Julv, 19261 



Apple Ixdt'stry in Xrw Hampshire 



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profit. While we have no extensive data upon which to base estimates 

 it is ])rol)ablo that, under average New Hampshire conditions, it costs 

 I'roiii $2.50 to $3.00 to grow, jiack. and deliver a barrel of apples to the 

 shipping i)oint. If for Baldwin ajiples packed in barrels, we were to 

 a.-?sume a cost of production of $3.00, tJie net profit on the graded fruit 

 ivoiild he uciirl;/ three iime.s tliat on the ungraded. However, this by 

 no means settles the case as to the desirability of grading, because the 

 fruit which was graded in all probability' was also more thoroughly 

 sprayed and in general was given better care. It is certain that // the 

 jrn/it is oj poor quality, it cannot be improved by grading and ix better 

 sdlil without incurring the labor cost of grading. If it wei'e po.-^sible to 

 lay down a general rule it would jirobably be on \hv basis that it does 

 not i)ay to grade fruit which contains more than a certain proportion 

 ol B grade apjiles, for instance 40 jier cent. 



In Table 9 on page 32 there is an opportunity to compare the pi'ice receiv- 

 ed for t he s.iinc (|u;ility and grade of fruit sold in boxe-; and in barrels. Thore 



Da.rrel?> (ooo om.tted) 



Bald' 



.wins 



&d\)eretein 

 Weaillk)y 

 Morll)erD5] 

 OtbeR-ETnly 



(%^L 



aiei 



l-'l ( il'K I". ~. Rfl;itive jirdthictinn of imimr- 

 taut comnievcial varieties in New Ifami)- 

 shirc, 1924. 



ai)pears to be a large margin in favor of marketing in boxes. Thus, in 

 graded Baldwins the price received in boxes is nearly $1.50 more than 

 that recei\ed for barrelled stock. In Mcintosh it is about $1.29. In 

 ungraded Baldwins, howtner. this margin i>ractically disappears. The 

 average j)rice for ungraded Baldwins in boxes is based upon 126 different 

 sales covering about 28,000 barrels. The barrel sales are based upon 

 .s'ightly over 300 sales covering nearly 50,000 barrels. This should give 

 a fairly accurate average in each case. No reason is known why this 

 \ai-iety and grade should be difYerent from the others. It is known 

 that a considerable number of farm api)les stored in bins and cellars 

 imlil late autumn, and therefore not of very high quality, were sold to 



