12 BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
of apples are exported which have not been billed specifically for 
that purpose. In such cases the apples are merely lightered from 
the down-town railroad docks to the dock of the. steamship line 
which is to carry them. Loading of barrels for export is shown in 
Figure 25. 
Small or medium-sized apples are more popular for export than for 
domestic consumption, the 214-inch minimum size being preferred for 
shipping out, and the 24-inch size bemg next in popularity. The 
eastern apples most commonly exported are Baldwin, Rhode Island 
Greening, Ben Davis, Gano, and Wealthy from New York, and 
York Imperial, Ben Davis, Winesap, and Yellow Newtown (Albe- 
marle Pippin) from Virginia and West Virginia. 
Fic. 25.—Loading apples for export 
The shipping-point inspection certificate has its value in foreign 
countries as well as in domestic markets. Auction sales in British 
markets are made by sample and buyers have found that the Federal- 
State inspected apples can be relied upon to be of uniform quality 
and condition and that the samples can be depended upon to be 
indicative of quality and condition of the entire shipment. 
Liverpool and Manchester apple auctions do not accept responsi- 
bility for quality. They are expected to stand back of the classifica- 
tion of the fruit as to condition. The buyer accordingly claims the 
right to reject barreled apples when packed too tight, too slack, or 
with the contents wet because of defective packing or overripeness, 
pieenue these conditions were not stated when the goods were sold. 
oxed apples also may be returned for excessive number of defective 
apples in the package; but in reference to general quality, includin 
size and color, the buyer must stand by his own judgment as obtaine 
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