792 



FRUIT CULTUEE IN FOEEIGN COUNTEIES. 



duriug 1882 was 552,144, against 362,316 florins in 1881, and 365,881 

 florins iu 1880. 



The commerce iu crude tartar or argols has become very important of 

 late years; the exports amount annually to over 1,000,000 florins. The 

 following table gives the quantities aud values of the imports and ex- 

 ports during the last five years, 1878-'82 : 



The shipments of argols were made almost entirely to or through Ger- 

 many, amounting in 1882 to not less than 11,188 metrical centners. Con- 

 siderable quantities of these, however, were iu transit to the United 

 States, as the value of the invoices of argols authenticated by the con- 

 sular ofllcers in Austria Hungary during the last three years shows large 

 increase, being as follows : In 1881, $174,537 ; in 1882, $254,041 ; and in 

 18S3, $342,445. 



PRICES AND CONSUMPTION. 



The average import and export prices of wines, as estimated by the 

 Central Commission, are respectively about 40 florins and 20 florins per 

 hectoliter, being equal to $1.60 and 80 cents per gallon. 



The prices at the vineyard cellars generally run from 12 to 15 florins 

 per hectoliter for the ordinary red and white wines, and from 25 to 40 

 florins for the finer qualities. 



The prices at which the various wines are retailed for consumption 

 are so varied as almost to defy any approximate average price; but it 

 must range somewhere between 75 kreutzern and 1 florin per bottle, con- 

 taining about four-fifths of a quart, to the end that the average price 

 of a gallon of wine in Austria-Hungary may be set down at $1.50. 



The average annual production of wine during the last five years is 

 given at 6,954,934 hectoliters, the importation at 60,088 hectoliters, aud 

 the exportation at 482,259 hectoliters, leaving for consumption an an- 

 nual average of 6,532,763 hectoliters, equal to 172,,">0."),o98 American 

 wiue gallons. 



If, therefore, tin' average price stated above be not excessive, which 

 can hardly be the case, the total annual average valueof the consump- 

 tion of wine in Austia-Hungary amounts to $259,000,000, equivalent to 

 ii pro rata of $7 per year for each inhabitant. If to this amount we 

 add thcvalui' of thcbeiM' annually drunk in Au.slria Uungarv, 12,00(»,()00 



