THE MARKET FOR MASSACHUSETTS APPLES 



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home markets absorb larger proportions, leaving less for export. The total 

 volume of exports from the United States has ranged from 497,000 barrels 

 in 1901-02 to 3,511,000 barrels in 1923-24, with an average of over 1,700,000 

 barrels for the entire period. The table following gives the exports from 

 the United States for these seasons, 1901-02 to 1925-26. 



Table 13. — Volume of Apples Exported from the United States, 

 1901-02 to 1925-26 



Exports have comprised, since the World War, an average of nearly 

 7 per cent of the commercial crop of the United States. The table below 

 presents the total commercial production of apples, with the percentage 

 exported from each season's crop, from 1918-19 to 1925-26. 



Table 14. — Commercial Production of Apples in the United States, with 

 Percentage Exported, 1918-19 to 1925-26 



Season 

 1918-19 

 1919-20 

 1920-21 

 1921-22 

 1922-23 

 1923-24 

 1924-25 

 1925-26 



Bushels 

 74,229,000 

 78,477,000 



101,715,000 

 64,671,000 

 95,835,000 



107,808,000 

 86,103,000 

 95,927,000 



Percentage 



Exported 



6.3 



3.8 



6.2 

 3.7 

 4.3 

 9.8 

 11.1 

 9.9 



European countries offer the chief markets for apples exported from 

 the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany taking more than 

 all other countries. 



United Kingdom, 



The apple markets of Great Britain are supplied in large part during 

 the fall and early winter by the European crop. During this season the 

 British markets consume first the home-grown supply, hence the crop in 

 England is especially significant to the United States exporter, since Brit- 

 ish markets absorb so large a portion of our exports. 



The home-grown apple crop normally supplies from 8,000,000 to 9,000,- 

 000 bushels for the British market. These are mostly cooking apples. 

 The small supply of native dessert apples is commonly exhausted by the 

 beginning of the new year. 



