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there are ready tc pay a premium on it. In the last issue of the 

 London ''Gardeners Magazine" reference is made to the recent 

 rreat show of native grown fruits held in that city. There were 

 2,069 fiishes of apples in the show, made up of 299 different 

 varieties. The leading variety in this grand show was Cox's 

 Orange, shown by eighty-five different growers. ''This apple," 

 that horticultural journal continues, "is pre-eminently the finest 

 flavored winter apple grown in the United Kingdom and is 

 becoming more and more popular. It realizes top prices in the 

 market, and around the holiday season reaches to fancy figures." 

 A few days ago I clipped the following report of the Liverpool 

 market, issued by Otto G. Mayer & Co., New York : 



"We have just received a cablegram from J. C. Houghton & 

 Co., Liverpool, which reports that the apples ex-Majestic have 

 been sold to-day. They say that there is a general improvement 

 in the condition of the apples, and that the demand has become 

 active, and prices are advancing. They quote : Baldwins, $2.45 

 to $3.75 ; Kings, $^.60 to $5.55 ; Albemarle Pippins, $5.30 to $7." 

 This Albemarle Pippin is none other than the Green Newtown 

 Pippin, usually found on our tables at the annual exhibitions of 

 this society, grown in its highest perfection on the foot hill slopes 

 of the Alleghany Mountains down in Virginia and Pennsylvania, 

 where it is known by the name quoted above. All of us who 

 hnve been shipping apples abroad, or have watched the reports 

 of sales in those markets, have had longing eyes on the extremely 

 high figures quoted for Newtown Pippins. 



This Newtown Pippin is not of the popular color, is not specially 

 attractive in looks, but in addition to being a good shipper, after 

 it arrives at the market it is appreciated as the best apple in that 

 market. It is its high quality alone that gives it the premium 

 value in those markets. 



The King ahvays sells for a superior price in all shipments. 

 Why does this apple sell better than the Twenty Ounce or Alex- 

 ander? It is because of its superior quality. 



Thus it appears that the people abroad know a good apple 

 when they find it, and are ready to pay a superior price for fruit 

 of recognized quality. Yet we are feeding them on Haas, Gano, 

 and Ben Davis ! As the business is now tending we shall soon 

 have but little for them that is better. 



