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Plantings were greatest during the five year period 
from 1910 to 1915. It is likely, therefore, that the pro¬ 
duction will continue to increase for a number of years, 
especially if the orchards are properly cared for. Most 
of the orchards vary from 15 to 35 acres. 
The harvest season comes at a time which gives these 
countries a marketing period when the minimum of apples 
from the United States and Canada are being placed upon 
the market. Picking starts about the middle of February 
and continues until the middle of April. Australian ap¬ 
ples, therefore, are not limited to English and other Euro¬ 
pean markets, but may even be shipped to the United States. 
The three months of heavy receipts on foreign markets are 
April, May, and June. In the United States there should be 
an active market for a limited supply during the spring 
and summer months. This condition pertaining to the har¬ 
vesting and marketing season may cause iirge additional 
plantings and prove a great factor in the future develop¬ 
ment of the commercial apple industry in Australia, Tas¬ 
mania, and New Zealand. 
Of the other apple producing countries Austria-Hungary 
in 1913 produced approximately 18,000,000 bushels of which 
nearly one-third were exported to Germany. 
Argentina has over a million apple trees and is an 
importing nation. During the period 1909-1913 the average 
annual imports of apples were valued at $200,000. No pro¬ 
duction data is available. 
In Chile the apple crop in the year 1914 amounted to 
aoout 1,000,000 bushels, a large portion of which is oon- 
