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after the peak of Alassachusetts supplies. Prices received for the 

 last of the Massachusetts berries and for Maine berries give some 

 indication of what might be expected for berries from northern New 

 Hampshire. 



In 1939, Maine strawberries sold largely from 16 cents to 19 cents 

 a quart in Boston and at a level considerably above the late Massa- 

 chusetts berries. See Fig. 5 for data on supplies and prices. 



Premiums paid for tray strav/berries on Boston meu'ket 



A large portion of "nearb}" berries are marketed in trays in most 

 local markets. On the Farmers' Produce ^Market in Boston both tray 

 and crate berries are quoted. Tray berries have brought an average 

 premium of from one and one-half cents to four and one-half cents 

 per quart over the past eight years. Premiums of two to three cents 

 a quart are most frequent. 



This premium for tray berries should be considered if growers 

 contem]')late marketing in cities close enough to make tray sales 

 practicable. 



Comparative market prices for strawberries 



It is difficult lu obtain fully ccjmparable quotations in different 

 markets. Average prices actually received by growers usually run 

 under the averages of quotations on city markets. Studies of prices 

 during the past five years show that : 



^Manchester and New Haven. Connecticut, auction prices (weight- 

 ed) averaged about 4 cents a quart below the averages of Hartford 

 prices quoted by the Department of Agriculture in that state. 



Ma«a. 



Thousand Crates 



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-NM- » oprir ftKiOo- 



pvnTvw 



O 



Wt.r. 



Fia. 5. 



l6 17 2.A 



JUNE 



JULY 



40 

 30 

 3* 

 34 

 9Z 

 SO 



20 

 2C 

 24 

 22 



20 



lA 

 I* 

 14 



12 

 lO 

 A 



4 

 4 

 2 

 O 



Average prices aiul volume of receipts of strawberries from New 

 England states, to Boston, in 1939. 



