930 



THE FRUIT INDUSTRY is XEW YORK STATE 



medium between the high and low ranges. The actual figures 

 for the different months are of little importance, hut the increase 

 or decrease from one month to another is important. In general, 



Sept. 



Feb Mar 



FIG. 260. PERCENTAGE OF RECEIPTS OF APPLES ix NEW YORK CITY BY 

 MONTHS TEN-YEAR AVERAGE 



this chart affords an indication of the advisability of holding 

 Baldwins and what changes in price may be expected from month 

 to month during the marketing season in years of normal crops 



FIG. 261. PRICE OF BALDWIN BY MONTHS IN NEW YORK CITY TEN- 

 YEAR AVERAGE 



and normal business conditions. It is not expected that this chart 

 would necessarily hold good for any single year ; but for a series 

 of years it should prove reliable in the majority of cases. Baldwin 



