GERMAN FRUIT MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 October 1925, Page 8

GERMAN FRUIT MARKET

Writing from Hamburg on 20th August to their representatives in llolait, Messrs T. Boss-Walker, Limited, ihe Internationale Frueht-Import-Ge-sellscha.ft comment upon tho prospects for Australian and Tasmanian apples in th.it market, next season. They recognise that, prior to the Great War. large quantities of apples from this side of Hie world were disposed of at- remuneretiv,. prices, the combined shipments -from the Mainland States and Tasmania, amounting to more than half a. mflliuii cases. But they would have intending shippers remember that, since ihe War. the spending power of the people, not. only of Germany, but of the numerous other countries of Europe for which Hamburg i.-i tho ecu tr B of distribution so far as Australian produce is concerned, lias very greatly decreased, and that whilst, it ia mow on the up grade, it is still far below what, M was in JOM ; and they are of tho empr.atie opinion that., according to pre-s-.n r . indications, four, or at tho out,/Je five, direct, shipments of Australasian apples, of not. more than 30.000 eases each, arriving between tho middle ot April and the middle of June, would lie as much as the German market could absorb at remunerative prices next season, and that the dates of despatch >nd the speed of the vessels carrying Miese shipments should be such as to ensure an interval of at least a fortnight. between their dates of arrival in Hamburg; otherwise the market voul.l inevitably h B glutted and prices tall below a profitable figure. .Ihe I.E.G. add that there is no demand whatsoever in Hamburg for low grade apples, the only grades suited to that market being those known in the U.S.A., Canada and New Zealand as Extra Fancy” and “Fancy.” and in Australia as “Special” and “Standard, ’ 'and the only suitable sorts of apples t leopatras. Dunn's Favourites (also called Munro's), Jonathans, Delicious. Spitzenbergs. and Tasmanian Dukg of Clara nee. Such direct shipments as suggested above (comprising the total quantity sent from Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand) could be supplemented by moderate shipments sent via London, for transhipment to Hambur only in the event of tlu> slate of he -market warrai.yog j(.