SUCCESSFUL EXPORT SHIPMENTS OF TENDER FRUITS. 



499 



the South African war. The following is a 

 detailed list of charges ; Freight paid Man- 

 chester Liners, $327.51; Manchester ship 

 canal tolls and wharfage, $13.96; cartage 

 and porterage at docks and re-delivering, 

 $5.74 : sampling and taring and clearing, 

 $2.48 ; marine insurance, $2.52 ; market por- 

 terage, $11.86; brokerage at 5 per cent., 

 $21.94 ; cable, $3.90 ; amounting in all to 

 $290.01. This left only $148.90 net, or a 

 little less than we could have got for the 

 same goods at home. However, we had 

 the satisfaction of having our fruit reach the 

 market in the very best condition, and of 

 establishing a reputation for our fruit that 

 will be worth millions to our fruit growers 

 in the immediate future. 



The following extracts from letters from 

 the consignees, Messrs. B. W. Potter & Co., 

 Manchester, regarding this shipment will be 

 of general interest : 



" Manchester, 12th Sept., 1900. 



"Sir, — The shipment ex-Trader landed in capi- 

 tal condition and, if it had not been an extraor- 

 dinary year, you would have had a very' good 

 return ; as it is we have been getting good prices 

 compared to English fruit, which has been almost 

 given away. We have not completed sales yet, 

 but hope to wire you directly with the net result. 

 Now we have pleasure to report on packing. Ap- 

 ples will do very well indeed with wax paper only, 

 no moss or shavings, and packed only in bushel 

 cases — half bushel cases will not pay you so well. 

 Pears in paper and shavings and packed in halves 

 are best. They took much better than the apples 

 and we could have disposed of more. The case of 

 peaches arrived in splendid condition but would 

 not keep and was sold at once realizing $1.46. 

 Buyers do not like packages which they have to 

 return. Some of the cases were packed too tight- 

 ly and the fruit accordingly bruised. This is a 

 mistake which we think might be avoided. 



"The marking on the cases leaves room for im- 

 provement. Everything is done in such a hurry 

 in our market that it is a distinct disadvantage 

 having to examine a case carefully to find out the" 

 variety and grade of contents. We would suggest 

 that you use the plain end of the case for mark, 

 variety and grade, simply putting in bold type say 



L. W. 

 87 



KING 

 A NO. 1 



leaving off all other lettering. You might use 

 different colored ink for pears and apples." 



" Manchester, 17th Sept., 1900. 

 "Sir, — We cabled you to-day as follows: — 

 Thirty-six net. Pears 97c., bushels $1.46, haWes 



61 c; Wilson's $9.74, average gross proceeds, 

 which we meant you to understand as thirty-six 

 pounds net balance, the pears bringing 97c. , bushel 

 boxes apples f 1.46, half bushel apples 61 c, and 

 Wilson's patent cases 97c., with box $1.22, aver- 

 age price. It is a very disappointing return we 

 must admit, but considering the state of the mar- 

 ket, the price is a good one. We send you the 

 Shipping Gazette of the 15th inst , and draw your 

 attention to page 10, from which you will see 

 American apples have been fetching from f 1.22 

 to f 2.44 per barrel. 



" The writer was present whilst the steamer 

 Trader unloaded, and entered the cold chamber, 

 finding \\. perfectly dry, and he considers that the 

 fruit could not hai'e been carried better, the new 

 arrangement of the brtne pipes being a splendid 

 improvement. 



" In nine years out of ten the return for fruit 

 would have been splendid, and it is most unfor- 

 tunate that you should have fallen across the 

 tenth year. 



"Your own fruit, on the whole, carried best, 

 and we think you must have picked it in better 

 ccnd'tion, especially the pears." 



The second shipment was made by the 

 steamer Commerce, leaving Montreal Sep- 

 tember 15th, just in the nick of time for 

 Bartlett pears, but too early for Elberta 

 peaches. The fruit was kept in cold stor- 

 age while the carload was being made up, 

 and carried by the Hanrahan automatic re- 

 frigerator car to Montreal, and thence trans- 

 ferred to the cold storage chamber of the 

 Commerce. There were in all 882 packages, 

 and the total net returns were $487.67. 



The following is a detailed account sales 

 of this shipment, showing the shipments of 

 each shipper, and the selling price of the 

 same : 



Z. W. 



I case tomatoes 61 



496 cases Bartlett pears, averaging 74c., 



*i 95 $464 13 



56 cases apples, averaging 97c., fi.25.. 62 82 

 5 ' ' peaches 13 39 



A. H. P. 



65 cases pears 59 13 



25 ' ' apples 14 32 



II " peaches 22 40 



E. J. W. 



118 cases pears 122 74 



B. B. 



1 10 cases pears 93 50 



$853 04 

 Charges 365 39 



Net proceeds 487 65 



