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APPENDIX "C. 



ento Market, Seas 

 Sacramento Bee. 



Sacramento wholesale prices are given as being the same as San Francisco. 



Retail Prices Asparagus, Sacramento Market, Season 1915, as per Market Quotations, 



Sacramento Bee. 



APPENDIX "D." 



California Asparagus in the New York Market. 



NEW YORK, February 27, 1915. The first California asparagus of the season 

 arrived here from Sacramento County by express yesterday and opened at $15 to 

 -$20 per dozen bunches. (New York correspondence, Sacramento Bee, March 16th.) 



NEW YORK, March 6, 1915. California asparagus was in active demand 

 during the early part of the week ; readily commanded $20 to $25 a dozen bunches. 

 Subsequently the market weakened, and prices ranged from $12 to $18 for the best. 

 Receipts were light. (New York correspondence, Sacramento Bee, March 13th.) 



NEW YORK, March 13, 1915. The California asparagus market was weaker, 

 but prices nevertheless were good, the range in the earlier part of the week being 

 from $6 to $20 per dozen bunches. Toward the close the best stock declined to 

 $15, while "loose" grass remained steady at $5 to $10 per box. (Cone.) The 

 first shipment of Charleston, S. C., asparagus arrived, but owing to cold weather 

 did not sell as readily as receivers expected. The best brought about the same as 

 California. (New York correspondence, Sacramento Bee, March 20th.) 



NEW YORK, March 20, 1915. The first solid car of California asparagus 

 arrived here yesterday. Most of it was consigned to New York receivers. There 

 was one shipment for Boston. The quality and condition were very good. The 

 best of the car brought $15 per dozen bunches and lower grades $5 to $7. 

 Charleston, S. C., asparagus sold at the same price until the middle of the week, 

 when values declined to $3 and $6 per dozen bunches. The demand for California 

 asparagus is very active and receivers hope that only good stock will be shipped, 

 and culls kept away from the East. (New York correspondence, 'Sacramento Bee, 

 March 27th.) 



NEW YORK, March 27, 1915. Under heavy arrivals from all sections, California 

 asparagus went down this week and prices closed considerably lower. Carload 

 lots now arriving very liberally. A little of the best brought $9 to $10 in the 

 early part of the week. Toward the close it sold at $5 and $6 and short grass at 

 *.'l and $4.75. A small quantity of poor stock sold as low as $2 per dozen bunches. 

 Georgia began shipping, but the stock was small, unattractive and neglected. 

 Charleston, S. C., declined under heavy receipts to $2 to $3.50 per dozen bunches. 

 (New York correspondence, Sacramento Bee, April 3d.) 



NEW YORK, April 3, 1915. Owing to heavier receipts, which showed the 

 effects of rains and unfavorable weather, the California aspai-a-ns market wont 

 down. Arrivals aggregated about 28 carloads. Prices declined on Monday to 

 S5.r0 and $7 on Colossal, $5.50 to $6 on Jumbo, $4.75 to $5 on Extra, and $3.50 

 to $3.75 on Prime. A gradual weakness developed from day to day and sales at 

 the close were at $6 on Colossal, $4 on Jumbo, $3.50 on Extra, $3 on Prime and 

 $2.25 to $2.50 on Seconds. Demand was disappointing. Considerable South 

 Carolina appeared and most was badly graded and the best seldom exceeded $4.50. 

 Lower grades sold at $2 to $2.50 per dozen bunches. Georgia grass was neglected 



