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rel or box of various commercial varieties. It is based on 

 cost production studies conducted in the leading apple 



states : 



TABLE XVIII. COST OF PRODUCTION A UNIT OR BARREL OR Box 



Most of the varieties included under high cost of pro- 

 duction are of high quality. Most of them are produced 

 only in limited quantities, due either to the inherent deli- 

 cacy of the trees or their light yielding tendencies. All 

 command a high price in the market. 



All those given under medium cost are widely grown 

 and are generally good yielders. The column under low 

 cost includes many highly important commercial varieties, 

 but most of these are of low dessert quality. It seems 

 to be a rule that, in general, the low dessert quality apples 

 are the highest producers and consequently the lowest in 

 cost of production, while the high quality apples are high- 

 est in cost of production and lowest in yield. It will be 

 noted that there are exceptions to this in all the columns 

 and in the case of some varieties that are not recorded. 

 Many of the high cost varieties are late bearers. 



