part to the fancier packages used on Red Delicious 

 than on Winesaps. 



A comparison of total container and supply i 

 without regard to variety is presented above 

 for wax and fungicide have been excluded since these 

 data were not obtained in the 1970 survey. Every 

 region experienced substantial increases in container 

 costs. The absolute change was reasonably similar in 

 each region except for tray packed apples in the 

 Northwest where the im substantially 



below that found in the other regions. 



Selling Charges 



Selling charges cover the salary and ri.ninii.--si <>n of 

 salesmen and the costs of telephone and wire services 

 used in selling and billing. Total selling charges 

 ranged from 1 1 to 1 8 cents per carton in Appalachia, 

 Lake S id Northwest and u] ents in the 



Northeast (table 4). The substantially higher selling 

 charges in the Not .suited m part from larger 



commission rates characteristic of this region 



.mission rat to relal 



high Northeast f.o.b. fri lereby 



boosting Northeast selling charges even more. 

 Within any region, the selling chargi 

 between varieties for the sam f pack. These 



differences resulted from applying estimated 

 commission rates to differing varietal f.o.b. prices. 



Overhead 



Overhead costs include management and office 

 salaries, business taxes, depreciation on buildings 

 and equipment, rent, repairs, bad debts, advertising, 

 interest, insurance and other operating costs. Data 

 on overhead costs for each of these categories were 

 collected but proved to be insufficient on a regional 

 basis to warrant itemization. 



( herhead costs varied substantially from region to 



region (table l(. They were somewhat over 50 cents 



irton in the Northwest, in the mid-twenties in 



i he Northeast and Appalachia, and generally under 



its in the Lake States. The relatively high 



Northwest overhead was consistent withthel969 70 



results. Regional differences in overhead costs are 



attributable to the capacity of the packing sheds, the 



quantity of apples on- a particular variety) packed, 



age of packing plants, the degrei 



inization, local business taxes and utility costs. 



All regions except the Lake States showed 



m overhead costs between the two survey 



Is. The increase ranged from 25 percent in the 



Northi it in the^Northwest. However. 



the 1 !| ire not representative 



varieties packed but only indicate costs allocated to 



Table 4. -Apple packing CO ' carton by variety and pack, four major production 



regions, 1972/73 season 





















































i 























































Mc In! 























Lake S1 





Delicious 



Tray pack cartons .... 



.33 



•' 







06 



1.00 





14 



1 ' 



1.30 



1.17 



1.17 

 1.10 



Jonthans 



.33 









08 







.1 > 



1.19 





AppaLi 























Delicious 



Tray pack cartons .... 



.53 



7 1 









1.51 





.1 1 



1.62 



1.39 



Northwest 























Delicious 



Tray pack cartons .... 



.47 



.69 







.51 







.16 



1.83 



1.58 



iap 

 Tray pack cartons .... 



.57 









.55 



1.78 





.18 



1.96 





'The 1969/70 costs are for all varieties packed. : One carton of tray packed apples cs equivalent to 42 pounds. Bagged cartons 

 contain 12 three-pound poly bags. 



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