APPLE ORCHARD SURVEY OF NIAGARA Co 



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 an.l 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 



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 

 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 

 [G. 39. Result of a bad crotch. Three hmbs were 



started from same place, and when heavy each has hve vears a > tne 

 split off. sorting table and the 



