EXTENT OF THE COLD-STOBAGE INDUSTRY. 



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The following table a * gives a list of the cities and towns in which 

 more than 75,000 barrels of apples were stored about December 1, 1902: 



Cities and towns in which more than 75,000 barrels of apples were held in cold storage 



about December 1, 1902. 



Place. 



Number 

 of bar- 

 rels 

 stored. 



Number 



Place of bar " 

 Place - rels 

 stored. 





431, 700 

 200, 000 



200, 000 

 150, 000 

 120, 000 



Boston, Mass., and vicinity ( 102, 000 



Indianapolis, Ind 1 100, 000 



Leroy, N. Y 100, 000 



Brighton, N. Y 90, 000 



Lockport, N. Y . 90,000 



Albion, N. Y ' 86, 000 



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New York, N. Y 



Philadelphia, Pa., and 



Rochester, N. Y 



St. Louis, Mo 



The extent of the apple-storage business in States in which more 

 than 100,000 barrels were stored abjut December 1, 1902, is shown in 

 the following table: a 



States in which more than 100,000 barrels of apples were held in cold storage about 



December 1, 1902. 



State. 



Number 

 of bar- 

 rels 

 stored. 



State. 



Number 

 of bar- 

 rels 

 stored. 





967, 000 

 524, 400 

 327, 000 

 220, 000 



Ohio. . 



135, 800 

 118, 000 

 107, 500 





Massachusetts 



Indiana 









Large quantities of apples are still stored in cellars and common 

 storage houses, especially in New York and in the New England States. 

 The extent of this phase of the storage business in States storing 

 75,000 barrels or more about December 1, 1902, is given in the fol- 

 lowing table: a 



Apples in common storage about December 1, 1902. 



State. 



Number of 



barrels in 



common 



storage. 



State. 



Number of 

 barrels in 

 common 

 storage. 



New York 



474, 000 

 240, 000 

 123, 000 





100, 000 

 75,000 



Maine 





New Hampshire 







« Statistics furnished through the courtesy of the National Apple Shippers' 

 Association. 



