PREFACE 



This summary reports unloads of fresh fruits and vegetables in Western Cities. 

 The cities covered are outlined on page 4. Commodities reported are outlined 

 on page 5. Group I includes products reported in daily and weekly "38-City 

 Unload" releases indicating national supply trends. Group II lists miscel- 

 laneous fruits and vegetables, some of which were combined into general classi- 

 fications to conserve space. Proportion of each item represented in these 

 general classifications may be estimated by appropriate sampling of daily re- 

 ports issued by the market being studied. 



Unloads for most of the cities are reported in three tables as follows: 



Table A - Outlines 3-year comparison by commodities and mode of 



transport . 

 Table B - Outlines city totals by months and States of origin. 

 Table C - Outlines detail by commodities, mode of transport, States 



of origin and months. 



Slight divergence from alphabetic arrangement was used in some instances when 

 preparing Table C for printing. The miscellaneous products outlined under 

 Group II on page 5 are shown in latter portion of Table C. 



Factors used to convert truck and boat unloads to carlot equivalents were re- 

 vised January 1, 1960 to reflect the trend toward heavier rail carlot loads 

 during recent years. These factors are outlined on page 6. A table on page 4 

 shows percents which may be used to adjust prior data to compare equitably with 

 truck and boat for 1960. 



Rail unloads during 1960 showed slight decreases compared with 1959 for a number 

 of cities. Some cities showed slight decreases in truck totals. However, ad- 

 justment of 1959 truck data for such cities generally offset these decreases. 

 Review of reported unloads indicates a slightly lesser proportion moving to 

 market by rail during 1960 and a slightly greater proportion moving by motor- 

 truck. Estimated percentage of completeness for truck reports is shown at the 

 bottom of the first table for each city. 



The reports generally cover the metropolitan area of each city and attempt to 

 include all locations where fresh fruits and vegetables are unloaded or ware- 

 housed in volume. However, the area covered in the New York -Newark and San 

 Francisco-Oakland tables is shown at the beginning of Table A for these re- 

 spective cities. 



The fine cooperation of jobbers, carlot receivers, chain stores and other 

 members of the produce industry who reported truck unloads, and railroad, 

 express and steamship agents who reported the rail and boat unloads, is 

 gratefully acknowledged. Assistance of fresh fruit and vegetable inspectors 

 and employees of State Departments of Agriculture and farmers' markets made 

 it possible for the Fruit and Vegetable Market News Service to assemble and 

 publish these reports for many cities. That assistance is also hereby grate- 

 fully acknowledged. 



Compiled and released under direction of — 



F. S. Nightingale J. L. Bunt in 



Chief, Market News Branch In Charge, Transportation Reports 



