April, 1915 



THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURIST 



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South African Apple Market 



W. J. E. Gan, Canadian Trade Commissioner, Cape Town 



'HE s.s. Benin arrived at Cape Town on 

 November 9 and discharged 52 barrels 

 Canadian apples and 3,147 boxes Ameri- 

 can apples. The barrel apples realized 

 . 6d. and the box g-oods sold readily at 

 . 6d. This steamer carried a further 

 of 100 barrels for Durban. The s.s. 

 lelville arrived at Cape Town on Novem- 

 er 25 and discharged from Montreal 1,220 

 _6arrels of Canadian apples and 6,272 boxes, 

 -half or more of which were American. From 

 Halifax there was unloaded B6 barrels, 300 

 half barrels, and 2,447 boxes. The prices 

 for barrel goods for the first week averaged 

 35s. and for the box goods 16s. ; since then, 

 however, less has been realized. Snows 

 were offered in December for as low as 

 10s. a box. This steamer had a further 

 consignmemt of Canadian fruit from Hali- 

 fax for Port Elizabetli of 700 barrels and 

 250 boxes, while for Durban there were 

 from Montreal 700 barrels and 250 boxes, 

 and from Halifax 500 boxes and 625 barrels. 

 The s.s. Bendu, which arrived at Cape 

 Town on December 3, had a consignment 

 from Montreal to Durban of 3C0 barrels. 



CAN.\DIAN APPLES IN SOirTH AFRICA 



The first steamer this season carrying 

 apples from Canadian ports to South Africa 

 was of very little interest from a Canadian 

 point of view, as most af the apples car- 

 ried were from the United States. The 

 proportion at Cape Town was 3,147 cases 

 American, and 52 barrels Canadian. The 

 only other shipment of Canadian apples 

 on this steamer was 100 barrels for Durban. 

 .'Xs it was possible to ship the 152 barrels 

 of Ontario fruit on this early steamer, it 

 seems reasonable that more Canadian fruit 

 could be secured for early shipment. 



For some years the cold storage space on 

 the subsidized Canadian steamers has been 

 practically in the control of a few South 

 \frican buyers who purchase outright in 

 the United States and Canada. Invariably 

 the early shipments on the first boat con- 

 sist almost entirely of American fruit. The 

 advantage of this early delivery on the 

 South African market, which means high 

 prices, does not go to the American grower 

 but to the South African buyer, who pur- 

 chases the Washington Jonathan, Wenat- 

 chee, and one or two other brands at a 

 c.i.f. Montreal price of about 6s. 6d., and 

 this year it was a lower price. Reliable 

 South African firms state that they have 

 not been able to purchase Canadian apples 

 because they were refused s^ace early in 

 the year. Conditions as they have existed 

 help to restrict a larger sale of Canadian 

 fruit and some new system of allotments 

 in cold storage space should be tried ; one 

 su'-'-'estion is that no allotment of spare 

 be givon until a stated date, say in August, 

 when preference should be given on aopli- 

 cation for such space to the Canadian fruit. 



In reference to space, credit must be 

 given to the Montreal office of the F.lder- 

 Dempster Line, as this year they cooperat- 

 ed at a very late date in giving space to a 

 first consignment of British Columbia 

 apples for South Africa. The s.s. Mel- 

 ville carried a heavy shipment of apples, in 

 which the Canadian fruit was more pro- 

 minent than on the Benin, although one 

 hatch space of cold storage was more than 

 half filled with American apples and pears. 

 The condition of the apples on arrival was 

 very good, which shows good care on the 

 part of the engineer, in fact all cold stor- 

 age chambers that have come under notice 

 on the Canada-Cape boats are well looked 

 after. 



The general opinion expressed by dealers. 

 Government officials and retailers, is that 

 the shipment of British Columbia apples 

 was the best fruit imported into South 

 ;\frica; the packing was declared perfect. 

 Out of 600 boxes landed in Cape Town, 

 only a few boxes were not up to form ; 

 they were what might be termed slightly 

 "cooked," as if carried at the top of the 

 freight car while in transit or near heat 

 in some place or other. 



For future shipments of British Columbia 

 apples, arrangements should be made for 

 a quicker delivery at Montreal. The re- 

 <eivers in South Africa state that the fruit 

 was in transit on Canadian cars for some 

 sixteen or seventeen days. It is also claim- 

 ed that the Washington fruit is landed at 

 lower railway freight charges than is the 

 case with British Columbia apples landed 

 in Montreal . 



The British Columbia Jonathan is well 

 liked and the Mcintosh Red is greatly 

 favored. The Vanderpool is considered an 

 ideal apple for this trade, and on equal 

 prices would easily displace the Wenatchee. 

 ."Xnother brand in this consignment which 

 was considered splendid was the Canada 

 Red. 



EASTERN CANADIAN APPLES 



Russets were in splendid condition this 

 year, but the lot shipped from Montreal did 

 rot make as good a showing as the Nova 

 Scotia Russets. The South African buyers 

 favor the Ontario and Quebec barrel owing 

 to size ; the price secured for the Nova 



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