880 READINGS IN RURAL ECONOMICS 



Commission 8 per cent 



Cartage per ton 5.00 francs 



Unloading from train per package less than 20 kilos . 0.05 francs 



Unloading from train per package less than 50 kilos . 0.10 francs 



Unloading from train per package over 50 kilos . . 0.20 francs 



Rent of container when the property of Paris dealer . 0.10 francs 



Duty for foreign fruit for 5 kilos 0.50 francs 



Peaches from Lyons were selling at wholesale on the central 

 market for 200 to 220 francs the 100 kilos ; and in the rooms of 

 the commission dealers prices ranged from 1 80 to 300 francs. The 

 de luxe peaches sold at about 17 francs for two dozen. 



Fairly good peaches were priced at retail at 2.00, 2.20, and 

 2.40 francs the kilo. Many were also sold at 2.60 and 2.80 

 francs the kilo, the latter being the grade sold by the growers at 

 Lyons for 170 or 180 francs the 100 kilos. In the larger, more 

 fashionable stores, peaches were not sold by weight, but were 

 packed in cotton in small baskets or boxes and were sold by the 

 piece or sometimes by the box. The prices, when sold in this 

 way, ranged from 50 centimes to 3 francs each. The selected 

 fruit sold by the Lyons shippers for 250 to 300 francs the 100 

 kilos was largely sold in this way. 



In Dijon peaches are sold in large quantities for local con- 

 sumption in the covered market. As a rule both a wholesale and 

 retail business is done by the same merchant. An average stall 

 costs 2 francs a day regularly, the price being raised to 7 francs 

 on the market days, which are held twice a week. The commis- 

 sion varies from 5 per cent to 10 per cent according to the crop. 

 In the summer of 191 3 the usual charge was 8 per cent. The 

 dealers who sell in their own rooms charge the same commis- 

 sion. The cartage costs 25 centimes the 100 kilos. The prices 

 for fairly good fruit were 150 and 200 francs the 100 kilos. In 

 the market, good peaches retailed at 1 .60 to 2 francs the kilo and 

 in shops from 1.80 to 2.80 francs the kilo. 



