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BULLETIN 35, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, and resulted in a number of 

 requests for small shipments to these cities. In Buffalo 160 drums 

 were sold on December 23 and 30 for an average price of $3.80 per 

 drum. About the same price was realized in Pittsburgh for a lot of 

 100 drums, and satisfactory sales were also made in Philadelphia. 

 Table XI gives a record of the auction sales in Buffalo, Philadel- 

 phia, and Pittsburgh. 



Table XI. — Record of miction sales of California Emperor grapes in drums, 

 packed in redwood sawdust and held in cold storage in New York and, sold at 

 Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo, season of 1912-13. 



Place of sale. 



Date of 

 sale. 



Number 



of 

 drums. 



Designation 

 of shipper. 



Auction price 

 per drum. 





1912. 



Dec. 16 

 16 

 19 

 19 

 24 

 24 



Dec. 19 

 19 

 19 

 21 

 21 

 21 



Dec. 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 

 23 



40 

 40 

 40 

 60 

 40 

 60 

 10 

 10 



H 



20 

 20 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



D 



S3. 00 





A 



3.25 





B 



3.25 





D 



2.75 





A 



3.50 





B 



3.25 



Pittsburgh, Pa 



B 



3.60 





D 



3.60 





A 



4.35 





B 



3.60 





D 



A 



3.60 

 4.35 



Buflalo, N. Y 



B 



B 



3.65 





3.65 





B 



3.75 





B 



3.85 





D 



3.75 





D 



3.80 





D 



D 



3.80 

 3.80 





A 



3.85 





A 



3.85 









A carload of grapes from shippers D, B, and G sold at an average 

 price of $2.46 per drum at Duluth, Minn. A carload made up of 

 drums from shippers E, B, H, and J sold at Seattle, Wash., brought 

 the following average prices for the respective brands: $2.45, $2.50, 

 $1.81, and $1.90. At Calgary, Canada, a carload of Emperor grapes 

 from shipper A sold at an average of $2.48 per drum, and at Lincoln, 

 Nebr., an average price of $2.47 was received for the same brand of 

 fruit. Drums of Emperor grapes from shipper A in less than car- 

 load lots sold at Omaha, New Orleans, Waco, El Paso, Austin, San 

 Antonio, and Lincoln realized average prices ranging from $2.45 

 to $2.72. Table XII gives the details for these shipments. These 

 lots, with the exception of those sent to Seattle, were sold f. o. b. 

 shipping point. Therefore, the dates of shipment and sale are the 

 same. The freight and refrigeration charges have been added to the 

 selling prices, however, and the gross receipts and average prices 

 given in this table are comparable with the prices received in New 

 York, Chicago, or any other auction market. 



