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
1896-97 |1,581,560 | 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
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[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 1-1/2 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 n