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This year has been one for the estabhshment of records. It 

 opened with the earhest shipment ever known, being sent early 

 in July from New York. The heaviest single shipment that 

 ever crossed the Atlantic was over 25,000 barrels on the steam- 

 ship "Scotsman" that sailed from Boston on the 27th of Novem- 

 ber. The heaviest weekly shipment on record was the total for 

 the week ending October 10, being over 182,000 barrels from all 

 ports. The total shipments from all ports are altogether over 

 2,500,000 barrels or a million barrels more than any previous 

 year. Boston has shipped already over 900,000 barrels and will 

 have shipped before the end of the season considerably over 

 1,000,000 barrels. The largest cjuantity ever received at the port 

 of Liverpool in one week was for the week ending October 24, 

 being over 107,000 barrels. The supplies during the month of 

 October were on an average of 12,000 barrels daily. The total 

 receipts in Liverpool up to the 6th of this month were 1,266,262 

 barrels. These figures give a slight idea of the iniluence that 

 the foreign markets have upon the interests of the farmers and 

 the apple growers of this country. When prices seem low we 

 may well ask the question what would become of the American 

 apples if it were not for some such outlet? 



As regards prices, this season cannot be said to have been 

 generally satisfactory up to the first of January. The season 

 opened unusually early and shipments consisted of early varie- 

 ties which were not sufBciently good to attract a demand in the 

 English market. During October enormous shipments were 

 made in very hot weather and landing in very poor condition, 

 the prices were disastrous in the extreme. Later in October 

 there w'as a slight improvement in the equality and some falling 

 off in receipts and prices showed an advance. Just at that time, 

 however, all the growers and shippers huiried shipments for- 

 ward to avoid freezing with the result that the markets were 

 glutted worse than they had been at all during the season. This 

 glut continued up to the end of December, many shipments 

 realizing very little and in some cases absolutely nothing over 

 and above expenses. The low prices caused shipments to stop 

 almost entirely and the markets having a chance to react prices 

 have since been very satisfactory. It is quite evident that if ihe 

 shipments this season had been confined only to the best quality 



