1908.] Fruit and Vegetable Production. 



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sieves, &c., for shipment. Cherries, which are probably the 

 next most important fruit, are extensively grown in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Hamburg, as are also gooseberries and currants. 

 Among wild fruit, bilberries, which grow in great abundance 

 in Germany, are largely exported and of recent years there has 

 been a considerable and increasing demand from England 

 for sloes. 



No fruit is exported to the United Kingdom from Bremen, 

 but a business is done in potatoes, which are bought by British 

 firms from the interior of Germany. Large quantities of 

 cherries and also of horse-radish are grown in the Harburg 

 district and exported to England via Hamburg. 



Dantzig. — Colonel Brookfield, H.M. Consul at Dantzig, 

 reports that though potatoes and fruit are largely grown 

 in his Consular district, there is no general trade in these 

 products with the United Kingdom. Potatoes have now 

 and then been exported, but only by way of sample shipments, 

 and as regards fruit it is improbable that any is ever sent 

 away as there is a demand for apples and other fruit from 

 America and the Colonies. 



Stettin. — The British Consul at Stettin (Mr. Ralph Bernal) 

 reports that only insignificant quantities of apples and plums 

 are shipped from Stettin to this country, but that in some 

 years potatoes figure in the returns to a not unimportant 

 extent. The home demand for fruit from Stettin and Berlin 

 is very large, and districts like Greifenhagen, which are 

 favourably situated and enjoy good water and railway com- 

 munication, are enabled to sell at very remunerative prices, 

 so that there is little or no inducement to seek for an export 

 trade, better prices being paid locally for fruit than can be 

 obtained abroad except in seasons of exceptional abundance. 

 Rhubarb is imported from Denmark and cranberries from 

 Sweden, Norway and Russia. 



Fruit-culture in Pomerania has progressed during the last 

 few years, owing to increased planting of trees and the growing 

 of fruit in conjunction with vegetables. All the public roads 

 are being systematically lined with fruit trees by the local 

 authorities, and the produce is sold by auction before it 

 is ripe. Efforts are made to interest small farmers in the 

 growth of fruit, and instruction is given by migratory teachers. 



