THE FRUIT MARKET 1 5 



whenever another large crop conies exportations will 

 be more carefully and intelligenth' handled. 



As a primary consideration it is plain that Ameri- 

 can shippers could take much better advantage of the 

 European market if they could supply it more regu- 



FIG. 3 — KEI'ORT OK SALES OF CANADIAN FRUITS AT MANCHES- 

 TER, ENGLAND, SHOWING "slacks" AND " WETS " 



larly. Shipping a great quantity of fruit one year 

 and leaving the market vacant the next year does not 

 foster, but rather prevents, the establishment of a 

 profitable business. Considerable markets for our 

 apples were opened in continental Europe in 1896, and 

 a horticultural friend of mine who traveled there in 

 1897 told me that there was a frequent call for Ameri- 



