914 THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK STATE 



barrel from the port of New York to the port of Buenos Ai 

 This is the mere transportation cost from port to port. To i 

 must be added cost of the fruit and various handling char^ 

 Therefore, when we approach the consumer in South Ame? 

 with apples having a wholesale cost in those markets of twelvt 

 fourteen dollars a barrel, there is a small chance of building 

 an extensive demand. 



PROSPECTS FOR CROP OF 1915 



The outlook for the current season may be said to be 1 

 favorable and unfavorable. Favorable, for the reason thatj 

 England and some other European countries labor was nevei 

 thoroughly and so profitably employed, and this means ready s 

 at good values, for any popular food offerings. Unfavorable, 

 reason of Germany's markets being eliminated; by reason of 

 creased ocean freight rates as compared with other years ; by 

 son of cold storage accommodations aboard steamship being 

 attainable ; and by reason of the transportation facilities offei 

 which are as a rule less safe than in former years, owing to the 

 that the fastest, best ventilated and most desirable of ocean ste 

 ships have been eliminated from the service, and slower, po( 

 steamships for the purpose substituted. 



However, it is expected that space for apples this season r 

 be had in about the same proportion as last year, and that 

 steamship companies will be able to transport practically the & 

 quantities as last year, providing prices may be obtained abi 

 justifying such a movement. Ocean rates to the principal pi 

 of England are now fixed at approximately $1.25 per barrel, 

 to Scandinavian ports at approximately $2 per barrel. Tl 

 rates seem high; and, coupled with a, higher initial cost of ap| 

 ruling, the apple trade cannot well expect an export movem 

 greater that 65 per cent of that of last season. 



