THE FRUIT MARKET 15 



whenever another large crop comes exportations will 

 be more carefully and intelligently handled. 



As a primary consideration it is plain that Ameri- 

 can shippers could take much better advantage of the 

 European market if they could supply it more regu- 



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CANADIAN APP^S ex ■ Manili.estep. Trader.' 



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FIG. 3 — REPORT OF SALES OF CANADIAN FRUITS AT MANCHES- 

 TER, ENGLAND, SHOWING "slacks" AND " WETS " 



larly. Shipping a great quantity of fruit one year 

 and leaving the market vacant the next year does not 

 foster, but rather prevents, the establishment of a 

 profitable business. Considerable markets for our 

 apples were opened in continental Europe in 1896, and 

 a horticultural friend of mine who traveled there in 

 1897 told me that there was a frequent call for Ameri- 



