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 Fig. 15. Seasonal changes in blueberry supplies for 1934-38, and prices for 1929- 

 3)3, 1934-38 and 1939, on the Farmers' Produce Market in Boston. 



This seasonal downward trend in prices usually occurs in both Boston and New Hampshire 



markets. 



Table XVIII. — Average top wholesale prices of cultivated and wild blueberries 

 and premiums on cultivated varieties in New York City 



(Prices in cents per quart) 



July 



August 



Cultivated 



Wild 



Premium 



Cultivated 



Wild 



Premium 



*Based on few quotations. 



Source: Producers' Price Current. 



Grapes 



Grape Production in New Hampshire 



LTHOUGH a large number of farms do have a few grape vines, 

 there are very few commercial plantings in New Hampshire. 

 One seldom sees vines given the commercial care which thev receive 

 in the grape-growing regions. 



There were 3,362 farms which reported grapes in the census of 

 1934, but there was an average of but five vines per farm reporting. 

 This average number has changed little over the past four census 

 periods from 1909 to 1929, and has in each case averaged from 4.4 

 to 5 vines per farm reporting. The average value of the crop for 

 the state in these four census periods was $10,764 and the average 

 value per farm but $4.02. 



According to the 1934 census, Hillsboro, Rockingham, and Mer- 



