FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 41 



were nearly 2 million bushels annually. During the last five years 

 the average export value per bushel was slightly less than $1. During 

 the 20 years 1895-1914 Cuba has been our best market for potatoes, 

 receiving approximately one-half of the total supply exported. 



The imports of potatoes have been supplied chiefly by Bermuda 

 and Canada with a small quantity from Mexico. The imports were 

 299,000 bushels in 1851 and 3,646,000 in 1914. In 1914 Belgium sup- 

 plied 1,168,220 bushels, Denmark 384,662 bushels, the Netherlands 

 803,144 bushels, and Canada 1,025,536 bushels. The average import 

 price of potatoes during the five years 1910-1914 was 53 cents per 

 bushel. 



The United Kingdom, Canada, Panama, Mexico, and the Philip- 

 pine Islands have been our best customers for canned vegetables. 

 The value of this product consigned to the United Kingdom ranged 

 from a little more than $160,000 in 1910 to $376,000 in 1914. The 

 total value of this product exported in 1910 was $783,000, which 

 increased to $1,521,000 in 1914. 



The imports of mushrooms and truffles were more than 7 million 

 pounds in 1910, which increased to 9 million pounds in 1914. Prac- 

 tically all of this product came from France, that country supplying 

 more than 6 million pounds in 1910 and 8 million pounds in 1914. 

 Imports from Japan amounted to more than half a million pounds 

 during the five years 1910-1914. 



The pickles and sauces exported during 1913 were valued at $837,- 

 571 ; in 1914 the value was $928,611. About one-half of this product 

 was consigned to the United Kingdom. Canada, Cuba, the Philip- 

 pine Islands, and Panama were also good customers. 



The pickles and sauces imported in 1860 were valued at $137,000, 

 Twenty years later the imports of this product were valued at $295,- 

 000, which increased to $1,246,000 in 1914. During the last five years 

 this article has been supplied by three countries, Italy, the United 

 Kingdom, and Japan, each supplying approximately one-third of the 

 total imports. 



FRUITS. 



In viewing the situation of this country as to exports and imports 

 of fruit, the years 1903 and 1913 are used for comparison. 



In the year 1903 the imports of oranges were valued at $818,780, 

 as against $233,760 in 1913. But meanwhile the orange groves in 

 this country had been growing, both in age and extent, for in 1913 

 the exports were valued at $2,976,520, while the exports for 1903 were 

 only $465,397. In 1903 the oranges received from the British West 

 Indies amounted to $495,256, which decreased to $62,618 in 1913. 

 In 1903 imports from Italy were valued at $197,620, but decreased in 

 1 913 to $70,651. 



