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Canada is the chief competitor of the United States in tlie markets of 

 the United Kingdom, to which she sent during the seasons from 1921 to 

 1925 an average of 95 per cent of all apples exported. The following table 

 presents the total exports of apples from Canada from 1900 to 1925. 



Tablk 15.— Canadian Exports of A))ples, 1900-01 to 1925-26a 

 (barrels) 



a. Compilerl from The Canada Yearbook and the reports of the International Apple 

 Shippers Association. 



Statistics of production in France are incomi^Iete, but in 1924, the 

 most recent year for which figures are available, a total volume of 5,772,- 

 929 barrels was grown. This figure, however, includes jiears and peaches 

 as well as apples, but a careful estimate from the United States Depart- 

 ment of Commerce places the probable total production of apples in France 

 as considerably above this figure. During the decade 1903-1913 the aver- 

 age exports from France to the L^nited Kingdom amounted to 222,000 

 oushels, and for the period from 1920 to 1921. this average was 617,000 

 bushels, about 5 per cent of the total importations of the United Kingdom. 

 Germany received an annual average of 3,916,000 bushels of apples from 

 France during the decade preceding the war. In 1925 the volume had 

 regained but 24 per cent of this pre-war average. 



Apples exported from Australia and New Zealand are sent almost 

 wholly to the L^nited Kingdom. The normal crop is between 2,000,000 

 bushels and 3,000,00 bushels, of which Tasmania grows more than half and 

 New Zealand some 10 per cent. The bulk of the shipments occur in May 

 and June, and most of these apples i are shipped to London. 



Obviously only the last of the United States apples held in storage meet 

 the competition of the Australasian crop, and the quality of these apples 

 is not equal to those grown in the United States. The cost of packing 

 and carriage to the London market is reported to be $2.00 a case (bushel), 

 wliich gives a decided advantage to apples shipped from our North Atlantic 

 ])i(rts. 



During the season 1925-26 Russia resumed shipping apples to England, 

 luiving suspended these exports since the beginning of the World War. 

 In quality the Russian apple is not at present a serious competitor of 

 American fruit. The Russian crop is, however, said to attain a color 

 tliat shows the possibility of competition should the Russian grower learn 

 better cultural methods. 



