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UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION 



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Even diirino; the competing season from September to April, 26,530 

 bushels of apples were purchased from other than local farmers. 



Table XIII — Apples — purchases in bushels by retail stores, hotels and camps from farmers and others 



The production of apples in the state, however, exceeds the amount 

 consumed within the state by a wide margin. Records from the Bureau 

 of Agricultural Economics of carlot shipments of apples from New Hamp- 

 shire for four recent years are as follows: 



The problem of New Hampshire's feeding itself is, therefore, mostly a 

 marketing one. Most of the commercial apple crop is shipped to Boston 

 as soon as harvested, and a large proportion is put in cold storage and 

 sold later in the season. Some of these apples are probably reshipped to 

 New Hampshire markets later in the winter. By better storage facilities 

 local apples might profitably supply a larger part of the demand in late 

 winter and spring, which is now satisfied by shipping from Boston. 



Districts 1 and 2 ship in large quantities, since few apples are grown 

 north of the White Mountains. At present a large part of these come 

 from Maine. 



The variation in apple purchases in different cities is shown in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



