transportation to market, Packham's Triumph 

 is becoming the leading export variety. Tri- 

 umph is a later pear than Bartlett and, in ex- 

 port nnarkets, will normally bring premium 

 prices over Bartlett. 



Other varieties grown and packed include 

 Anjou, Winter Nelis. and a few Comice. 



Stone Fruits 



The peach is the most important stone 

 fruit grown in Argentina. Plums and prunes 

 are second. Snnaller quantities of apricots 

 are also grown. 



TABLE 2. — Deciduous fruit: Argentine production, by kinds and areas, 1955-57^ 



Kind and year 



Rio Negro 



and 



Neuquen 



Mendoza 



and 

 San Juan 



Catajnarca 



and 

 La Rioja 



Buenos Aires, 

 including 

 Delta and 

 Santa Fe 



Total 

 Argentina 



Apples : 



1955. . . 



1956... 



1957. . . 

 Pears: 



1955... 



1956... 



1957... 

 Peaches : 



1955... 



1956... 



1957... 

 Pliijns: 



1955... 



1956... 



1957... 

 Grapes : ^ 



WSiV. . . 



1955... 



1956. . . 



1,000 Boxes 



do 



do 



..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 



Tons 

 ..do.. 

 ..do.. 



..do,. 

 ..do.. 

 ..do.. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



6,937 

 9,688 

 7,9/16 



2,271 

 2,303 

 2,646 



2,701 



1,874 



882 



1,084 

 1,064. 

 1,433 

 Msndoza 

 1,950 

 1,450 

 637 



2,759 

 3,538 

 1,924 



1,682 

 1,744 

 1,543 



76, 279 

 10,758 

 65,697 



32,518 



29,652 



24,692 



San Juan 



634 



386 



534 



31 

 43 



10 



9 



18 



2,921 

 1,764 

 5,400 



772 

 353 

 550 

 Other 

 224 

 184 

 218 



1,753 

 1,835 

 2,053 



298 

 313 

 397 



80,358 



68,607 



104,167 



12,070 

 14,749 

 18,960 



210 

 143 



78 

 33 

 26 



3,858 

 3,527 

 3,527 



734 

 810 

 660 



,11,659 

 15,235 

 12,034 



4,339 

 4,402 

 4,630 



166,117 

 86, 530 

 179,673 



47,178 

 46,628 

 46,295 



2,808 

 2,019 

 1,389 



^ Year beginning January 1. 



^ Includes grapes for wine and table. 



Argentine Ministry of Agriculture. 



TABLE 3. — Apples, pears, and grapes: Bcports from Argentina, by country of destination and kinds, 1955-57 







^ples 







Pears 







Grapes 





Country 









































1955 



1956 



1957 1 



1955 



1956 



1957^ 



1955 



1956 



1957^ 





1.000 boxes 



1,000 boxes 



i.Qoo boxes 



i.ooo boxes 



1,000 boxes 



J, 000 boxes 



Tons 



Tons 



Tons 





53 



93 

 22 



57 

 93 



4 

 5 



11 

 11 



11 

 45 



— 



— 





Belgium 







Brazil 



Cuba 



Finland 



1,958 



1,200 



1,675 



21 



306 



540 



378 



391 



7,900 



3,200 



2,130 



489 



349 



























France 



150 



186 



96 



120 



111 



21 















Germany, West 







2 



59 











112 







700 



1,200 



Italy 







4 



















34 



45 







Netherlands 







91 



611 







26 



179 







30 



140 



Netherland Antilles 



6 



17 



25 







2 



3 



80 



20 



50 



Norway 











184 















.._ 







820 



Panama 











11 















— 











Paraguay 



54 



8 







4 



1 



1 



25 



5 









110 



297 

 27 



49 



650 



31 



12 



"'h 



1 



255 



8 



270 

 6 



470 







570 



Switzerland 





United Kingdom 



133 



384 



440 







171 



196 







680 



350 



United States 



2 



10 



307 



120 



361 



243 



100 



840 



440 



Venezuela 



35 



133 



265 



18 



72 



102 



410 



1,300 



1,750 



Total 



2,995 



2,823 



4,880 



823 



1,293 



1,568 



8,825 



7,290 



7,450 



^ Through Oct, 31, 1957. Season virtually completed by this date. 

 Gabriel y Cia., Estadistica de la Exportacion de Frutas Frescas. 



Stone fruits are grown in the San Rafael 

 area and the Delta and Buenos Aires Province, 

 The San Rafael production is largely for proc- 

 essing; the Delta produce is moved to Buenos 

 Aires markets as fresh fruit. San Rafael pro- 

 duces canned peaches and dried prunes. 



Small quantities of cherries are produced 

 and consumed locally. Apricots also are 

 moved almost entirely into domestic markets. 



Grapes 



The production of grapes is centered in 

 the Provinces of Mendoza and San Juan. 

 Mendoza produces wine almost exclusively 

 and San Juan packs fresh table grapes and 

 raisins in addition to wine. Grapes are also 

 grown in the Rio Negro but are a relatively 

 minor crop and are largely used for wine. 



