100 HARVESTING, STORING, AND MARKETING 



use, though the fruit passes through the same points, as ship- 

 ments from Hancock, Maryland, to New York City. 



The Pacific Coast region is under a decided handicap in 

 shipments to all points noted. Refrigeration adds about 20 

 percent to the rates on long hauls and up to 50 percent on short 

 hauls. 



TABLE 21 



Relative Wholesale New York City Apple Prices by Varieties 

 FOR Fifty-six Years. Baldwin Taken as 100 





1879-80 



1889-90 



1899-00 



1909-10 



1919-20 



1928-29 



Variety- 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 



to 





1888-89 



1898-99 



1908-09 



1918-19 



1927-28 



1934-35 





Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 





100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 











126 



138 



135 





120 



155 



141 



125 



100 



98 







1 1 Q 



iio 



yy 



O'l 





/ 0 





101 



112 



108 



109 



103 



108 





152 



133 



121 



119 



116 



99 





128 



145 



130 



115 



93 



93 







106 



95 



92 



88 



86 









146 



137 



105 



100 









147 



142 



155 



140 





100 



105 



104 



113 



117 



121 





98 



110 



105 



109 



115 



113 





91 



88 



82 



80 



75 



73 





130 



130 



119 



107 



99 



100 



Twenty Ounce 



113 



123 



112 



109 



96 



100 









136 



120 



100 



102 







121 



122 



117 



106 



94 







126 



116 



107 



101 



97 



October to May — 















average price per 















barrel for Baldwin* 



$2.59 



$2.90 



$2.90 



$3.62 



$4.79 



$3.73 



* Given in terms of barrel because the barrel has been the prevailing package until 

 comparatively recent years. For transfer to bushels, allow 3 bushels per barrel. 



Tables 21 and 22, issued by the Department of Agricul- 

 tural Economics and Farm Management of the New York 

 State College of Agriculture at Cornell University give data 

 on the relative wholesale prices of 17 varieties of apples on 



