16 BULLETIN 109, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



Tap.i.e 2. — C<)hl-sfora<fc Jioldhu/s of apples as reported on Dec. 1, 1916. 



Section. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



South Atlantic 



North Central (east). 

 North Central (west) 



South Central 



Western (north) 



"Western (south) 



Total 



Storages 

 reporting. 



Barrels. 



112,177 

 1,018,620 

 180, 809 

 59^1, 800 

 364,328 

 151,208 



12 



2,421,954 



Boxes. 



94, 418 

 523, 526 



22, 174 

 284,723 

 560, 140 

 209, 388 

 ,119,996 

 929, 797 



Combined. 



143,650 

 1, 103, 129 

 188.200 

 689, 708 

 551,041 

 2?1, 004 

 373, 332 

 309, 944 



3,670,008 



Percentage 

 in each 

 section. 



3.9 

 32.5 



5.1 

 18.8 

 15.0 



6.0 

 10.2 



8.5 



100.0 



Table 2 shows the holdings of each section, the number of storages 

 reporting, and the percentage relation of each section's holdings to the 

 total amount stored on December 1. Figure 4 show^s the distribution 

 of the holdings graphically. The report shows that the distribution 

 of the barreled apples was radically different from that of the boxed 

 apples. Except for the great distributing centers of New York and 

 Chicago, the holdings of boxed apples were generally confined to the 



Wes tern States, 

 where apples are 

 packed almost e n - 

 tirely in boxes. The 

 great producing dis- 

 trict of western New 



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1914-15 

 1915-16 



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Dec. 



Jan. 



Fet. 



March 



April 



May 



York stored an excep- 

 tionally large quan- 

 tity of barreled apples 

 locally. The propor- 

 tionate quantity 

 placed in cold storage 

 there greatly exceeded 

 that of the other pro- 

 ducing sections. 



The total quantity 

 stored for this season 

 was approximately 

 one-third less than 

 was stored the previ- 

 ous year, but the 

 boxed-apple holdings showed a slight increase. The season's holdings 

 were also one-fifth less than in the season of 1914-15. The relative 

 holdings and movement from storage of those three years are shown 

 in figures 5. Figure 6 shows the comparative holdings on the 1st day 

 of each month during the season, the hatched portion of the diagram 

 showing the relative holdings on the 15th of the month. More apples 

 were distributed during February and March than in any other 



Fig. 6. — Comparative monthly holdings of apples in cold 

 storage for the seasons of 1914-15, 1915-16, and 

 1910-17. 



