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Commercial Apple Crop 

 United States (3,^ states) 192li-19l;8 



Thousands of Bushels - 



19l;9(Aug.- 1 Est.) 127, 823 

 Average 1938-17 lll,lll4 



I92U-I933 - "Commercial Production" - Agricultural Statistics, 19U0, p. 175, table 



224 



193ii-1937 - "Total Production, Commercial" - Agri. Statistics, 19ii6, p. I68, table 



211 



1938-19ii7 - "Total Production, Commercial" - Agri. Statistics, 19ii8, p. 179, table 



219 



19U8-19li9 - "Apples, Commercial Crop" - Crop Production, Aug. 19U9, page h9 



3. OUR APPLE COMPETITION (September l5, 19^9) 



19U7-8 — Sixty-nine per cent of the apple receipts for Boston in 

 the marketing year of I9I47-U8 were from "nearby sources." All New England supplied 

 72.6^ of the receipts. The liiddle Atlantic producing area added h%, South 

 Atlantic 3.1^, and the Pacific states 17.2^ of the total receipts. "Other" areas 

 including British Columbia sent 2.9/^ of the total shipments to Boston. 



19U8-9 — Last year, nearby Massachusetts shipments made up $1.1% 

 of the total vrLth all New England 61.5^, iiiddle Atlantic h.d%, South Atlantic 5.0^, 

 the Pacific states 25.5^, and "other" 2.8^ of the total receipts. 



The Pacific state shipments were largely from California in the very early 

 part of the season and from Y/ashington and Oregon in March, April, May and June. 

 Only two carlots were sent in the two years to Boston from the North Central 

 producing area ivhich includes the states of Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Chic. 



A Few Observat ions 



A study of these receipts reveals: (see other side) 



