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than in 1890, when the eastern states produced almost no 

 crop. This export trade has been fed largely by the crop of 

 Canada, and the territory between the Hudson river and the 

 Apple ocean. Up to the 26th of December the exports were 974,495 



exports. barrels, against 344,262 barrels to the same date last year. 

 The quality of the fruit is also superior, as is shown by the 

 fact that ordinary grades of Newtown Pippins have found a 

 slow sale in the English market, a condition which exists only 

 when other varieties are unusually attractive. The prices in 

 the foreign markets, notwithstanding the heavy exportations, 

 have held firm, a condition which is attributed to indifferent 

 and poor crops in Great Britain and on the continent. 



It is possible that great injury will come to our apple- 

 export industry by the substitution of inferior varieties for 

 standard sorts. This danger has often been brought to the 

 attention of shippers by the agricultural press, but the alarm 

 needs to be repeated. It is said that this year Peck's Pleas- 

 sant and other green apples have been shipped to England as 

 Newtown Pippins. 



A good many apples have gone into the export trade from 

 Virginia this year, chiefly Albermarle Pippin, York Imperial, 

 Winesap and Willow Twig. Dealers find that the Virginia 

 apples are poorer keepers than northern fruit of the same 

 variety, and usually inferior in quality. The identity of the 

 Albemarle Pippin and Newtown Pippin is still a moot point. 



C1U and Some New York dealers who export both varieties, insist that 



apples, Albemarle is a poorer keeper than the other, less firm, 

 and usually not so high in quality. These differences are 

 such as we should expect from the transfer of any variety 

 from the north to the south, and tend to establish the original 

 identity of the two varieties. The experience of dealers who 

 handle large quantities of apples through a long series of years 

 is invaluable upon such points as the influence of climate 

 and other general conditions upon plants. It is a common ex- 

 pression among dealers that the apples of Michigan are poorer 

 keepers than those of New York, while the best keepers come 

 from Ontario and Quebec, even better than from Nova Scotia. 

 An important feature of the export apple trade is the large 

 Fall quantity of fall apples taken at good prices by the English 



apples, trade. From the beginning of the export season until October 

 3rd, 113,513 barrels had been shiped from New York and ports 



