CANTALOUPE MARKETING IN THE LARGER CITIES. 17 



EXPLANATION OF CHARTS. 



This same information is illustrated in the accompanying chart 

 (fig. 7) which shows graphically how the shipping seasons of the 

 various States may overlap. In connection with this chart it should 

 be understood that the number of carloads shipped in the beginning 

 of the season is often small, but increases rapidly as the season pro- 

 gresses, frequently reaching a maximum before the middle of the 

 season and then gradually diminishing to its close. 



The number of cars shipped from each State is also illustrated by a 

 chart (fig. 8) which shows graphically the relative number of car- 

 loads shipped from stations in each State. 



YEAR /9/4 



500 IOOO ISOO 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4S~00 SOOO 5SOO CARS 



mmwmmmwmwmmmwmwmwmm ca l ieor nia 



COL OR ADO 



DELAWARE 

 INDIANA 

 GEORG/A 



NORTH CAROLINA 

 ARIZONA 

 MB^m MARYLAND 



Wmm ARKANSAS 

 mWWk FLORIDA 



wmm illino/s 



Wm NEVADA 

 Hi MICHIGAN 



mm Texas 



HB NEW MEXICO 



Wm SOUTH CAROLINA 



m NEW JERSEY 



■ VIRGINIA 



I TENNESSEE 



I MISSOURI 



I UTAH 



I WA 5HING TON 



Fig. 8. — Relative bulk of cantaloupe shipments. 

 TABULAR STATEMENT. 



The tabular statement which follows shows the cantaloupe shipping 

 stations arranged in the order of their importance within each State, 

 together with the actual number of cars reported shipped therefrom 

 during the 1914 season. Seasonal variations arc so great, however, 

 that many of these figures may differ radically from the shipments 

 usually made from those districts. 



In many eases certain stations are credited in the tabulation with 

 less-than-car-lot shipments. These stations normally ship in full 

 carloads, hut on account of some abnormal condition in 1914 they 

 Hid nol -Lip their customary quantities. Less-than-car-lot ship- 

 ment-, nave been obtained as far as possible lor all stations shipping 

 any full carloads. These shipments have been reduced to equivalent 

 carloads and are included in the tabulation, 



