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CHART 13. Amount of Grading and Average Prices Paid to Growers in Two 

 Typical Sections, 1924. 



BALDWIN 



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PE.RCE.N7 GPADED 10 M 50 40 50 60 70 60 90 100 



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The greatest difference in price between all graded and all ungraded in both 

 districts is for Mcintosh, amounting to a little more than 50 cents a bushel. 

 Mcintosh prices averaged from 50 per cent to 100 per cent higher than those 

 received for any other commercial variety. The Baldwin prices are lower 

 than those of any other variety, probably because of the quantities available 

 and the relatively low quality. Prices received for Wealthy and Gravenstein 

 apples average above those of most winter varieties. 



Markets 



Massachusetts apples are distributed widely, going by carlots to markets as 

 far west as Chicago and as far south as Washington. From the reports of 

 growers it is estimated that 15 per cent of the Massachusetts crop is sold 

 outside the state, principally in New York. 



A large amount of fruit in western Massachusetts is sold to storage com- 

 panies and other dealers from New York State. The Connecticut Valley 

 furnishes fruit to Hartford, Providence and New Haven. Providence is an 

 important market also for the central and southeastern sections, and prices 

 average higher on Rhode Island markets than on the local markets in those 

 sections. 



Boston is the most important Massachusetts market, receiving over one- 

 third of the crop. Worcester and Springfield are important markets in the 

 western part of the state, and are supplied almost entirely from nearby 

 producing areas. Smaller cities, such as Pittsfield, Holj^oke, Greenfield, Lowell 

 and Haverhill consume large quantities of apples supplied locally. In some 

 cities large quantities are sold by growers to retailers, while in others sales 

 are almost entirely to wholesalers or on commission. Most of the smaller 

 towns find cities nre partly supplied with local fruit through door-to-door sales. 



