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A. Because the expenses involved in making this kind of a sale are consid^ 

 erably less than if the grower himself performs the function of selling 

 delivered to the premises of the retailer. If the grcwer after having 

 taken his phone orders, delivers individually to each retail buyer he 

 takes the less-than-carlot price to retailers. 



26, Q. Does a grower or shipper have the option of selling deli^rM^d to a mar- 



ket or f .o.b. shipping point in order to FEtain the highest possible 

 legaT'return? 

 A. Yes, but the grower or shipper will not obtain a higher return on any 

 but an intra-state shipment (see question and ansv/er 34), 



27. Q. In selling to truckers who come into the producer's area covered by the 



f , o'7BT'ceTlTng''Y"-"ceT"i s the grower allowed to sell at a price higher 

 than the net f,o.b, ceiling price? 



A. No. 



2a. Q. In selling the consuiiier a fev.^ baskets of apples, may the grov/er take 

 the~ceil'ings on sales to consumers or does he have to make physical 

 delivery? 

 A. Delivery is not necessary. The grower in this case takes the ceiling 

 for sales to consmaers. 



29. <^, If a shipper sells direct to a jobber is the shipper entitled to the 



broke~age""or carlot distributor' 'al 'l'o wance ? 

 A. !!o. 



30. Q. l/here a shipment is made from a point within a state covered by f .o.b. 



ceilings to another point v;ithin the same state, but crosse» another 

 state's lines en route, is such sale an intra-state tale and -therefore 

 not subject to the f,o.b, ceiling price? 

 A, Such a sale is an intra-state sale since the point of ultimate delivery 

 controls the price to be charged, 



31. Q. Suppose a seller does not v;ish to weigh each box. May he take a repre- 



sentative sample? '~^ 



A. Any sampling runs the risk that the boxes will weigh less than the l«gal 

 minimum v/eight. If a seller "guesses wrong" as to the weight, he is in 

 *criolation, 



32. Q, liay a carlot distribut or invoicing buyers include brokerage providing 



brokerage is paid by the carlot distributor? 

 A» Wo. The maximum price for sales by carlot distributors is the price 

 set forth in paragraph (c) (2) of amendment 9 and no further addition 

 may be made. In any one transaction, both the carlot distributor's 

 markup and brokerage charge cannot be taken. These allovmnces are 

 mutually exclusive. 



33. I). IThat is the ceiling price for export sales of apples? 



A. Export sales of apples may' be made at prices which are composed of the 

 domestic ceiling prices per pound, plus certain premiums for packing, 

 ^lus freight. The Second Revised Export Price Regulation covers export 

 sales of all commodities covered by domestic ceiling price regulations. 



