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BULLETIN 302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 3. — Number of carloads of barreled, boxed, and bulk apples received in cities 



named. 





From — 



To— 



Num- 

 ber of 

 busi- 

 ness 

 days. 



Car lot receipts. 







City. 



Barreled 

 apples. 



Boxed 

 apples. 



Bulk 

 apples. 



Tolal. 





Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



New York 



Chicago 



Oct. 19 

 Fept. 15 

 Nov. 2 

 Oct. 16 



Nov. 21 

 Dec. 5 



Nov. 30 

 Nov. 17 



28 

 70 

 24 

 27 



1,882 



1, 683 



140 



318 



69.5 

 41.96 

 53.23 

 60.46 



383 



900 



8 



99 



14.15 



22.44 

 3.04 

 18.82 



443 



1,428 



115 



109 



16.35 

 35.60 

 43.73 

 20.72 



2,708 



4,011 



263 



526 



100 

 100 

 100 



St. Paul 



100 









Totals and 





4,023 



53.58 



1,390 



18. 52 



2,095 



27.90 



7,508 



100 







Detroit was receiving such heavy supplies of bulk fruit from the 

 Michigan orchards, and it was selling so cheaply, that western and 

 northwestern growers were practically unable to make any sales in 

 that market. It will be noted that 8 cars of box-packed apples 

 were all that Detroit handled. New York received an average of 

 96 carloads of all classes per day. It must be remembered, how- 

 ever, that New York is a large export market. All of these apples 

 came direct to the New York terminals, part going into immediate 

 consumption, part into cold storage, and part being exported. In 

 most cases the fruit exported from the port of New York, however, 

 was billed direct, origin to destination via New York City, and these 

 cars were not recorded as having been received by the local freight 

 offices. 



It was interesting to note that the boxed fruit this season went 

 to all classes in New York City, rich and poor alike, while in normal 

 seasons only the rich and moderately well-to-do middle classes 

 could afford to purchase such fruit. This condition existed also 

 in other markets, and the extremely low price at which boxed fruit 

 sold this year was the cause of this condition. Well-graded and 

 highly-colored barreled fruit also reached this same class of trade. 

 Low grades of barreled fruit and all bulk apples went to the pie men 

 and the poorest people. 



Knowledge of the requirements, customs, and changing conditions 

 of the markets is most important in selling apples. The growers 

 can acquire this knowledge best through efficient cooperative organ- 

 izations, with capable sales managers in charge. 



THE EFFECT OF INFERIOR APPLES UPON THE MARKET. 



An effort was made in some of the markets visited to study the 

 movement of low-grade apples and the general effect of such move- 

 ment on the apple market in general. Judging from observations 



