August, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



209 



No British Embargo on Fruit 



The July number of the Agricultural 

 Gazette contains an interesting report by F. 

 H. Grlndley, B.S.A. of the Fruit Department, 

 Ottawa, on the present condition of fruit 

 export to Great Britain this year as follows: 

 "In January last the president of the Brit- 

 ish Board of Trade hinted than an embargo 

 would shortly be placed upon fresh fruits. 

 Soon afterwards a similar ban was reported 

 to have been placed upon canned, preserved, 

 bottled and dried fruits. The reason given 

 for this action was that the vessel space 

 was required for cargoes which were more 

 essential to the needs of the British people. 

 r. Ever since that time there has been a 

 •^eat deal of concern among Canadian grow- 

 ' i-^ and exporters of fruit as to the possibil- 

 y of reaching the British market with their 

 products. 



Realizing how serious would be the re- 

 sults of such an embargo, not only to the 

 fruit trade of Canada, but to the British im- 

 porters and retailers of fruit, interested 

 parties put forward every possible argu- 

 ment against the adoption of such a 

 measure. 



Fortunately these petitions made by the 

 Department of Trade and Commerce, the 

 Actin? High Commissioner in London, the 

 Canadian Fruit Trade Commissioner at 

 Leeds, and others, resulted (1) in the re- 

 moval of the embargo on fresh fruits ship- 

 ped from the Dominions of Great Britain, 

 and (2) the free entry of canned fruits, etc., 

 provided that each shipment was accompan- 

 ied by a certificate of origin. 



At the present time, therefore there is no 

 restriction upon exports of fruit to Great 

 Britain, so far as their free entry into that 

 country is concerned. The only feature now 

 to be considered — and it is an important 

 one — is whether or not t>!e demands upon 

 vessel space will be sufficiently great to 

 minimize the space available for fruit. 

 Judging from the delays which occurred 

 last year, and the fact that conditions 

 promise to be very similar next season, we 

 are persuaded that shippers will be wise 

 not to depend upon any regularity in the 

 steamship service. 

 The "Old Country" markets, in a year ot 

 verage production in Canada, receive ap- 

 ,.'oximately 1,000,000 barrels of Canadian 

 apples. It is, therefore, apparent that a se- 

 rious situation would arise df anv pressure 

 of circumstances were to interrupt that 

 trade, and thereby throw upon our Canadian 

 niarket an additional supply of apples 

 riuivalent to over 6,000 carloads. A con- 

 trted effort by the fruit growers to extend 

 heir home markets, organize distribution 

 increase consumption in every possible 

 ly, would help very materially to relieve 

 situation. Such efforts would have the 

 itional advantage of effecting results 

 t for some years have been essential to 

 domestic fruit trade. Canadian fruit 

 iwers have been almost too dependent 

 :pon the export market, and have not given 

 sufficient attention to the development and 

 ■ xtension of the home trade; the present re- 

 irictions on the export trade, should they 

 rontinup. may, therefore, be in one sense 

 beneficial. 



During the pnt^t two seasons there has 

 been a most satisfactory demand for the 

 higher grades of fruit, but a very limited 

 market for fruit nf Inferior quality. We be- 

 lieve, then, that if growers will do their ut- 

 most this year to produce a crop of high 

 finality, they will find no difficulty in market- 

 ing It at (rood prices. 



We feel hopeful, too, that the facilities 

 for exporting fniit will not be as Inadequate 

 as rumours would lead us to believe. 



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