30 



rxi\F.HsiTY OF New Hami'siuke 



[Sta. Bull. 321 



CtN. TA/PT.| 77 



N'.ri.CRCtVtRA CVtR 



£)ojTeM 



9 N.H. tCCWtEi OVXR 



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2 46 a 10 la 14 161(320 £2 2 4 6 (3 10 12 it 16 16 2022 2 4 6 <S 10 12 14 16 k3 202d 



DAYS THROUGH THE SEASON 



J'iG. 11. Price differentials on red raspberries in local and citv markets 



in 1938. 



Note that southern raspberry-growers can profit by shipping into northern mar- 

 kets such as Portland early in the season, and northern New Hampshire growers 

 will find it advantageous to ship into southern markets late in the season. 



Average prices per ])int for Maitie raspberries in the Boston mar- 

 ket over three-year period in the latter part of the season were: 



July 25-31 

 August 1-7 

 August 8-14 

 August 15-22 



1939 

 16 

 13 



12 



See Fig. 11 for coni])arative returns for ])erries on local markets 

 and on the Boston market. 



In 1938 and 1939 the New York market was higher than either 

 Boston or Portland in early .\ugust. Quotations in these three mar- 

 kets comvnrrd as follows for the flr-^t weeks in August. 



New York (Up River Fancy) 

 Poston (Average <>f best) 

 Portland (Maine) 



Boston seasonal price changes 



1937 

 11.1 



11.3 

 11. 



Cents per pint 

 1938 



13.0 

 11.5 



9.7 



1939 



21.3 

 13.4 

 11.8 



Fig. 12 shows the average ])rices and volume of sales for red 

 ras])berries on the Planners' Produce Market in Boston for the five 

 years ending in 1938. I'rices have fluctuated between 10 cents and 

 14 cents a pint and 12 cents a pint has been the average for the last 

 half of the season, \oti- Ihc ri'^r ..f about 2 cents a pint in the last 

 half of the season. 



