60 JOUENAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



COMMONPLACE NOTES. 

 By the Secretary, Superintendent, and Editor. 



Statistics of Interest to British Horticulturists. 



The following statistics, abstracted from the Government Trade and 

 Navigation Returns for 1908, are in continuation of those appearing in 

 volume xxxiv, pages 97-98, of the R.H.S. Journal : — 



TABLE I. — SHOWING THE IMPORTS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 



DURING 1906-8. 









Quantities 



Values 









1906 



1907 



1908 



1906 



1907 



1908 



Fruit : 



Apples, raw . . . (cwts.) 

 Apricots and Peaches . „ 

 Eananas, raw . . (bunches) 

 Cherries, raw . . . (cwts.) 

 Currants, raw „ 

 Gooseberries, raw . . „ 

 Grapes, raw „ 

 Lemons . „ 

 Nuts : Almonds „ 

 „ other nuts, used as fruit „ 

 Oranges . . ' . „ 



Plums, raw „ 

 Strawberries, raw . . „ 

 TJnenumerated, raw . . „ 



2,808,732 

 7,646 



6,425,704 

 191,106 

 106,718 

 39,374 

 690,371 

 849,935 

 126,296 

 727,260 



5,230,991 

 576.573 

 891,113 

 52,164 

 504,345 



3,526,232 

 38,814 



6,232,158 

 165,412 

 109,130 

 45,603 

 798,377 

 882,193 

 161,947 

 702,598 



6,120,185 

 500,132 

 325,761 

 44,178 

 538,465 



3,376,579 

 30,620 



6,385,449 

 160,479 

 102,110 

 44,518 

 673,673 



1,045,009 

 148,839 

 752,179 



5,663,841 

 523,029 

 402,881 

 33,391 

 436,947 



£ 



1,753,577 

 17,967 



1,903,639 

 245,906 

 139.773 

 22,921 

 667,969 

 440,406 

 529,164 

 683,418 



2,183,411 

 572,274 

 758,720 

 64,7-77 

 388,598 



£ 



2,231,327 

 78,583 



1,771,095 

 199,489 

 142,245 

 25,994 

 769,307 

 421,599 

 660,604 

 749,538 



2,454,569 

 478,611 

 345,720 

 54,186 

 339,462 



£ 



2,079,703 

 60,141 



1,769,249 

 235,523 

 121,852 

 25,529 

 728,026 

 471,713 

 560,301 

 768,560 



2,269,651 

 515,914 

 428,966 

 45,791 

 291,325 



Fruit, Dried : 

 Currants 

 Piaisins 



• 



1.458,159 

 584,956 



1,188,481 

 708,053 



1,298,996 

 763,013 



1,648,410 

 1,106,889 



1,392,271 

 1,209,576 



1,447,862 

 1,207,902 



Vegetables, Raw : 

 Onions .... 



(bushels) 



8,310,534 



8,645,048 



7,896,108 



953,615 



1,036,231 



993,669 





' From Germany 

 „ France 



. (cwts.) 



137,396 

 1,659,868 



785,647 

 2,997,389 



643,459 

 3,146,650 



23,508 

 536,449 



145,786 

 853,075 



122,260 

 724,873 



Potatos - 



„ Channel ] 

 Islands j 





1,170,372 



1,947,237 



1,206,607 



501,695 



742,610 



564,172 





„ Other 

 , countries 



}' "■ 



852,151 



2,519,093 



2,041,607 



270,375 



630,074 



558,911 



Total 







3,819,787 



8,249,366 



7,038,323 



1,332,027 



2,371,545 



1.970*216 



Tomatos 

 TJnenumerated 



(cwts.) 



1,124,700 

 171,106 



1,135,499 

 183,821 



1,160,283 

 191,469 



953,475 

 404,928 



1,020,805 

 365,230 



955,985 

 371,209 



Flowers, Fresh 



value £ 









233,884 



233,641 



229,802 



It will be seen from the above that, excepting Bananas, Lemons, 

 Nuts, Pears, and Plums, the imports of fruits in 1908, were con- 

 siderably less than during the preceding year ; and if compared with 

 1906, again a lessening occurs with five exceptions including Apples, 

 Oranges, and Gooseberries. This reduction has, in almost every case, a 

 corresponding lower gross value, though for Grapes, an import short of 

 1906 by 16,698 cwt. has an assessed value of £60,057 in excess of 1906 in 

 a gross value of £728,026 — a somewhat striking fluctuation. The imports 

 of Apples have remained fairly stationary since 1904, though in 1903 

 4,569,546 cwt. were received. 



