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rapid rate each year. As the product began to increase after the formation of 

 the Fruit Growers' Association, the necessity for a market, permanent and 

 unlimited in its scope, was felt. In 187 1 the first effort was made to place 

 Nova Scotia apples in the English market. Of course, many difficulties had to 

 be overcome. Nova Scotia apples were unknown, and the English people could 

 not discriminate between them and Canadian, or even American, apples. The 

 farmers were not accustomed to packing them in a form that entirely suited the 

 English market. All these things had to be met. and have been met, and, to a 

 very great extent, overcome, until now there is a large and increasing export. 



Fk;. 391.— An Apple Orchard, Annapolis Valley. 



To show the development of this English trade, I may state that the 

 estimated export to Great Britain in 1873 was less than 10,000 barrels; the 

 export last year was over 130,000 barrels. It is estimated that the total export 

 to Great Britain from 187 1 to the present year would not be less than 1,400,000 

 barrels. Formerly the export to the United States was very large. Latterly, 

 however, the competition of American fruit was so keen in the United States 

 that the Nova Scotia producers had scarcely a fair chance, except in certain 

 special lines. Besides, under the McKinley Bill, a heavy duty on apples was 

 imposed, which still further interfered with the trade. For the past twenty year- 

 however, it is likely that the total export to the United States has not been less 

 than 400,000 barrels, an average of 20,000 barrels a year. . The product during 

 the past twenty years has not been less than two and one-half million barrels — 

 which indicates a considerable local market. — Hon. J. W. Longlev, Attorney- 

 General of Nova Scotia, in The Canadian Magazine. 



(To be continued.) 



