EUROPE AS A MARKET FOR OUR APPLES AND PEARS 1325 
1907 1908 1909 
FROM Bushels Bushels Bushels 
Belgium... 2.0... 0... c ccc eect eee eens 349,300 300,950 459,600 
France... 01. eee eet teen ees 208,700 |... cece ee fee eee cece ees 
Italy... cc cee ccc netn teen ennnes 173,900 181,550 278,950 
Netherlands........... 0... cece cece cence ee 402,100 158,100 308,300 
Austria-Hungary... 0.6.0... eee 944.650 432,450 1,570,000 
Switzerland....... 0.0.0... ccc cece eee cee nets 71,750 60,600 305,000 
Totals... 0. cece eee ene eee 2,195,950 1,278,500 3,009,650 
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The average import price per 100 kilos 
(220.4 pounds) in 1907 was 14.82 marks 
($3.53); in 1908, 13.18 marks ($3.12); in 
1909, 17.84 marks ($4.12). The average 
import price in 1907 and 1908 was about 
1% cents per pound, and in 1909 nearly 2 
cents per pound. 
From this table it seems that the 
United States has no part of consequence 
in the pear trade. 
Importation of Pears into the United Kingdom 
FROM 1905 1906 1907 : 1908 
$ 87,425 | $ 9,390 
Netherlands................. 000s eeu 138,975 89,895 199,865 64,415 
Belgium.........0.0. 0.0 cece ees 221,455 327,630 611,715 422,430 
France. 0... eee eee 1,019,205 | 1,736,055 1,190,270 1,415,310 
United States of America............. 471,490 437,010 182,210 470,185 
Other foreign countries............... 6,650 4,280 11,570 5,465 
Channel Islands...............000005- 19,240 52,595 30,845 29,570 
Cape of Good Hope............... 0 04. 6,440 20,395 35,365 56,100 
Australia... 0.0. cee cece eee 44,560 23,765 75,240 23,290 
Canada... ... ccc cee eee tenes 51,965 51,905 18,540 83,455 
Other British possessions............. 25 10 10 10 
Totals... 0. . ccc cece ee cece $2,039,095 | $2,861,370 | $2,393,055 | $2,579,620 
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Pears to the value of $2,500,000 are an- 
nually imported into Great Britain, This 
amount has been remarkably constant for 
the past five years. 
France has a little over half of this 
trade, with Belgium usually second and 
the United States third. A pear satisfac- 
tory to the Christmas trade will have lit- 
tle opposition in the British markets, be- 
cause the French and Belgian pears are 
difficult to keep so late, and as soon as 
pears begin to soften the dealers do not 
care to handle them. One of the finest 
openings for fruit is this British market 
for winter pears. Fruit commission 
houses have been paying from 2 to 3 
cents each for pears in 20-pound boxes of 
from 40 to 50 pears each. 
The following varieties are common 
sellers: 
B. Clargeau, Beurre Hardy, Doyenne du 
Comice, B. de Anjou, Easter Beurre, 
American Duchess, Beurre D’Arenberg, 
Charles Ernest (this is an exceptional 
favorite as a winter pear), B. Magnifique, 
Glow Morceau (is a high-priced and popu- 
lar winter pear), Josephine de Malines 
(is one of the best winter pears). This 
season the Kieffer has been a splendid 
seller. Small pears, such as Winter Nelis, 
however luscious, do not seem to answer 
the demands of this market. 
During the latter part of February this 
year large consignments of Bartlett pears 
came to the British markets from Cape 
Town, South Africa, under the name of 
