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of the Mcintosh, they buy it for eating purposes in preference to other 

 varieties. 



Before the Mcintosh became known, the Jewish people of the city regarded 

 the Northern Spy as especially desirable and consumed a large proportion 

 of this variety reaching the New York market. With the introduction of the 

 Mcintosh and its longer term in storage each year, the Northern Spy has 

 ceased to be the favorite of the Jews of New York City. 



The reports of the New York auction market for the .season 1926-27 show 

 that of 263,27.5 lioxes of Mcintosh apples sold at auction only 7 per cent were 

 from New England, 3 per cent from New York State and other states of the 

 East and Middle West, 21 per cent from British Columbia, and the remaind- 

 er (69 per cent) from the Northwestern States. Those from New England 

 did not begin to arrive in New York in quantity till December and shipments 

 ended in March. The shipments from the Northwest continued from Sept- 

 ember to April inclusive, comprising from 97 per cent to 100 per cent of the 

 monthly sales at auction during the fall months. New York State Mcintosh 

 were mostly sold in the last three months of the season, February, Marcli 

 and April. This doubtless represents but a small portion of the total sales 

 of New York Mcintosh apples in the city, since the growers and local buyers 

 of the state know this market and its dealers more intimately than shippers 

 from other Mcintosh producing areas, and probably send many more apples 

 directly to New York receivers than do shippers in the other sections. 



In 1927-28, when the total auction sales w^ere 142,26.5 bushels, the propor- 

 tions from the different producing areas had changed somewhat, 7 per cent 

 coming from New England, 8 per cent from New York and the Middle West, 

 nearly 38 per cent from British Columbia, and but 47 per cent from the 

 states of the Northwest. In this season shipments from New England were 

 heaviest in March and April, whereas the receipts from the Northwestern 

 States were heaviest in November and those from British Columbia in De- 

 cember and January. 



Table 1 shows the total volumes received at the auction market from the 

 different sections producing Mcintosh: From the Northwestern States; from 

 British Columbia; from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and a few 



Table 1. — Total Volumes and Average Seasonal Prices of Mcintosh from 

 Diiferent Sections Sold at Auction in New York, 1924-1925 to 1927-1928. 



British New York New 

 1924-25 Northwest Columbia and Other England Total 



91,585 

 119,158 

 263,275 

 142,265 



