UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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BULLETIN No. 935 



Contribution from the Bureau of Markets 

 GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



March 14, 1921 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF NORTHWESTERN BOXED 



APPLES. 



By C. W. Kitchen, Specialist in Market Neics, Fruits and Vegetables; E. M. 

 Seifert, Jr., Assistant in Market Surveys; and Mary B. Haul, Clerk. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Production 



Preparation for market 



Transportation and storage facilities. 



Rate of movement 



Marketing methods 



Distribution 



Export shipments 



F. o. b. prices 



Appendix : 



Exhibit No. 1. — F. o. b. prices 



of northwestern apples 



Exhibit No. 2. — Car-lot ship- 

 ments, 1919-20 season, by 

 principal districts and ship- 

 ping stations, Northwestern 



States 



Exhibit No. 3. — Comparison of 

 car-lot shipments of apples 

 for the United States 1916- 



17, 1919-20 



Exhibit No. 4. — Grade rules 



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Appendix — Continued. 



Exhibit No. 5. — Cold-storage 

 holdings on Dec. 1, 1914-19_ 



Exhibit No. 6. — Chart showing 

 the seasons' shipments for 

 the United States, Pacific 

 Northwest, New York, and 

 Central Appalachian District 

 in 1916-17, 1919-20 



Exhibit No. 7. — Chart showing 

 the rate of movement of apple 

 shipments for the United 

 States and the Pacific North- 

 west for 1916-17, 1919-20— 



Exhibit No. 8. — Distribution 

 maps 



Exhibit No. 9. — List of prim- 

 ary destinations for 1915-16, 

 1919-20 



Exhibit No. 10. — Apple ex- 

 ports by months 1916—17, 

 1919-20 



Exhibit No. 11. — Freight rates 

 and mileage 



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INTRODUCTION. 



The apple industry in the Pacific Northwest has developed rap- 

 idly since 1900. In the fall of 1915, at the request of a number 

 of representative growers and shippers of apples in the States of 

 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, the Bureau of Markets 

 began a systematic collection of statistical data relevant to dis- 

 tribution, prices, and other general factors influencing the market- 

 ing of apples from this territory. Arrangements were made with 

 the railroads serving these States by which copies of waybills cover- 

 ing car-lot shipments of apples in 1915-16 were furnished the Bu- 



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