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shillings per barrel delivered on board the steamer at New York City. 
Delivery was made and the money collected, but the future patron- 
age of the buyer and probably the prospect of future sales in his 
market apparently have been lost, because the fruit was not prop- 
erly graded and packed at the time it was shipped from the producing 
area. An investigation has shown that this fruit had been packed 
without inspection on the part of the organization and that the pack- 
ing was done some days in advance of shipment. Only a few barrels 
in each lot were inspected when the fruit was loaded on the cars. 
Table 6 shows the direct shipments of apples in terms of barrels 
from New York to the respective South American markets within the 
past five calendar years. The values given were those entered upon 
the steamship manifests and were estimated either upon the pete of 
the New York market or upon the value at destination. 
TaBLE 6.—Exzports of apples from New York to South America, by countries, during 
the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914. 
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 
Country. FSS SSS SSS SSS SSS Se 
Barrels.| Price. |Barrels.| Price. |Barrels.| Price. |Barrels.| Price. |Barrels.} Price. 
Argentina. 225..2.- 1,182 | $4,340 | 8,464 |$36,882 | 6,939 |$37,511 | 36,513 |$158,378 | 28,045 |$194, 358 
PES TGA Ze dese ey = ee cl 9,186 | 34,525 | 16,150 | 67,370 | 14,977 | 63,688 | 21,936 | 111,780 | 13,264 | 96,523 
Coors hy ef na YH 5 SPA OY [aya nAalianll EAT Re a aarp ig ral cans aise ha bad oc eed Wheto ek 
Colombians ie. 450 | 2,077 638 | 2,564 896 | 2,985 929 | 3,379 778 | 2,475 
British Guiana... - - 126 61 581} 2,081 551] 2,118 448 1, 934 127 
Dutch Guiana....- 260 | 1,138 Qs tied: 137 203 750 187 763 104 327 
French Guiana...-.- 3 12 7 26 9 Paros ak ga wk Les Ate | aC lh Ls Ces 
Wiruguay cero: - 305 | 1,270 583 | 2,795 280 902 603 2,352 | 2,240 9,931 
Venezuela.......-.- 1,144) 4,121 | 1,570 | 6,557 | 2,213) 7,977) 1,579 5,746 | 1,686 Del 75 
Motaleres 12,656 | 48,044 | 28,271 |119, 432 | 26,068 |115,964 | 62,195 | 284,332 | 46,244 | 309,185 
CONCLUSION. 
The information secured from the apple market investigations 
conducted by the office in 1914-15 would seem to warrant the follow- 
ing conclusions: 
(1) That relatively low prices in large crop years in the beginning 
of the season make for quick movement and rapid consumption, with 
the natural result of better season averages. 
(2) That the marketing of inferior grades along with good fruit 
in large crop years is not profitable. 
(3) That the effective operation of grade and package laws may be 
counted upon to aid in stabilizing apple markets. 
(4) That the general dissemination of accurate information regard- 
ing the holdings of apples in cold storage at stated periods tends to 
eliminate speculation by bringing about a more even distribution 
upon the basis of actual values. 
