APPLE MAEKET INVESTIGATIONS, 1914-15. 



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shillings per barrel delivered on board the steamer at New York City. 

 Delivery was made and the money collected, but the future patron- 

 age of the buyer and probably the prospect of future sales in his 

 market apparently have been lost, because the fruit was not prop- 

 erly graded and packed at the time it was shipped from the producing 

 area. An investigation has shown that this fruit had been packed 

 without inspection on the part of the organization and that the pack- 

 ing was done some days in advance of shipment. Only a few barrels 

 in each lot were inspected when the fruit was loaded on the cars. 



Table 6 shows the direct shipments of apples in terms of barrels 

 from New York to the respective South American markets within the 

 past five calendar years. The values given were those entered upon 

 the steamship manifests and were estimated either upon the basis of 

 the New York market or upon the value at destination. 



Table 6. — Exports of apples from New York to South America, by countries, during 

 the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914. 



Country. 



1910 



1911 



1912 



1913 



1914 



Barrels. 



Price. 



Barrels. 



Price. 



Barrels. 



Price. 



Barrels. 



Price. 



Barrels. 



Price. 





1,182 

 9,186 



$4, 340 

 34,525 



8,464 



16, 150 



5 



638 



581 



273 



7 



583 



1,570 



$36, 882 



67, 370 



20 



2,564 



2,081 



1,137 



26 



2,795 



6,557 



6,939 

 14,977 



$37,511 

 63,688 



36,513 

 21,936 



$158,378 

 111,780 



28/045 

 13,264 



$194,358 

 96,523 





Chile 







450 

 126 

 260 

 3 

 305 

 1,144 



2,077 

 561 

 1,138 

 12 

 1,270 

 4,121 



896 

 551 

 203 

 9 

 280 

 2,213 



2,985 



2,118 



750 



33 



902 



7,977 



929 



448 

 187 



3,379 



1,934 



763 



778 

 127 

 104 



2,475 



British Guiana 

 Dutch Guiana .... 



396 

 327 





603 

 1,579 



2,352 

 5,746 



2,240 

 1,686 



9,931 





5,175 







Total 



12,656 



48, 044 



28,271 



U9, 432 



26,068 



115,964 



62, 195 



284, 332 



46, 244 



309, 185 



CONCLUSION. 



The information secured from the apple market investigations 

 conducted by the office in 1914-15 would seem to warrant the follow- 

 ing conclusions: 



(1) That relatively low prices in large crop years in the beginning 

 of the season make for quick movement and rapid consumption, with 

 the natural result of better season averages. 



(2) That the marketing of inferior grades along with good fruit 

 in large crop years is not profitable. 



(3) That the effective operation of grade and package laws may be 

 counted upon to aid in stabilizing apple markets. 



(4) That the general dissemination of accurate information regard- 

 ing the holdings of apples in cold storage at stated periods tends to 

 eliminate speculation by bringing about a more even distribution 

 upon the basis of actual values. 



