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Prices and markets. — The table given below shows the average prices 

 for the crops as they were marketed for the different years. The averages 

 for 1905 and 1906 were based on a smaller number of computations 

 than for any of the other years; still they are representative for 

 the county for those years. 



XXVI. Average Price Paid to Grower 



HOW MARKETED. 



Price per barrel 



Price per bushel sold in bulk. . . 

 Price per loo pounds sold to dry 

 Price per loo pounds for cider . . 



1906. 



$1 s6 

 27 

 33 

 24 



Niagara County apples go to a cosmopolitan market. Some find 

 immediate markets in the large cities of the state, such as Buffalo, 



Rochester, and New 

 York, but still larger 

 quantities go to more 

 general markets in 

 the Middle West. A 

 few growers store 

 their fruit and retail 

 in winter at Buffalo 

 and Niagara Falls; 

 but the bulk of the 

 apples is sold to the 



Fig. 39. — Result of a bad crotch. Three limbs ivere 

 started from same place, and when heavy each has 

 split off. 



highest bidding com- 

 mission man. Very 

 few growers reported 

 any price for cider 

 or vinegar apples. 

 Such markets are 

 not worth while. 



Under normal con- 

 ditions the bulk of 

 apples in the county 

 is handled in the 

 apple barrel. Up to 

 five years ago. the 

 sorting table and the 



