934: THE FRUIT INDUSTRY IN XEW YORK STATE 



Some interesting information is displayed in Fig. 266. In 

 1914-15 a circular letter was sent to one thousand produce men 

 in all parts of the United States. Among the questions asked 

 was this : " From what state or states do you draw your apples 

 to supply your trade"? Eeplies from 250 of these men were 

 received in such form that they could be used and are incorporated 

 in this chart. Some of the men gave a list of several states from 

 which their apples came. Xew York was mentioned as one 

 source of supply by 14-7 ; Virginia and Washington were second 

 in popularity with 71 each. A considerable number of merchants 

 stated that they would prefer to secure their apples from Xew 

 York if they could depend on the pack. Apparently there is no 

 prejudice against Xew York apples as such in home markets. 



EXPORTS OF APPLES 



The ports of this country from which apples are exported in 

 commercial quantities are, New York, Boston and Portland, Me. 

 Some Canadian apples are sent from Portland when the northern 

 harbor becomes ice bound. 



Fig. 267 shows the total amount of apples sent from these 

 ports each year from 1905-06 to 191415 inclusive. Our ex- 

 ports vary with the size of our crop and with the size 

 of the Canadian crop. Less than 10 per cent of the United 

 States crop is exported, as a rule, while a very large part 

 of the Canadian crop is sold abroad. Canadian apples are pre- 

 ferred in European markets, due to more complete standardization 

 of the pack and better methods of packing. Our largest export 

 year was in 1912-13, when 1,940,000 barrels left this country. 

 The average for the period is 1,423,000 barrels. There was much 

 talk in the fall of 1914-15 that apple prices must be low because 

 there would be no export trade. Apple prices were low, but we 

 exported more apples than usual more than in any other year 

 except 1912-13. This was because few of our apples go to Con- 

 tinental Europe. England takes practically all of them, and that 

 class of English who purchase American apples seemed to have 

 the money and the disposition to purchase them as in other years. 

 Apple prices were low because of an unusually large crop, poor 

 business conditions and uncertainty as to what the future might 



