Tlie ap])les not sold as fresh are Table 3. Receipts of New England Grown 



processed into cider, vinei^^ar, apple ^'^'^ ^PP'" °" the New York City and Boston 

 ^ . . , 1 • 1 r Markets by Origin, 1953 



sauce, juice, and dried or trozen =-=7-3-=n:=T====: 



apples. Within New Hampshire Origin Markets 



there are only a few commercial States New York Citv Boston 



processing plants and a limited num- 

 ber of cider plants. 



Competition by Varieties 

 and Time of Shipment 



Competing areas can be classified 

 by the varieties thev grow and by 

 the time of arrival on the market: Total 1074 880 



1. Those regions producing the i Carlot usually contains approximately 

 same varieties and shipjiing to the 525 eastern crates. 



same market at the same time as Source: Unloads of Fresh Fruits and 



Xe\y England growers will present Vegetables at New York City and Boston, 



the strongest competition to New P-^'- A., United States Department of 

 England producers. 



2. Those regions producing the same varieties but shipping to the com- 

 mon market at a different time will furnish less competition than those 

 regions in 1 . 



3. Those regions producing a different variety but making it available in 

 the market place at the same time as New England growers will be 

 stronger competitors than those that grow the same variety but ship at a 

 different time. The degree of competition that this type of region fiu'uishes, 

 will depend in part on the cross-elasticity of demand for the two varieties.* 



4. Those regions shipping to markets other than New England markets 

 will compete to a lesser degree than the previous cases. Since, as was 

 noted, the prices of apples throughout the United States are interrelated, 

 these regions will indirectly influence the price in New England markets. 



Major Varieties Grown in Four Regionsf 



The major varieties of apples grown in the four regions under considera- 

 tion are Delicious, Winesap, Macintosh, Rome Beauties, and Staymen. 

 Of the average 1942-1951 production in these regions, 29.1 percent were 

 Delicious, 15. were Winesap, 13.8 were Macintosh, 8.7 were Rome Beau- 

 ties, and 6.8 were Staymens. The remaining 25.7 of the production was 

 Gravenstein, W'ealthy. Baldwin, Ben Davis and Gano, Cortland, Golden 

 Delicious, Northern Spy, Rhode Island Greening, and some minor varie- 

 ties. 



New England — The varieties of most economic significance for New 

 England are Macintosh and Baldwin. Other varieties such as Delicious, 

 Cortland, and Northern Spy are also grown, but contribute less to growers' 

 incomes. 



* Cross-elasticity of demand for a variety with reference to a second variety is 

 the percentage change in the quantity taken of the first variety resulting from a 

 percentage change in the price of the second variety, all other factors being held 

 constant. 



fNew England, Mid-South Atlantic, Mid-West, and Far-West. 



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