 

 from the demoralized condition into which 

 the market had fallen was looked for with 

 the turn of the new year, but it was not 

 generally anticipated that it would have re- 

 covered with such rapidity. There is no 

 doubt that this sudden reaction is due in a 

 great measure to the cleaning up of over- 

 supplied and unattractive fruit which has 

 invaded the market with such persistency, 

 and also to the curtailment of the excessive 

 quai\tities which have so thoroughly tested 

 the market during the first half of the season. 

 The improved change will, no doubt, inspire 

 shippers with a new hope and expectation of 

 better prospects and remunerative jirioes, and 

 that a bright period is now before us. 



The quotations given in our cables repre- 

 sent the prices realized ou the very limited 

 supply of about 5,000 barrels, and until the 

 demand of the market can establish remuner- 

 ative figures, with the arrival of heavier 

 sujiplies, we recommend caution on the part 

 of forwarders, and advise them not to be 

 over-sanguine about the future. We believe, 

 however, that European requirements during 

 the Spring of 1897 will be very large, and the 

 general outlook could not be better. But 

 shippers should thoroughly understand, that 

 only really prime stock in good sound condi- 

 tion will be wanted, and that the markets 

 are not prepared to take quantities such as 

 have lately gone forward. The probable 

 weekly requirements to return remunerative 

 prices should be about 35,0(10 barrel.s, and at 

 the utmost not to exceed 50,000. 



The Edinburg'h Apple Market. 



.Sir, — For your guidance wc herewith beg 

 to advise you market prices for apples. In 

 the first place we are pleased to state that 

 our market has taken a decided turn for the 



better. The bulk of the wasty apples have 

 now been cleared out and anything good ar- 

 riving from now is sure to make remunerative 

 prices. We had a few fresh landed apples 

 sold yesterday. Condition of them was fair, 

 although the quality left much to be desired, 

 being very poor and showing considerable signs 

 of frost, especially the Greenings, which had 

 many black apples in them, and of a soft 

 spongy feeling. 



Golden Russets, best realized from 11/ to 

 12/ bri. : do., very small, 10/ to 11/ ; Bald- 

 wins, 11/ to 12/; (Jreenings, very poor qua- 

 lity indeed, 8/ to 9/; Roxboro' Russets, 11/ 

 to 12/ ; Spitzenburgs, 11/6 to 12/ ; Ben Davis, 

 10/6 to 11/6 ; Canada Reds, 10/6 to 12/. 



Spies, not any on the market ; but really 

 sound fresh packed Spies would have realized 

 about 11/ to 14/, as they are now much wanted. 



We also expect that prices will advance 

 other 2/ next week, and it will not surprise 

 us to see apples going for the next two or 

 three weeks at from 14/ to Hi/, probably 

 more for anything fine. 



Of course all apples arriving now will have 

 to be fresh packed when shipped, as any old 

 packed apples will simply arrive dead rotten, 

 and it is great folly on the part of shippers to 

 send such apples as have been arriving lately. 

 They appear to have been in the barrels for 

 three or four months and the waste that takes 

 place while they are lying about gets all burst 

 with the fresh movement in transit. Hence 

 apples get all wet and slack, which starts a 

 fresh decay and the consequences are, when 

 they land here, they are simply muck, especi- 

 ally Spies and (ireenings. We have never 

 seen the like of it before and we hope we shall 

 never see it again. One lot of Spies we had, 

 when they landed out the steamer, and pre- 

 vious to tliem being carted, we really thought 

 they were in fair condition ; but the cause 

 of them not shaking was, that they went into 

 a solid body, and the minute they were put 

 on to the waggons and carted to the stores, 

 they ran out all over the place, even the juice 

 was running from the lorry on the way to the 

 store, and when landed in the stores the juice 

 of them went down below into another Hat 



Any shipments you have to send to our 

 care will now do well for the next five or six 

 weeks. After that the high prices that will 

 be realized between now and then will likely 

 bring in again heavy shipments, when there 

 will take place another glut ; so beware of it. 

 But prices will not be anything like as bad as 

 they have been, that is, if they continue to 

 come in good condition. It was the very bad 

 condition that brought the market down and 

 demoralized the demand for anything fair. 

 Intending shippers should ship at once two or 

 three shipments, then st<ip until further ad- 

 vice. We hope you may have some fresh 

 packed now on the way. If so, you will be 

 sure to make a big hit. 



Yours faithfully. 



>l.\ME.-i LiNMS.W & Sox. 



