People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1897 — Apples Preferred in England. [ARTICLE]

Apples Preferred in England.

The big bulk of shipments consists of the Baldwins, Northern Spy and Greenings. Our Baldwins are finer and larger than the Canadians, but they are not so hard and not such “good keepers.” They range as a rule from $2.50 to $3.50 for Canadian barrels, and $2 to $2.75 for America. It is not believed in England that these prices will be quite established during the winter of 1896-97 on account of the immense crop reported to have been gathered in the United States and Canada.

The Greenings are not so attractive in appearauce, but they have a firm hold on the English market for cooking purposes, more especially in the north. Good, clear, unspotted Greenings bring in the ordinary season from $2.50 to $3.50 per Canadian barrel, an extra price being paid for large apples. Special importance is attached to size in the casi of Greenings; buyers willingly pay enhanced prices for large specimens, as a rule cooking them in the form of dumplings. Small Greenings would easily fall off a dollar a barrel in price, and thus render the shipment unremunerative. Northern Spys usually bring about the same prices as the Baldwins.

Freights to London, Liverpool, Glasgow, or Bristol are approximately $1 per barrel, and all charges, including auctioneer's commission, would be covered by 25 cents. All apples are sent on consignment to brokers who effect sales by auction. The business is cash on delivery, and if the auctioneer gives credit it is at his risk, and not at chat of the seller. The Department representative is prepared to give inquirers th e

addresses of respectable consignees in the principle seaports of Great Britain. The Spitzenberg is a good, reliable apple, appreciated in the English market, and it brings 4bout the same price as the Baldwin. Indeed, nearly all rfed-colored apples bring about the same prices. Russets are liked and sell at about the price of the Baldwin. Golden russets, if carefully selected, would bring from 50 to 75 cents over the average. The tendency with golden russets arriving in England is, however, toward such a small size that they do not make over average prices. The RoxenbUrgh russet is also a favorite.

Apples of superior varieties, like Newton c* Albemarle pippins, and superior apples of ordinary varieties, ina.y be depended to bring their value. Twentyounce pippins, Cranberry pippins, “Kings,” and Ribstones, for instauce, of large size and good color, would range from $3.25 to $4.50 for Canadian barrel when good Baldwins were selling for $2.50 to s3.2s.—Secretary Morton’s Report.