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CA iVA I) J A A' UORTICUL WRIST. 



glutted condition of tlie English market with 

 Canadian and American fruit became known. 

 On this market a little better demand has 

 been experienced for choice sound fall varie- 

 ties at $1.35 to i|;i.40 per bbl. Snows have 

 sold in a jobbing way at -Sl.liO, and Montreal 

 Fanieuse at $2. Winter varieties are quoted 

 all the way from $1.90 to iri.15 and $2.20, ac- 

 cording to packing and selection. Several 

 English orders, we understand, have been 

 filled at $2.15 for choice varieties. On the 

 other hand, some quote sales of winter fruit as 

 low as $1.75, and others again say that the 

 transactions referred to at this figure were 

 .short sales.— Tra(/c BnUetin, Oct. 19. 



packed, will at all times find ready buyers, at 

 fair, if not high, prices. 



It may be of interest for you to know that 

 the English potato crop will only be two-fifths 

 compared with last year ; and the Scotch and 

 Irish crop is also considerably reduced. 



Philadelphia. 



Messrs. Pancoast & GRiFFETHsmake quota- 

 ions as follows under date of Oct. 15 :— Apples 

 are in light supply,and the market is (irm,under 

 a good demand. Pears are in fair demand and 

 steady, under moderate supplies. Grapes are 

 plentiful, but sell readily at quotations. Cran- 

 berries continue firm and active, \vith suijplies 

 well cleaned up. Apples, Maiden Blush, 

 Gravenstine, Twenty Ounce Apples and Black 

 Detroit, choice, per bbl., $2.40 to $2^50 ; 

 apples, other well colored, per bbl., $1.75 to 

 $2.00 ; apples, Genetting, Colvert Pippin, etc., 

 per bbl.. $1.50 to $1.75 ; apples, windfalls and 

 common, per bbl., $1.00 to $1.25 ; quinces, per 

 bbl., as to quality, $2.00 to $3.50 ; pears, 

 Seckel, per bbl., $0.00 to $8.00; pears. Duch- 

 ess, per bbl., $3.00 to $4.50 ; pears. Virgalieu, 

 per bbl $2.00 to $4.00. 



Liveppool and Glasgow. 



Messrs. Green & Whinevay, K ,30 Ex- 

 change Buildings, Liverpool, send apple cata- 

 logue of 3,565 bbls. American and Canadian 

 apples, sold during week ending 6th Oct.^ 



Baldwins sold from 10s. to 14s. ; Kings, 

 lis. to 20s. ; Greenings, 9s. to 10s. 



New York, October 15th, 1S88. 



Dear Sir, — Messrs, J. C. Houghton & Co., 

 Liverpcjol, advise by cable that American ap- 

 ples are lower there in consequence of heavy arri- 

 vals. The parcels ex. steamers " City of Rome," 

 " Wisconsin," and " Michigan," together with 

 part of those ex. " Celtic," were disposed of to- 

 day at the following range of prices :— Bald- 

 wins, good, lis. to 12s. ; Baldwins, ordinary, 

 10s. to 10s. 6d. ; Greenings, 8s. 6d. to lis. ; 

 Spitz, 10s. 9d. to 12s. ; Northern Spy, 10s. to 

 lis. 6d ; Kings, 13s. to 18s. ; Boston Baldwins, 

 9s. 3d. to 10s. ; Hubbardsons, 9s. 3d. to 9s. 6d. 



Messrs. James Lindsay & Son, Glasgow, 

 cable the following prices in that market :— 

 Baldwins, 10s. to 13s. ; Greenings, 10s. to lis. ; 

 Canada Red. 12s. to 13s. ; Snow apples, lis. to 

 12s.— De Long,Mayer & Co., per Josiah Rich. 



Covent Gapden, London, England. 



Mr. J. B. Thomas, of this market, writes as 

 follows -.—Our market is much more decided. 

 The weather is becoming colder. Pears and 

 plums nearly over ; apples are therefore being 

 enquired after. Large arrivals from Nova 

 Scotia are expected, but our market can take 

 therp. Good colored, fine fruit, honestly 



Closer Connection with the English 

 Consumer. 



Sir, — Looking over your last month's issue 

 I read a letter from one anxious to make the 

 bond closer between consumer and grower. 



We in England are somewhat slow to adopt 

 any radical alteration in business principles, 

 however paramount the imijortance and conclu- 

 sive the evidence of success in the improvement. 



This principle of producer getting as near as 

 possible to the consumer has been trum]3eted 

 often enough in our papers, but our producer-s 

 do little towards helping themselves in this 

 matter, partly because probably their capital 

 is exhausted just now without fresh enter]»rises, 

 and secondly because commission salesmen and 

 buyers arc so numerous, and ]irofits are cut so 

 small that it hardly ]jays the uninitiated to at- 

 tempt impi'ovement on that side in this country. 



But with i-egard to the enormous shipments 

 from Canada, this seems to me different. For 

 producer to reach actual consumer at the dis- 

 tance of 3,000 miles is too much to hope yet. 

 But that the intermediate profits might be re- 

 duced, seems certain. You cannot, Mr. Pro- 

 ducer, touch our English consumer who rarely 

 buys more than his day's supply of fruit, and 

 could not be persuaded to try a barrel of apples 

 even if you offered it at one dollar. Nor can 

 you improve much if you take the next step, 

 i.e., the retail fruiterer. Few indeed of these 

 buy more than two days' supply, at most two or 

 three barrels. But the next, the wholesaleman 

 — the market ^lesman it seems to me should 

 certainly be your limit — he can (if anything like 

 a business) take at least his 100 barrels of 

 mixed sorts, say 20 Baldwins, 20 Spies, 20 

 Greenings, 20 Kings, and 20 of any other kind 

 in season, whilst special traders would order their 

 100 Newtowns in addition. If there are no 

 advantages in ship rates in quantities over and 

 above this, then I am surprised this step 1 as 

 not been taken long ago. I for one am quite 

 ready to begin by lodging my references ;vnd 

 offering to pay on bill of lading for a trial 

 shipment, and so procure my own goods direct 

 and save time attending sales and running risk 

 of getting various brands and qualities, and 

 giving the shipper the increased profit on his 

 goods.— F. J. Smith, Fruit Salesman, Spital- 

 fields Market, London. 



Grand Trunk Railway Favoritism. 



It is reported to this office that soni" ai)ple 

 shipper in Ontario has a private agreement with 

 the Grand Trunk Railway which gives him a 

 through rate from Western Ontario to Liverpool 

 of 48 cts. per barrel ! 



We hope this is a mistake, but we are assur- 

 ed of its truth. Such favoritism is unfair. We 

 all should stand upon an even footing in this 

 matter, and if such a contract is given one, it 

 should be allowed us all around, iiiistead of the 

 $1.00 rate now charged us. 



