UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 667 « 



]£r Contribution from Bureau of Markets, ^3 



sZfiT'^&SU CHARLES J. BRAND, Chief. ^"U^^^U 



Washington, D. C. 



June 8, 1918 



CAR-LOT SHIPMENTS OF FRUITS AND 

 VEGETABLES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1916. 



By Paul Froehlich, Assistant in Market Surveys. 1 

 APPRECIATION. 



To the local freight agents and other representatives of transportation lines whose 

 reports have made possible the publication of this bulletin, the sincere appreciation 

 of the Bureau of Markets is extended. This work is the combined product of the 

 contributions of many thousands of individual reporters throughout the country, and 

 acknowledgment is made of their cooperation. 



Criticisms are invited of the statistics presented in this publication. An official 

 post card, which requires no postage, is inclosed, and on this card constructive sug- 

 gestions are desired by which the contents of similar volumes may be improved. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Explanatory statement 1 



Total shipments by States 6 



Index of shipping stations, with key to index. . 14 

 Tables of shipments of — 



Deciduous fruits 51 



Dried fruits 90 



Citrus fruits 94 



Sub-tropical fruits 98 



Berries 99 



Cucurbitous crops 107 



Solanaceous crops 120 



Page. 

 Tables of shipments of — 



Tuber crops 125 



Bulb crops 159 



Root crops If 5 



Brassicas 170 



Salad crops 178 



Perennials 182 



Pulse crops 183 



Dry pulse crops 186 



Miscellaneous crops 189 



EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 



One of the established features of the work of the Bureau of Markets 

 is a system of mail reports of carload shipments of all kinds of fresh 

 or dried fruits and vegetables. This was instituted in the spring of 

 1916, when the Bureau sent to about 25,000 agents of the various 

 carriers which handle these commodities blanks for reporting each 

 car-lot shipment. The agents were instructed to mail a card for each 

 carload of fruits or vegetables billed from their respective stations. 

 Most of the reports were in the form of postal cards of the design 

 shown on the pag3 following. 



i The Transportation Section of the Bureau of Markets perfected the arrangements with the carriers for 

 the system of daily mail reports which have made possible the compilation of this bulletin. The system 

 has been developed under the general supervision of Wells A. Sherman, Specialist in Market Surveys. The 

 corps of clerks who actually compiled and verified the tabulations was led by Henry Hawxhurst, of the 

 Market Surveys Project. 



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