THE MARKET FOR MASSACHUSETTS APPLES 5 



Competition of New England Apples 



In Table 3 are shown the volume of the commercial crops in New Eng- 

 land, Massachusetts, and their greatest competitors. New York and Washing- 

 ton, 1916 to 1926. 



Table 3. — Commercial Apple Crop of New England, Massachusetts, 

 New York and Washington, 1916-1926 (barrels) 



a. Estimates of United States Dept. of Agriculture, Nov. 1, 1926. 



In Table 4 are shown unloads of apples in 192.5 in 17 large markets of 

 the United States outside of New England. It will be noted that the 

 Northwest supplies the largest proportion of apples in these markets, while 

 New York stands second. New England contributes barely 2 per cent of 

 the total and 8 of the markets receive no New England apples. Twenty- 

 two cities of 34 outside New England, reported by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, received no apples from New England, and in the 



Table 4. — Carlot Unloads of Apples in Selected Markets, by Sources, 1925 



a. Middle Atlantic includes Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and West 

 Virginia. 



b. Northwest inchides Idaho, Washington and Oregon. 



