Annual Report -6- 



This Division edits the Special Apple Market Report, giving the 

 complete apple marketing picture for all New England and New York, as 

 well as Massachusetts, The report is issued for the entire apple mar- 

 keting season, from August into June to the close of the marketing 

 of CA fruit. Included in this report are the following features: 

 wholesale prices at Faneuil Hall Market, mid-week F,0,B, prices at 

 Massachusetts country shipping points, including F.A.S, export prices, 

 Massachusetts and New York storage holdings by varieties, both Stand- 

 ard and CA twice monthly, showing out-of -storage movement with coa^ar- 

 isons, first of the month detailed storage holdings for all other New 

 England states and U.S. totals by states. In addition, as space per- 

 mits, wholesale prices at other city markets, shipping point prices and 

 trends, and all notices pertinent to the apple industry are included. 

 Because of the predominance of Mcintosh raised in New England, par- 

 ticular stress is placed on Mcintosh holdings, out-of -storage move- 

 ment, and wholesale prices to aid in the favorable movement of the 

 crop. This special report is mailed to a subscription list, even to 

 subscribers on the West Coast, and it has been called the best and most 

 complete apple report issued in the east. For many it acts as a guide 

 to the better marketing of the apple crop. 



Joseph Carpe, who edited this report until May, was transferred 

 back to the Division of Poultry through his personal request. At that 

 time George Porter, a Stockbridge School graduate with major In 

 pomology, was appointed on a tenqjorary basis pending a Civil Service 

 list resulting from examination. 



A retail market report of prices covering fruits, vegetables, 

 fish, meat, and dairy products collected from a cross-section of mar- 

 kets in Greater Boston, with comments and enqjhasis being placed on 

 nearby fruit and produce and best buys, is issued each Wednesday, 



