MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 231 



THE DOMESTIC MARKET 



The Crop 



While total apple production in New England shows little change during 

 the decade from 1916 to 1925, the trend of the commercial crop is slightly 

 upward. The commercial crop in Massachusetts, however, shows an increase 

 of 65 per cent in volume during the same period. More striking is the fact 

 that the three- year-average, 1923-1925, shows an increase of 114 per cent over 

 the average of the first three years of the decade. The total crop in New 

 Yori< shows a slight upward tendency during tliis 10-year period, but there 

 is littFe change in tlie trend of the commercial crop. 



The commercial crop of Washington has increased more rapidly than thai 

 of any other section, slio-wing an increase of 70 per cent from 1916 to 1925. 

 The accompanying chart shows the actual fluctuations and the trend of both 

 the New England and the LTnited States crops for these ten seasons. (Chart 

 I). The increase in both volume and trend of the United States crop is much 

 greater than of the New England crop, which indicates tliat the competition 

 which the New England crop must meet is steadily increasing. 



CHART 1. Volume and Trend of Commercial Apple Production in the United States 

 and New England, 1916-1925 



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