Annals of Horticulture. 



exporters lost heavily. This condition was owing in part, per- 

 haps, to the inferior quality of the apples. The early apples 

 were also held back for better prices, and arrived in market in 

 poor condition. Many varieties which should have been ex- 

 ported in October were held until November. Fall Pippin 

 and Twenty Ounce were among them. Because of duty regu- 

 lations, Canadian apples were shipped by Canadian ports more 

 exclusively than formerly. There appears to be a decided 

 drop in the popularity abroad of the Newtown Pippin. This 

 is due primarily to the popularizing of other apples in Eng- 

 land, and it has no doubt been hastened by the substitution 

 of Peck Pleasant and other green apples for the Newtown. 

 The acreage of Newtown Pippin cultivation is also lessening, 

 due to the encroachments of cities upon the available lands 

 laong the Hudson, the disappearance of the old families 

 and dying out of old orchards, and possibly, also, to the 

 serious incursions of scab. Although nearly every export 

 consignment of apples goes to Great Britain, the continental 

 markets take our apples from the English. The time cannot 

 be far distant when large shipments will be made directly to 

 the continent. During the year, one of the NewYork ex- 

 porters received a cablegram order from Berlin for 1,000 



The apple crop of England was light, as was also that of 

 France, Holland and Germany. Belgium had a fair crop, as did 

 Denmark, from which the Gravensteins come in competition 

 wtih the early winter American apples in the English markets. 



The American apple territory is constantly widening. The 

 crops of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and other western states are 

 now very important factors in the apple movements of the coun- 

 try. There are undoubtedly large regions still farther west 

 which are capable of growing the apple to perfection. Parts 

 of northern California alreadv grow good apples in consider- 

 , able quantity, and Oregon, Washington and British Columbia 

 : are planting them to an increasing extent*. Oregon early 

 began to grow apples, and when the mining fever of Cali- 

 fornia was at its hight, apple growing there was as profitable 

 as gold mining. In 1854 some 500 bushels of apples are said 

 to have been shipped from Oregon to California, and returned 



