CONSUMER DEMAND FOR APPLES 59 



B Grade (per box) 



Baldwin 



Delicious 



Gravenstein 



Greening 



Mcintosh 



Northern Spy 



Oldenburg 



Wagener 



Wealthy 



\\'illianis 



* Averaife prices received iij- Nashoba Apple Paclving Association. 



The volume of different varieties varied greatly, the total volumes of 

 some being too small to warrant conclusions. Obviously small volumes 

 can not fairly represent the variety; nor is one season enough for consid- 

 eration. In the study, therefore, statistics of the five leading varieties 

 are generally used, lest injustice be done those of which small volumes 

 have been packed. 



It is evident that the Mcintosh has been the general favorite during the 

 four seasons, 1924-25 to 1927-28. 



In order to determine the standing on the market of graded and un- 

 graded fruit, statistics of volumes and prices for the different grades 

 were compared. The figures supplied by the Nashoba Apple Packing 

 Association again offer the best available information on prices of graded 

 fruit. 



Unclassified apples, also known as ungraded, are of two kinds, — one is 

 the "tree run" crop, culls and ciders only being removed; the other is 

 made up of those apples remaining after apples of B grade and better, 

 with culls and ciders, have been removed. Obviously these two groups will 

 usually differ greatly in quality, since the removal of all fruit suitable for 

 B grade or better, leaves little of very desirable quality to be classed as 

 "ungraded". The other kind of unclassified, "tree run", usually contains 

 fruit which could be graded into A or B, and is therefore more desirable. 



Since these are both sold as unclassified, no distinction being generally 

 made on the market, it is difficult to make fair price comparisons. How- 

 ever, from individual records collected the following data have been com- 

 piled for two seasons, 1925-26 and 1926-27, showing variety, volume and 

 price received.^ 



The preference for "tree run" fruit is evident in the prices received, 

 which show a difference ranging as high as 67 cents a box. 



It would be very desirable if some distinguishing name were found for 

 the so-called "ungraded" remaining after B grade or better, and culls 

 and ciders have been taken out. Perhaps "domestic", the name used by the 

 Nashoba Apple Packing Association, is as suitable as any. The class here 



■• These prices were obtained from growers in a study of variety performance, not 

 yet complete. It must be explained that the volumes of Gravenstein and Wealthy 

 were not as large as the volumes of Baldwin and Slelntosh. It is not improbable 

 that larger volumes from a larger number of orchards might change the results for 

 any of the varieties. These are here presented, as the only data available, for what 

 they may be worth. They probably indicate the general relationship. 



