TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION. 
67 
AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUES OF FRUIT EXPORTS, 1891-97. 
Quantity. 
V alue. 
Apples, green or ripe 
606, 176 bbls. 
15, 483, 143 lbs. 
564, 356 gals. 
85, 172 “ 
$1,354,455 28 
784, 246 57 
77. 052 85 
11,959 00 
Apples, dried 
Cider 
Vinegar 
Fruits, green, ripe or dried, not elsewhere scheduled 
Fruits, canned 
1,322,356 57 
1, 142, 221 71 
129, 339 85 
95,114 00 
Fruits, preserved 
Nuts 
Total annual value 
$4,916,745 83 
In consideration of the large areas in fruit limitations in the United States 
there will be a correspondingly large surplus product to be disposed of to pre- 
vent waste. The outlet seems of necessity to be through shipments • to 
foreign markets. 
Such disposition will encounter in some lines competition with the product 
of other countries, and a contest for supremacy in the markets of the world 
will result. If careful assorting, packing, handling and introduction be 
adhered to, we may expect successful results, for we have in our product 
every element needed to commend it to all lovers of fine fruit wherever it 
may be sent. 
In view of these facts what are the best means for attracting public atten- 
tion to our fruits At the present time exhibition at trade centers and national 
and international expositions, wherever they can be reached, seems desirable. 
The Paris Exposition will afford us one of the grandest opportunities to 
show to the world the horticultural products of our country. Representatives 
from all the civilized world will assemble on official missions, and men from 
business centers will carefully scrutinize all exhibits of goods in their 
special lines, with a view to building up and establishing trade. Not only 
these, but thousands of visitors from all the nations that are consumers, and 
therefore purchasers, will be on the alert to find fruit products of the very 
choicest kinds. Such customers once secured, help to create a demand in 
their home markets for such goods as the United States will exhibit at the 
Paris Exposition, a demand which both the fruit dealer and producer will 
find it to his interest to foster. 
Through a comprehensive exhibit at Paris a more general and better knowl- 
edge of the value and usefulness of our fruit products both in fresh and 
cured forms can be disseminated. The main object of our exhibit is not a 
spectacular one, but rather a display to show the commercial value of our 
products, to increase the demand for American fruits, and to build up and 
stimulate trade in them. 
The Department of Agriculture therefore proposes to undertake what has 
never been attempted before at any foreign exposition, namely: To install 
and maintain during the period of the exposition a continuous, representative 
exhibit of American fresh fruits. 
To accomplish this it will be necessary to provide a supply of choice speci- 
mens of our more desirable fruits, such as winter apples, pears, citrus fruits, 
cranberries, nuts, etc., of the present season’s crop (1899) for display at the 
