CONTENTS. 



ABSTRACT OF ACT CREATING STATE COMMISSION MARKET 2 



INTRODUCTION 4 



CULTURE 5 



HISTORY OF ASPARAGUS C 



FOOD VALUE AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 8 



PRODUCTION- IN CALIFORNIA 8 



MARKETING EASTERN SHIPMENTS 9 



MARKETING IN SAN FRANCISCO 10 



THE CANNING INDUSTRY 12 



RECOMMENDATIONS 15 



APPENDIX A Wholesale prices San Francisco, Season 1915 17 



APPENDIX B Wholesale prices Los Angeles, Season 1915 _ 20 



APPENDIX C Retail prices, Sacramento Season 1915 21 



APPENDIX D New York Market 21 



APPENDIX E Receipts in San Francisco 22 



APPENDIX F List of Firms and Canneries in California Packing Asparagus 23 



APPENDIX G Acreage and Production of Japanese Growers 23 



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