22 MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 231 



South America 



While comparative!} few apples are shipped from the United States 

 to South American countries, the shipments averaging only about 3 per 

 cent of total exports since the war, the average volume of apples exported 

 to South America is nearly 125,000 bushels. Most of these are sent to 

 Brazil, where native fruits are the chief competitors of United States ap- 

 ples, although some apples are received from Canada, New Zealand and 

 Portugal. 



The demand for American apples comes chiefly from the most pros- 

 perous classes, largely foreigners. The few available reports show that 

 prices are high. It seems probable that better shipping facilities, with 

 proper refrigerator service and efficient advertising might open a wider 

 market in South America. 



Canada 



Despite the fact that Canada is herself a large producer of apples, 

 she ranks third as an export market for United States apples. She 

 takes about 9 per cent of our boxed exports and 2 per cent of our barreled 

 apples. Canada also ships some apples into the markets of the United 

 Slates, although the bulk of her exports is shipped to the LTnited Kingdom. 



Sources of Exports 



The chief sources of apples exported from the United States are New 

 England — especially Maine and Massachusetts — New York, Virginia, and 

 the Pacific Northwest, but it is impossible to determine how many are 

 exported from any producing section, since records of sources are not 

 always available. Customs House records may or may not give actual 

 place of origin, as the shipper may buy apples in the Northwest and ship 

 them from Boston or New York. Apples grown in Maine are often 

 shipped from New York, and Northwestern apples have been stored in 

 Portland, Maine, and exported from that port. 



Several of the largest exporters in Boston reported for the season of 

 1924-25 total exports of about 55,000 bushels of Massachusetts apples. Of 

 these almost all were boxed apples; only 3,327 bushels were shipped in bar- 

 rels. These figures probably represent a large part of Massachusetts apples 

 exported by Boston dealers, although there are a few wholesalers who now 

 and then export apples as conditions seem favorable, but whose figures are 

 not available. There is apparently no regular exporter in Massachusetts 

 outside ©f Boston. 



Varieties Exported 



A more or less accurate idea of the relative volumes of different vari- 

 eties exported from New England can be formed from figures provided 

 by a few individual exporters of Boston. From exports amounting to 

 18,800 bushels shipped, mostly from Boston, in 1925-26, the following 

 percentages of varieties are given: 



