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Produce Market Report each Thursday. At this time of year an in- 

 creased and substantial volume of nearby produce is sold whole- 

 sale at farms to roadside stands and for shipment to chain stores 

 outside the state. 



A permanent wholesale Market Investigator is maintained also 

 in both Springfield and Worcester. These men do similar work but 

 because there is no Federal reporter in these smaller markets, our 

 men gather and quote wholesale prices of both nearby and shipped- 

 in produce. 



These reports are frequently called for by shippers or trans- 

 porting rail lines to be used as a basis for claims in damage suits. 

 Dissemination of both the Springfield and Worcester report is pri- 

 marily through local radio and newspapers plus a small mailing list. 



This Division compiles and edits a Special Apple Market Report, 

 giving a complete apple marketing pic±ure for all of New England 

 and New York, as well as for Massachusetts. The report is issued 

 for the entire apple marketing season, from August into June until 

 the close of the marketing of C.A. fruit. 



Included in this report are the following features: Wholesale 

 prices at the New England Produce Center; mid-week F.O.B. prices 

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

 prices; Massachusetts and New York storage holdings by varieties, 

 both standard and C.A, twice monthly; out-of-storage movement 

 with comparisons; first of the month detailed storage holdings for 

 all other New England states and U.S. totals by states. 



In addition, as space permits, wholesale prices at other city 

 markets, shipping point prices and trends and other information 



