OUR MARKETS. 



rels have arrived, against 26,085 barreU to 

 same period last year. Most of the arrivals 

 have consisted of the usual early varieties, 

 and landed iu very variable but mostly bawl 

 condition, which is almost always the case 

 with this description of fruit, and has been 

 especially so this season, iu consequence of 

 the intense heat at time of shipment, as also 

 similar weather on arrival here. The quality 

 generally was disappointing, and even if 

 sound, were not such that would realize 

 satisfactory prices, however scarce the supply. 

 There were some few exceptions, which were 

 eagerly competed for, and showed that the 

 market was ready to give extreme rates for 

 suitable sound fruit. During the present 

 week, 24,287 barrels have arrived, and among 

 thern were Baldwins and other winter 

 varieties, mostly immature and unattractive, 

 and although it is perhaps early to form an 

 opiuion, they hive given the impression that 

 the crop is not of fine quality. Notwith- 

 standing this, there has been a very active 

 demand throughout, and has demonstrated 

 that the English mai kets are now ready to 

 take larger quantities of American and Cana- 

 dian Apples, and that the prospects are most 

 promising for a satisfactory season. The 

 market closed strong at yesterday's sales at 

 the following quotations : — 

 New York — 



15/ to 19/6 . . 10/ to 14/ 

 20/ " 26/6 . 15/ •' 19/ 



Baldwins . . 

 Kings 



B0.STOX — 



Baldwins .. . . 12/ •• 14/6 .. 9/ " 11/ 

 Hubbardston .. 12/ " 15/ . 9/ " 11/ 



Canadian— 



Gravenstein . 20/ " 26/6 .. 14/ " 17/ 

 Colvert . .13/ " 16/6 .. 10/ " 12/ 

 Maiden Blush . 15/ " 18/ . . 12/ » 14/ 

 Jennetting .. 11/ " 13/ .. 7/6" 10/ 



Wasty sell 2/ to 3/ under quotations for 

 slack. 



Germany. 



A German correspondent of the Trade 

 Journal writes :— The apple crop in our next 

 districts (which are the most important for 

 apples) is fully a failure, our inland has a half 

 crop, but consisting only of ordinary cooking 

 summer apples which will be finished when 

 the American winter fruit arrives. In my 

 opinion we have never had such a splendid 

 prospect for American and Canadian apples 

 as this year, and there is no doubt that sound 

 colored apples will not only command high 

 prices around Christmas, bat also daring the 

 whole winter. 



Our Fruit in Engfland. 



The Financial News (London, England), 

 says : — Fruit-growing has developed so exten- 

 sively in Canada that native fruits, including 

 grapes, are sold in ton lots. Among the fruits 



which arrangements are being made to ship 

 to England in larger quantities are pears. Our 

 supplies in the past have been homegrown 

 pears, large quantities imported from France, 

 and considerable amounts from California. 

 " None of these except those grown under 

 glass in Great Britain," says Prof. Robertson, 

 " compare in flesh or flavor with the finest 

 Bartlett pears from Canada. Now that cold 

 storage," he proceeds, "has been provided, 

 it has been demonstrated by trial shipments 

 last year, that pears can be landed in Great 

 Britain iu fir^t-class condition. The smaller 

 packages which were recommended by the 

 Department of Agriculture last year are being 

 entirely used this season, with every prospect 

 of complete success. Trial shipments of 

 peaches will also be sent forward. The in- 

 formation gained last year will permit these 

 also to be landed in good condition Hitheito 

 peaches in Great Britain have been a dainty 

 fruit for the very rich only. At the prices at 

 which they can be laid down there from 

 Canada it is expected that they will be used 

 more and more by large numbers of people. 

 Tomatoes have been lande I in good condition 

 in past, and further trial shipments of small 

 quantities will be sent this year. The report 

 is that the British and French tomato crops 

 will ripen about a fortnight later this year 

 than usual, owing to the comparatively cool 

 weather of the summer in those countries. 

 The result of this will be that the largest sup- 

 ply of tomatoes will be in the British markets 

 at the time when the Canadian tomatoes 

 would be fit for sending ; consequently, only 

 sufficient quantities this year will be sent to 

 obtain information as to the best method of 

 packing and transportation. Small trial ship- 

 ments of grapes will also be sent forward. 

 These were landed last year in good condition, 

 but the British public has not yet acquired a 

 taste for the Canadian grapes. Last year a 

 demand was created in some quarters, and 

 the wholesale men say they can handle a lim- 

 ited quantity, but that if a large quantity were 

 sent they would be slaughtered. The policy 

 of the department is to send forward limited 

 quantities of the most likely varieties, with 

 the hope that the trade will gradually and 

 naturally grow. 



Foreign City Markets. 



City markets in the large cities of the tem- 

 perate zones at this season of the year are at 

 their best in display of orchard and garden 

 products. Then these distributing centres, 

 the perishable produce of the farm, orchard 

 and garden are very largely sent to the con- 

 sumers. The origin of the central city mar- 

 ket dates back to early antiquity, where we 

 find the "market place" set aside for the 

 disposal of marketable products of all kinds ; 

 gradually the crude systems and methods prac- 

 ticed in that early period became changed to 

 suit the conditions of supply and demand of 

 different countries. 



A visit to the city markets of foreign coiin. 



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