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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
THE APPLE MARKET. 
There do not seem to be many apples 
around here, however, there never are 
many apples held right in this section. 
Most of them are sold in the Fall. Box 
apples are looked upon with favor on this 
market, when the price is not too high, 
but we cannot do much with them this 
season, as barrel stock is much cheaper. 
In reference to Ben Davis apples, it cer¬ 
tainly looks as though they are losing out, 
as we have very hard work moving them. 
Harrisburg, Pa. H. u. simonetti. 
We understand that people are moving 
their storage stock quite freely at the 
present time, owing to very moderate re¬ 
ceipts of common storage stock. Weather 
conditions have been very favorable and 
apples have moved very freely for this rea¬ 
son, and it looks as if the present prices 
would be maintained on ordinary stock 
for the remainder of the season, and fancy 
hard well-colored fruit from cold storage 
■would sell to very good advantage and 
bring good prices for the simple reason 
that the majority of the stock that is ar¬ 
riving here is of very poor quality. The 
majority of the dealers are realizing more 
now for their fancy fruit than they really 
expected to get. In regard to box apples, 
will say that the same sell on our market 
to very good advantage when strictly fancy 
and well-packed, namely Western, apples, 
but can’t say they are gaining any more 
in popularity than they have in previous 
seasons. In regard to the demand for Ben 
Davis variety, must say that they have 
sold to better advantage this year than 
they ever have before to our knowledge. 
We think this comes from the reason that 
the majority of the crops of Ben Davis run 
more regularly in size and show very good 
color, while Baldwins seem mostly to lack 
color and run rather small. For this rea¬ 
son a good many buyers have given Ben 
Davis the preference. 
SAMUEL A. TOWNSEND. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
On account of the heavy frost in Califor¬ 
nia the early part of January, apples are 
going to be more in demand and with bet¬ 
ter prices than was expected. Of course, 
there are in the neighborhood of two mil¬ 
lion more barrels of apples remaining in 
storage at the present time than there were 
this time last year, which of course is going 
to make them somewhat cheaper, or not 
any higher at least than prices at the 
same time last year. The quality of most 
stock in storage is very fine, and there is 
no reason why shippers who have stock 
on hand should not move to good advan¬ 
tage. Regarding box apples, will say that 
they may be gaining a little in popularity 
over previous seasons, but not to be noticed 
to any great extent. You, of course, are 
aware of the fact that box apples are sell¬ 
ing in nearly all the large markets at 
prices ranging from 75 cents to $1.75, 
which of course, would make them a little 
more popular than if they were selling $3 
to $4 as they have sold previous seasons. | 
Regarding the Ben Davis varieties will say 
that there is considerably less demand for 
western Ben Davis box apples, as the west¬ 
ern Ben Davis is very dry, and does not 
make a good eating apple, and when con¬ 
sumers buy box apples they want them to 
eat and not to look at. thokniley bros. 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
Our opinion of the future for this sea¬ 
son’s' apples is not very promising. From 
what we can hear fuily 70 per cent of 
the Apples which were put in cold storage 
this Reason are still remaining therein. The 
comifion stored apples are about all cleaned 
up, on account of the apples from Michi¬ 
gan, New York, Virginia, and other Eastern 
and ■Southern points, where they use bar¬ 
rels instead of boxes, being of better qual¬ 
ity this season than usually. The box 
apples from the West have not been moving 
in a general way as well as they did last 
year, and two years ago. However, we are 
sure that the box apples from the West 
have come to stay, and in our opinion they 
will gain in popularity just as long as they 
continue to grade and pack them as they 
have been doing. As regards the demand 
for Ben Davis apples, we do not believe 
there is any better demand this season than 
it has been for the past seasons. They 
never have been a first-class ready seller 
except when there is a scarcity of other 
choice varieties. When this is the case 
the first class Ben Davis, when of good 
size, and highly colored, will sell for as 
muph money in the Southern and Western 
markets as any other apples. 
Cincinnati, O. i. n. price & co. 
There are in Boston about 75.000 barrels 
of apples. Our apples this year that are 
in cold storage are mostly Massachusetts 
and Maine fruit, all New England apples, 
and they are exceptional in quality. At the 
present time there are a great many com¬ 
mon storage apples arriving on the market 
and prices are nominal, from $2 to .$2.50, 
some exceptional lots seling as high as 
.$3. We believe if this warm weather lasts 
apples in common storage will soon be so 
ripe that people will not want them only 
at low prices, and cold storage apples 
should taring fair prices. In regard to box 
apples we would say that they are not 
gaining in popularity. They sell, but bar¬ 
rel apples take the lead on the Boston 
market. As far as Ben Davis is concerned, 
it is not wanted in Boston at all, only very 
late in the season. There are a good many 
Ben Davis in Maine, but most of them will 
be forwarded to Europe. We believe to-day 
there are about 100,000 barrels of apples 
in Maine in common storage, principally 
Ben Davis, Stark and Russet, probably 25 
per cent are Baldwins. 
Boston, Mass. lord & spencer. 
While it is impossible at this time to 
give you the exact quantity of apples in 
storage in Chicago, the total quantity is 
probably not far from 340,000 barrels, and 
450,000 boxes. Regarding the outlook for 
price, based upon all present indications, 
it would appear that the present level of 
values will probably be fairly maintained. 
Any attempt to advance them materially 
would be a serious mistake. There is only 
one way that the deal can clean up reason¬ 
ably well, and that is to keep up the con¬ 
sumptive demand. Any attempt to advance 
price at all materially, would have a quick 
tendency to curtail the demand and once 
curtailed, it would bo mighty hard to build 
up again. Regarding the box apples, up 
to the present time it would appear that 
they have lost in favor rather than to have 
gained, and it is too early to say anything 
definite as regards this. The enormous 
quantity of box apples to be marketed must 
have an effect. This is really the first year 
that there has been a test of the box apple 
business, as heretofore the quantity has 
been sufficiently small to permit of some 
independence upon the part of both the 
grower and the operator. This year, 
though, they are a real competitor with 
barrels. As indicated, up to this time bar¬ 
rels have had the best of the argument. 
Regarding the lighter demand for Ben Davis 
up to this time of the year it is never 
anticipated that there will be a large 
demand for Ben Davis, when other varieties 
are at all plentiful. The Ben Davis is rec¬ 
ognized as a late keeper and trade in them 
is not expected until the later part of the 
season. With such low values as have pre¬ 
vailed upon Baldwins, Greenings, etc., it is 
natural that the Ben Davis should be pushed 
into the background. In the Southern coun¬ 
try though, where the Ben Davis is used 
to greatest extent, it will probably be 
found that there is the usual sale of them. 
All of these things are subject to exist¬ 
ing conditions, with the result that no two 
years are identical, and too much cannot 
be determined upon for next year because 
of conditions existing this year. 
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SELLING EASTERN APPLES. 
I was much interested to read in The 
R. N.-Y. of February 1 that you were able 
to find New York grown apples on sale in 
Rochester while you were in attendance 
upon the Fruit Growers’ meeting there. 
Hast Winter, a year ago, I repeatedly en¬ 
deavored to purchase New York State 
apples in the city of Albany, but was un¬ 
able to do so, either in the stores or at 
the numerous fruit stands. I was led to 
make inquiry of the largest fruit retailer 
in town, only to discover that he did not 
care to handle State grown apples. He 
informed me that no less than 8.500 boxes 
of Western apples were brought into 
Albany each season and disposed of. He 
told me that in the past he had endeavored 
to interest some farmers residing in Albany 
and Rensselaer counties, but could not pre¬ 
vail upon any of them to pack their best 
apples in boxes and bring them in to him, 
so he had lost all interest in New York 
fruit of this variety. Noticing that baked 
apples, large and luscious looking, were 
being served in all of the cheaper lunch 
rooms, I asked the proprietor of the most 
prosperous “crippled” (one-armed chair) 
place where ho obtained his apples they 
were baking. He at once replied. “Why, 
we use nothing but Western apples, and 
the reason is that when we buy a box 
we get 80, 96 or 104 portions—none to 
throw away—, and we know just what we 
are getting.” 
Being several kinds of an idiot I. last 
Summer, at odd tapes visited a number 
of farmers within a dozen miles of this 
city, told them of my investigation as to 
the use of Western apples in Albany, the 
prices paid per box, and all the information 
I had gathered, endeavoring to induce some 
of them to enter this field, but nary a 
farmer would consider it. I know, of 
course, that Albany and Rensselaer coun¬ 
ties cannot compare with the apple counties, 
in the vicinity of Rochester, yet it does seem 
to me that there should be s^rue farmer 
to go after this 8,500-box trade here in 
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