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TABLE 9 



Relation of Apple Sales to Sales of Fruits and Vegetables and to 

 Sales of All Commodities, as Reported by 370 Independent 

 Retail Grocers, New York City, 1937-38 



Annual Gross Sales 

 of All Commodi- 

 ties per Outlet 



Stores 

 Report- 

 ing 



Annual Sales 

 per Outlet 



Quantity 

 of Apples Sold 



AU Com- 

 modities 



Fruits and 

 Vegetables 



East- 

 ern 



West- 

 ern 



Total 





Number 



Dollars 



Dollars 



1000 lb. 



1000 lb. 



lOOOlb. 



Less than $ 5,000 



39 



3,500 



1,272 



3.0 



2.6 



5.6 



$ 5,000 - $ 9,999 



57 



7,437 



2,691 



4.0 



3.1 



7.1 



$10,000 - $19,999 



81 



14,541 



5,742 



7.1 



4.8 



11.9 



$20,000 - $29,999 



64 



24,712 



8,053 



8.8 



5.4 



14.2 



$30,000 - $49,999 



67 



38,893 



9,804 



10.4 



7.0 



17.4 



$50,000 - or more 



62 



89,194 



23,294 



17.1 



10.9 



28.0 



TABLE 10 



Relation of Apple Sales to Gross Sales of Fruits and Vegetables 

 AND OF All Commodities, as Reported by 976 Independent 

 Fruit and Vegetable Stands, New York City, 1937-38 



Annual Gross Sales 



Stands 



Quantity of Apples Sold 



of All Commodities 



Report- 









per Fruit Stand 



ing 



Eastern 



Western 



Total 







1000 lb. 



1000 lb. 



1000 lb. 



Less than $ 5,000 



116 



6.4 



4.3 



10.7 



$ 5,000 - $ 9,999 



222 



15.7 



7.1 



22.9 



$10,000 - $19,999 



329 



29.3 



11.4 



40.7 



$20,000 - $29,999 



147 



40.8 



18.2 



59.0 



$30,000 - $49,999 



93 



68.2 



32.9 



101.0 



$50,000 - or more 



69 



93.0 



49.8 



142.7 



