Table 2. — Farm production and marketing spoilage losses, selected fresh fruits and vegetables, 



United States, annual averages, 1959-63 





Farm 



production 



Fresh marketing 

 spoilage losses l/ 



(3) 



Fresh marketing spoil- 

 age losses valued at 



Commodity 



Fresh market 

 (1) 



\ Processed market 

 ': (2) 



1959-63 U.S. retail 

 prices 2/ 



(4) 



Strawberries. . . . 



Peaches 3/ 



Tomatoes 



Oranges 5/ 



Grapefruit ?/ . . . 



1,000 units 



262,990 lb. 

 4/33,894 bu. 



1,003 tons 

 6/42,813 boxes 

 6/24,046 boxes 



1,000 units 



229,424 lb. 

 4/36,791 bu. 



4,287 tons 

 6/84,040 boxes 

 6/18,411 boxes 



1,000 units 



39,449 lb. 

 3,051 bu. 

 160 tons 

 685 boxes 

 577 boxes 



Million dollars 



17.8 

 26.2 

 97.3 



8.4 

 5-4 



l/ Estimated by multiplying quantities in col. 1 of this table by spoilage loss percentage 

 estimates in table 1, col. 2. 



2/ Computed by multiplying retail price per pound (appendix table 14, col. 4) by physical spoil- 

 age losses (col. 3, this table). 



3/ 1 bushel equals 50 pounds. 



4/ Farm sales. 



5_/ Assuming 70 percent are 90-pound boxes and 30 percent are 75-pound boxes. 



6/ Annual average production for 1959-61. 



7/ Assuming 90 percent are. 80-pound boxes and 10 percent are 66-pound boxes. 



Source: Agricultural Statistics I963 (17) . 



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