RECEIPTS AM> PRICES OF APPLES IN NEW YORK CITY 929 



Fig. 259 shows the receipts from 1904-05 to 1913-14 inclusive. 

 There has not been a year throughout the entire period in which 

 the receipts were not greater than in 1896. The year 1912-13 

 was the most productive year that the Xew York market has ever 

 known; 2,490,000 barrels were received, or about a million more 

 barrels than in 1896. The yearly average for the entire period 

 was 1,930,000 barrels, or an increase of 93 per cent .over the 

 previous ten year-period a most astonishing increase. Receipts 

 during the season of 1914-15 were 1,965,000 barrels. 



1904-05 05-06 06-07 



FIG. 259. RECEIPTS OF APPLES IN NEW YORK CITY, FROM 1904-05 TO 1913-14, 

 IN TERMS OF 100,000 BARRELS 



Fig. 260 shows the percentage of the total receipts that go on 

 the market each month. Receipts are heaviest in October and 

 November, 41 per cent of the entire season's receipts reaching the 

 market during these months and corresponding closely with the 

 harvesting period of winter apples. 



Fig. 261 shows the monthly prices of a barrel of Baldwin 

 apples for the ten-year period from 1904-05 to 1913-14 inclusive. 

 The figures are computed on a ten-year basis, because the prices 

 for a single year or for a short period would mean little on ac- 

 count of the great variation from year to year in the production 

 juid supply of apples. The figures represent average prices, the 



