110 HARVESTING, STORING, AND MARKETING 



of unrefrigerated cargoes is essential. The practice of dump- 

 ing on European markets fruit which is of a grade and quality 

 too poor to sell elsewhere and v/hich these markets do not 

 want has been the chief obstacle to enlargement of demand. 



A steady, uniform, dependable supply of good fruit, hon- 

 estly packed, is the greatest export need. 



Methods of Sale. Shipments may be sent to be sold at 

 auctions, they may be sent on consignment to European firms, 

 or f .o.b. sales may be made to representatives of foreign buyers. 

 Most of the fruit is sold by auction. 



II. THE PEACH 



More than half the states in the Union produce peaches in 

 commercial quantities (Table 27). Note that production from 



year to year is very stable 

 in California but fluctu- 

 ates widely in Georgia, 

 Missouri, and in fact all 

 other states. This is due 

 largely to less equable cli- 

 matic conditions in these 

 states. The figures are 

 somewhat misleading in 

 that they do not bring out 

 differences in size of the 

 various states. Thus, New 

 Jersey and Delaware, 

 small in area, are really 

 important producing 

 states. 



Georgia begins the ship- 

 ment of peaches to mar- 

 ket in May, followed by 

 California, North Carolina, and Texas. The season of harvest 

 extends gradually northward until the peaches of Ohio, New 



May 



June 

 Georgia 



July 



N. Carolina 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Aug. 



Tennessee 



New Jersey 



Illinois 



Washington 



Virginia 



Sept 



Oct 



Delaware and Maryland 



Utah 



Pennsylvania 



New York 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Fig. 45. Peaches: season of major 

 shipment from the chief producing 

 sections. From July 15 to October, 

 the competition is severe in normal 

 seasons. 



