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]\I^KETING AND DISTEIBUTIOX OF WESTERN MUSKMELONS. 37 

 Table 17. — Marlcet prices of Colorado and Turlock mushnelons in Chicago and Neiv York. 





Chicago. 



New York. 



Date. 



California. 



Colorado. 



California. 



Colorado. 





Standards. 



Flats. 



Standards. 



Flats. 



Standards. 



Flats. 



Standards. 



Flats. 



Sept 8 











1S3.50 



2.50-3.00 



2. 75-3. 00 



3.50 



3.75 



15.00 



4.00-4.50 



4.00 



3. 5^4. 00 



3.50-4.00 



4.00-4.50 

 3.00^.00 

 2. 75-3. 25 



14.00 

 2. 75-3. 50 



14.00 

 3.00-3.25 

 2. 00-2. 50 



13.25 

 1. 75-2. 50 

 12.50-3.00 



i$1.25-1.50 



1.00-1.25 



1.00-1.25 



1.50 



1.50 



12.25 



1.50-1.75 



1.50-1.75 



1.75 



1. 75-1. 85 

 1.50-1.75 

 1.00-1.50 

 12.00-2. 25 

 1.00-1.50 

 12.00 

 1.00-1.25 



1.00-1.15 

 U. 50-2. 00 









S2. 00-2. 25 







$1.00-1.10 



.85-1.00 



2.35-1.00 



1.00 



1.25-1.40 



1.50 

 1. 15-1. 25 

 1. 15-1. 25 



1.00 



1.00 



.75- .85 



.65- .85 



.65- .75 

 .50- .75 



.65- .75 





9 



$0. 75-0. 85 

 .80- .85 



$2.25-2.50 



2.50 



2.50 



3.00-3.25 



3.00 



3.00 



2.75-3.00 



2. 25-2. .50 

 1.00-2.00 

 1.50-2.00 



1.00-1.75 



1.00-1.50 

 .50-1.25 



1.00-1.50 

 12.00-2. 50 



$1.25 



10 



11 



2.00 



2.50 



2. 75-3. 00 



2.75-3.00 

 2. 75-3. 00 

 3.00-3.25 



3. 00-3. 25 

 3.00-4.00 



3.00-3.25 



2.00-2.25 

 3.00-3.25 



2.25-2.50 



S3. 50 



1.25-1.40 



13 









14 





4.00 

 3. 00-4. 00 



1.65-1.75 



15 

 16 



1. 15-1. 25 

 1. 15-1. 30 



1.25-1.40 

 1. 50-1. 75 



'i.'25^i."35" 

 1.25 



1.00-1.25 

 3 1.75 



17 

 18 

 20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



2.75-3.00 



2.00-2.75 

 2.00-2.50 



2.00-2.50 



1.60-2.00 

 .75-1.25 



1.50-2.00 



•1 1. 25-1. 50 



1.25-1.50 



1.00 



.75-1.25 



.50- .60 



.60- .80 

 .65- .75 



.65- .85 



1 Fancy grade. 



- Green. 



3 I2's. 



i 15's. 



Dealers and consumers interviewed by representatives of the 

 Office of Markets and Rural Organization stationed in the various 

 markets reported that many of these green melons would not ripen, 

 but rotted instead of maturing. Those which did appear to ripen 

 merely became soft, but gained no flavor. 



Not all growers shipped immature goods, as a few brands and a 

 few marks were of fairly good quality, and obtained somewhat better 

 prices. But such a large percentage of unsatisfactory stock was 

 shipped that the whole market was injured, and consumption of 

 Colorado melons dropped so low that even the best brands did not 

 bring satisfactory prices. While it is true that prices naturally would 

 have declined somewhat with the colder weather toward the end of 

 the season, the main reason for the generally poor returns was the 

 shipment of green melons. 



Gn.\Dixo, Packing, and "Wrapping. 



Grading and packing usually are done in sheds in, or close to, the 

 fields, the melons generally being sorted for grade but not for size 

 before going to the packer. The packers size the melons during the 

 packing operation. No wrappers are used on grecn-meated melons, 

 but all pink-meated ones are wrapped. 



