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(^UESTIONS AIID AIlfflTCRS ON APPLE PRICE CEILINGS 



The following (Questions and Answers were released October 29 by the 

 Office of Price Administration for the guidance of the trade in pricing apples 

 sold for horae consumption under Anendinent No. 9 to Uaxiiauri Price Regulation 

 No. 426 (Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for Table Use, Except at Retail) v/hich 

 went into effect early in October. (Key words in each «^uestion are underscore d. ) 



1. Q. To what point does the first ceiling on shipments of apples apply v;ithin 



a state? 

 A. The first ceiling which applies to intra-state shipments is the carlot 

 or less-than-carlot ceiling price in any terminal market or other v>rhole- 

 sale receiving point. 



2. Q. Is it perr.iissible to price loose apples by the bushel or packed by the box? 

 A. No. Apples must be sold on a minimum "net weight basis. Under some cir- 

 cumstances, apples may be sold by the bushel or in any other container, 

 loose or packed, if the minimum net v/eight of the fruit is marked on the 

 container, and the price charged is not more than the applicable ceiling 

 price for that weight. 



3. Q. Suppose a grower sells a trucklot of apples to a retailer making delivery 



in his ovm truck, would he then be entitled to the maximum price for 

 sales to retailers? 

 A. No. He is entitled to the maximuiii trucklot price for sales to retailers 

 which is the same price as the maximum trucklot price to any other kind 

 of purchaser. There is a carlot or trucklot ceiling price for every 

 market, which is always the same price within the particular market for 

 sales to any kind of purchaser. 



4. Q. Under what circumstances can a grov>rer or shipper perform the functions 



of an interTiiediat e sell er and obtain the allov;ances therefor? 

 A. The only circumstances under which a grower or shipper may obtain part 

 or all of the intermediate seller's markup occur when he sells less- 

 than-carlot or less-than-trucklot quantities delivered to a retailer 

 or to an intermediate seller. 



5. Q. If a person buys from three or four different grov/ers and makes up car- 



lots, is he entitled to the carlo t distribution markup? 

 A. No, In order to qualify as a carlot distributor a person must buy un- 

 broken carlots and resell unbroken carlots. 



6. Q. If a grower consigns apples to a cormnission merchant who sells in less- 



than-carlots to retailers is the grower entitled to the proceeds after 

 deducting transportation charges and coinmission? 

 A. Yes, but the grower selling through a commission merchant establishes his 

 ceiling price by taking the carlot delivered price in the market or other 

 wholesaler receiving point plus the usual commission of the commission 

 merchant. The ceiling price is not permitted to exceed the applicable 

 less-than-carlot price to retailers or to wholesalers. If a commission 

 merchant sells in carlots, the price is the carlot market ceiling price. 



7. (^. If a grovifer sells a half-car of apples through a broker to each of tv/o 



wholesalers or jobbers, what ceiling price applies? 

 A. The ceiling price is the less-than-oarload" ceiling price for sales to 

 intermediate sellers. 



