94 The Commercial Apple Industry 



apples are generally large in size, possibly owing to the 

 fact that most of them are produced on young trees, are 

 usually very highly colored and of high quality and, 

 packed in boxes, reach the market in excellent condition. 



Practically all the standard varieties of the East 

 (Wealthy, Duchess, Mclntosh Red, Spy, Wagener) are 

 produced in large quantities in British Columbia, but in 

 addition the Jonathan, Newtown, Rome Beauty, Winesap, 

 Ontario, Grimes Golden, Winter Banana and Esopus 

 (Spitzenburg) are grown to perfection. The crop is mar- 

 keted principally within the province and throughout 

 Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. When there are 

 light crops in eastern Canada, comparatively large quan- 

 tities of British Columbia apples have been shipped to 

 Toronto, Montreal and Quebec and as far east as St. John, 

 New Brunswick. Up to the present time, the largest ex- 

 port trade has been with Australia and New Zealand, the 

 following table showing the exports to these countries 

 during the years 1913 to 1917 inclusive: 



TABLE VII. EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 



Year. Boxes. 



1913 31,127 



1914 40,816 



1915 54,592 



1916 70,000 



1917 76,000 



In 1918, owing to the Australian embargo on apples, 

 there were no exports to that country, and only some 

 15,000 boxes to New Zealand. 



British Columbia apples have also been exported to the 

 markets of Great Britain, South America, the West Indies 

 and South Africa, and an outlet is, therefore, being pre- 



