MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF STRAWBERRIES. 



15 



prices for most of the season in all markets, yet the price range was 

 comparatively much narrower, the greatest variation between good 



CHICAGO 





APRIL 

 ' 14- 20 26 





MAY 

 ' 13 19 25 3 



1 





MAY 



' 13 19 25 



i 



MAY 



9 25 a 



JUNE 

 1 5 





MAY JUNE 

 25 31 5 



PRICL 

 47.50 























































- 





A 

































































































L™ 

















































5.50 



v 





1 



&. 













































5.00 



1 







h 



















































\ 



'\ 













































4.00 





















































3.50 





















































3.00 



















































2.50 





















































2.00 























u 



a 

























1.50 























? 



w 





















1.00 

























'T 





















LOUISIANA TENNESSEE KENTUCKY 



Fig. 9. — Jobbing prices of strawberries on the Chicago market in 1915. 



MISSOURI 



APRIL MAY 



14- 21 27 3 10 22 



MAY 

 3 10 22 



MAY 

 10 22 



and poor being 10 cents per quart (from 18 to 28 cents) in New York 



on May 29. In other markets during most of the season the range 



on Louisiana berries 



was seldom over 5 ST. LOUIS 



cents per quart, and 



usually was much 



less than this. The 



wide range in prices 



is generally more 



marked on eastern 



markets than on 



western. This may 



be traced in part to 



the well-known fact 



that western produce 



which supplies 



western markets 



generally is more 



carefully graded 



and p acked than 



eastern, because 



associations are stronger in the West and also because high freight 



rates make the marketing of inferior grades unprofitable. 



PRICE 

 $7.0 



6.50 



6.00 



5.50 



5.00 



4.5-0 



4-.0 



3.50 



3.00 



2.50 



2.00 



1.50 



r.GD 



LOUISIANA TEXAS ARKANSAS 



Fig. 10. — Jobbing prices of strawberries on the St. Louis market in 



































*' 



} 

























































































[ 



(1 





























% 



' 























































| 







1 











1 



























































1 



^\ 































\ 



% 









m 













IS 











\ 

















I 

















r 





