4 BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Bureau of Crop Estimates estimated the total season's 

 crop of apples to be 58,203,000 barrels and the commercial 

 crop to be 20,959,000 barrels. It therefore appears that 9 per 

 cent of the total crop and one-fourth of the commercial crop 

 was placed in cold storage. 



Figure 1 shows the relative monthly holdings in cold stor- 

 age compared with the peak load of December 1. It also 

 shows graphically each month's holdings divided into bar- 

 reled and boxed apple stock. The increase in the holdings 

 of boxed apples during December made the decrease in the 

 total stock very small, only 2.2 per cent being distributed dur- 

 ing that month. The decreases during January, February, 

 and March were about normal but during the month of April 

 21.7 per cent of the total season's holdings were disposed of 

 as compared with the average of 14.6 per cent during this 

 month in the three preceding seasons. 



Table 2 shows the percentage of the December 1 holdings 

 in storage on the first of each month in each section. 



Table 2. — Monthly percentages of holdings of apples in cold storage during 



1917-1918 season. 



[Based upon December 1 holdings.] 



Section. 



New England .... 

 Middle Atlantic . . . 

 South Atlantic. . . . 

 North Central (E) , 

 North Central (W) 

 South Central .... 



We,stern (N) 



Western (S) 



United States .... 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Dee. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



15 



1 



15 



1 •■ 15 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



5.9 



33.5 



67.9 



100.0 :105.5 



108.1 



84.5 



53.2 



45.6 



15.7 



29.6 



61.9 



82.9 



100.0 104.2 



108.4 



83.6 



56.2 



37.5 



15.1 



59.2 



91.9 



101.6 



100.0 71.5 



84.5 



67.6 



43.5 



26.8 



9.1 



31.7 



65,4 



88.7 



100.0 104.1 



104.3 



90.6 



65.0 



45.2 



21.2 



38.8 



77.5 



94.7 



100.0 101.1 



96.9 



83.0 



55.3 



34.4 



12.8 



30.3 



71.2 



97.3 



100.0 1 94.2 



88.8 



83.0 



53.8 



29.8 



12.7 



41.0 



64.6 



93.8 



100.0 



81.2 



70.6 



72.5 



56.9 



26.8 



5.8 



47.7 



80.2 



100.6. 



100.0 



89.5 



113.2 



93.3 



66.9 



45.6 



21.7 



37. 



70.5 



91.4 



100. G 



93.9 



97.8 



82.2 



56.7 



36.3 



14.6 



June 

 1 



2.7 

 3.9 

 1.0 

 7.1 

 2.2 

 2.0 

 0.9 

 3.7 

 3.4 



Table 3 shows the same data for the barreled apples and 

 table 4 shows the percentage of the January 1 boxed apple 

 holdings in storage monthly. 



Table 3. Monthly percentages of holdings of barreled apples in cold 



storage during 1917-1918 season. 



[Based upon December 1 holdings.] 



Section. 



New England .... 

 Middle Atlantic. . 

 South .Atlantic. . . . 

 North Central (E) , 

 North Central (W) 

 South Central .... 



Western (N) 



Western (S) 



United States. . . . 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May 



15 • 



1 15 



1 



15 



1 



1 



1 - 



1 



1 



4.2 



26.4 67.2 



100.0 



104.5 



103.4 



81.2 



53.3 



40.7 



14.0 



34.6 



71.4 



91.7 



100.0 



92.8 



86.2 



63.0 



42.1 



25.8 



9.5 



61.2 



94.1 



102.9 



100.0 



69.8 



82.9 



66.2 



42.8 



25.7 



8.0 



37.1 



73.9 



92.9 



100.0 



98.4 



93.1 



80.1 



57.7 



41.1 



19.9 



49.6 



90.8 



103.1 



100.0 



93.6 



85.4 



73.2 



48.6 



28.0 



9.9 



37.9 



86.5 



104.2 



100.0 



84.9 



71.9 



56.9 



33.1 



15.5 



4.4 



















































































41.3 



78.3 



95.7 



100.0 



88.4 



86.9 



70.0 



47.2 



30.0 



11.9 



June 

 1 



2.5 

 3.2 

 0.7 

 7.4 

 1.4 

 0.5 

 .0 

 .0 

 3.3 



