2o6 FRUIT HARVKSTING, STORING, WARKHTING 



, VI. COMMISSION CHARGES 



The regular rate of commission for making retail 

 sales of fruit, even when these fruits arrive in carload 

 lots, is ten per cent. Large shippers, however, by 

 making special agreement with commission houses, 

 often get better rates. 



In the subjoined table, taken from the American 

 Agriculturist Year Book, 1898, p. 482, the commission 

 charges are given as actually made at various points, 

 but they apply as a rule to relatively small lots. 



ACTUAL, COMMISSIONS CHARGED FOR HANDI,ING 



% 



Apples 



Oranges 



Small Fruits . . . 

 Dried Fruits . . . 



Potatoes 



Onions 



Fresh Vegetables 



Butter 



Eggs 



Poultry 



10 

 10 

 10 

 5@10 

 10 

 10 

 5@10 



5 



5 



5 



10 

 10 

 5 

 7@10 

 7@10 

 10 

 5 

 5 

 5 



% 

 8@10 

 8@,10 

 7@10 

 5@10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



10 



VII. SHIPMENT IN REFRIGERATOR CARS 



The following notes on the transportation of fruits 

 in refrigerator cars are given in a recent number of 

 Rural New Yorker ( " W. W. H.," in Rural New 

 Yorker, 60 : 259, April 6, 1901): 



" The use of cold storage in the transportation of fruits has 

 increased greatly of late years, and we find a growing interest 

 in this business from Canada to the south. Perishable 



