THE FOREIGN MARKET REPORTS. 



No doubt the bulk of our apples, of ordin- 

 ary g^rades up to No. i, or 2^ inch apples, 

 must always be sold in barrels. It would not 

 pay to expend the labor and money upon 

 them which would be necessary to put them 

 up in cases, and even if they were boxed 

 they would not command any better price 

 than the same stock in barrels. But extra 

 grades of apples, put up in special packages, 

 will command special attention and make 

 such a reputation for hig-h grade Canadian 

 apples as has already been made for her 

 cheese by similar methods. The following- 

 quotations are for ordinary first or second 

 grade apples such as are visually exported 

 in barrels : 



Mr. Eben James, of Toronto, represent- 

 ing Woodall & Co. , Liverpool, writes Oct. 

 1 2th : — 



A decided change for the better has taken place 

 and the outlook which was blue some time ago 

 has been reversed. Present cables, though high, 

 should not be accepted as a criterion of future 

 prices, though they show that British buyers are 

 appreciating the good quality of our fruit and we 

 may anticipate a brisk demand which even at 

 considerably lower prices will show a good profit. 

 Also, unlike last season, the war is now practi- 

 cally over and there should be nothing to spoil the 

 sale of what is, in a measure, a luxury. 



There are other reasons which brighten the out- 

 look. There have been numerous enquiries from 

 theU. S. for our apples and a few contracts made, 

 showing that their crop either in quantity or 

 quality is not what was expected ; also the report we 

 circulated about the English crop of hard fruit 

 being ruined, is undoubtedly true, as prices show ; 

 and the storms here did great damage and 

 reduced our crop materially. 



The apples are held practically by a few hands 

 in Canada and our advice to our friends is not to 

 be induced to sell out their holdings as we believe 

 the prospects are bright and there is every reason 

 to expect that much of the money lost last year 

 will be made up. If you are bound to sell here, 

 kindly advise me before doing so. 



markets are glutted with them. It is therefore a 

 matter of little surprise that similar class fruit 

 such as is now arriving from America and Canada 

 are not sufficiently superior in quality to induce 

 satisfactory prices, althotigh there have been 

 occasional exceptions. Each arrival is showing 

 some improvement, and at the same time the glut 

 of home production is disappearing, so that it may 

 confidently be expected that in a short time 

 imports will be of good quality and condition, 

 and prices paid at recent sales would suggest that 

 even now the trade are giving American and 

 Canadian frnit the preference. 



PRICES AT LAST SALES. 



Firsts Seconds & 



Slack. 



New York — Baldwins n/6 to 14/ 8/ to i 2 



Kings 15/ to 21/ 12/ to 14/ 



Boston — Baldwins .... 10/ to 12/ 8/ to 10/ 



(Ramshorns, ) , . , „, , , 



iHubbardstonl "/ ^o 14/9 8/ to 10/ 



Canadian {^/nTmust''} ^4/ to 19/6 12/ to 14/6 



Greenings . . . 11/6 to 14/6 10/ to 12/6 



Snows 15/ to 16/6 13/ to 14/6 



Colverts 12/ to 14/6 11/ to 14/ 



Wasty sell 2/ to 3/ under quotations for slack. 



Wocdall & Co., Liverpool, write Sept 29th: 



The season's arrivals to date 24,940 barrels, 

 have consisted of early varieties, and during the 

 past fourteen days a fair quantity of Baldwins 

 have been shown, but were of course green and 

 immature, and have come into competition with 

 the English crop which is a large one. and all our 



James Adam, Son & Co., write Septem- 

 ber 9th : 



It is now more than a month since the first 

 apples arrived from your side, and while the 

 quantities were very small at the outset they 

 have gradually increased, the total to date being 

 24,921 barrels, as compared with 41,195 barrels 

 for the same period last season. 



Needless to say, there has been great irregu- 

 larity in the samples, some of the fruit being of 

 only indifferent quality, as well as faulty in con- 

 dition, still on the whole we should say that for 

 first arrivals they have been full}^ up to the 

 average, and from present indications we are 

 inclined to hope for something good in the matter 

 of quality later on. 



New York up to the present has been our 

 largest contributor, but it is doubtful if this will 

 remain so for long, as the crop in the New Eng- 

 land States is said to be very large, and inall 

 probability we shall be getting more important 

 consignments from this quarter very soon. So 

 far the New York Baldwins have been wanting 

 both as regards size and color, and although 

 future arrivals may, and no doubt will, show an 

 improvement as to the latter, the former defect 

 is less certain of being remedied, indeed we hear 

 already that the variety generally promises to 

 run small this reason. Of course with so many 

 green apples of English growth available, our 

 market has not warranted high prices being 

 obtained for this fruit, still there has been a 

 fairly good outlet at 7s. to 13s. 6d., while Kings 



