The apples are mostly from Canada and New York, the varieties being principally Newtown Pippin, Baldwin, Greening, and [Northern] Spy; still I find in the list such familiar names as Ben Davis, Genet, and Winesap. On inquiry, I find the freight from Kansas City to New York is 631/2 cents, and from New York across the water, seventy-five cents per barrel. A report of sales would read something like this: One barrel Ben Davis, $3.80; freight, $1.35; commission, 20 cents; net proceeds, $2.25. This is supposing they should reach the other side loose. If, owing to superior skill in packing, they should reach their destination tight, the net proceeds would be $3 or $3.25. The Liverpool quotation on western Ben Davis, December 11, is $4 to $5 for tight; $3.50 to $4.38 for loose. I speak of one firm only; many others are in the same line.

COMPARISON OF SEASONS, 1881 TO 1898.

Ports of Export.
Figures represent barrels.
Date.New York.Boston.Montreal.Portland.Halifax and St. Johns.Philadelphia.Baltimore.Newport News.Norfolk.Annapolis.
1880-81599,200510,300145,27639,90824,2509,872
1881-8275,88965,09356,4336,49713,80521,535
1882-83169,570102,40964,39016,89018,5423,90019,893
1883-8453,0487,1457,4459,8113,758325
1884-85256,314307,13084,48771,46041,2078,612
1885-86466,203221,72468,71687,30137,9821863,161
1886-87175,595303,479106,713100,56994,60626,965
1887-88275,696163,91693,05825,21532,65217,884
1888-89474,337382,199291,307145,82594,69186018,190
1889-90169,557132,589162,526122,43353,62737,030
1890-9176,50323,123182,09580,36589,190
1891-92537,247339,964320,457163,14587,379550721,337215
1892-93218,037204,138429,243235,395116,725
1893-9429,3964,79656,25549,34435,058
1894-95221,398523,123273,353155,878264,410
1895-96{230,70584,771128,027141,955165,797
[A]13,610[A]1,861
1896-97570,3271,015,029700,274221,350409,7333,133
1897-98361,894176,322163,313126,26182,2083,94355
Ports of Import.
Figures represent barrels.
Date.Liverpool.London.Glasgow.Hamburg.Various.Total.
1880-81 839,444 177,936 216,391 95,036 1,328,806
1881-82 133,784 46,147 59,266 55 239,252
1882-83 253,432 46,975 81,269 13,318 395,594
1883-84 46,661 4,843 29,685 343 81,532
1884-85 491,898 123,081 137,631 16,590 769,210
1885-86 537,695 147,102 176,445 24,031 885,273
1886-87 468,553 187,840 138,756 12,775 807,924
1887-88 346,557 104,072 139,517 18,275 608,421
1888-89 790,502 279,374 272,068 64,465 1,407,409
1889-90 418,850 128,248 116,449 14,115 677,762
1890-91 252,548 116,705 80,772 1,260 451,285
1891-92 917,535 224,356 282,553 25,892 1,450,336
1892-93 798,291 174,405 220,790 10,052 1,203,538
1893-94 101,205 32,581 38,524 2,530 174,841
1894-95 853,198 388,535 173,312 23,110 1,438,155
1895-96{ 410,596 196,184 127,942 16,533 751,255
[A]11,342[A]2,458[A]1,771[A]]15,471
1896-971,581,560 716,771 411,575 117,105 92,835 2,919,846
1897-98 490,138 198,281 123,828 88,780 12,969 913,996

[A] Boxes.

During the week ending December 11, 1897, there were exported from the United States to Europe 25,447 barrels of apples; of these, Liverpool got 3335, London, 2580, Glasgow, 3567, Hamburg, 5264; equaling 14,756. The total export to Europe this year from the United States, up to December 11, is 586,906 barrels bringing this country over 11/2 million dollars. Last year we had a much larger crop, and up to this date had exported 2,087,573 barrels. Owing to the liability of getting loose in the barrel some shippers use boxes. We packed, last fall, 1000 boxes of Willow Twig and Ben Davis; these were packed in pear boxes, each apple wrapped in paper; the boxes (filled) would weigh about forty pounds. The apples are placed in layers six long by four wide and four layers deep, ninety-six apples to the box, putting the finest apples on top. The covers are put on with a lever press that presses on the ends of the boards and springs both the bottom and top of the box; the extra size in the middle is protected by cleats on the ends. The sides are of thicker boards and do not spring. If the apples should shrink in size, as apples do, the spring in the box will take up the slack. In loading on the car or ship, the boxes are placed on their edges. One thousand boxes make a good car-load, weighing about 40,000 pounds. A barrel will make about 41/2 boxes. These cases of selected apples are expected to sell readily for eight shillings (or $2) per box, and packed in this careful manner should go through in perfect condition. If they bring satisfactory prices, I predict that next year more than one Kansas orchard will be packing apples for foreign export.

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE WELLHOUSE ORCHARDS.

In 1876 Mr. F. Wellhouse planted, at Glenwood, Leavenworth county, Kansas, 117 acres of apple trees, as follows: 60 acres of Ben Davis, 32 of Missouri Pippin, and 25 of Winesap. This orchard yielded, in 1880, 1594 bushels of apples, which sold for $1.50 per barrel, or $797; and in 1881 it yielded 3887 bushels, which sold for $4 per barrel, or $5184.

In 1878 he planted, near Gardner, Miami county, 160 acres, as follows: 80 acres of Ben Davis, 40 of Missouri Pippin, 30 of Winesap, and 8 of Cooper's Early and 8 of Maiden's Blush. These two orchards, of 277 acres combined, yielded, in 1882, 12,037 bushels, which sold for $2.48 per barrel, or $9,950.