INDEX 



A 



Accessories, spraying, 330, 342 

 Age and grade of trees for plant- 

 ing, 183 

 Agencies, marketing, 79 

 Agitator, sprayer, 321 

 Air chamber, 315 



Annual bearing as affected by thin- 

 ning fruit, 447 

 Apple, advisability of storing, 51 

 autumn prices of varieties in 



N. Y. City, 101 

 barrel, 18 



specifications of, 19 

 baskets, 18, 20 

 box, specifications of, 20 

 boxes, 18 

 by-products, 105 

 cartons, 21 



chain stores as sellers of, 93 

 cold-storage holdings of, 32 

 Community Studies, harvesting, 



storing and marketing, 150 

 comparative retail prices in N. Y. 



City 1937-38, 94 

 comparative sales, N. Y. City 



1937-38, 85 

 consumers' demand for, in N. Y. 



City, 103 

 cooperative sales of, 73 

 crop, quality of, and package, 17 

 determining grades and sizes to 



be made in packing, 21 



595 



Apple, determining package to use. 

 17 



direct sales by grower, 72 

 equipment for harvest, 5 

 estimating yield, 2 

 export, by type of container, 109 

 export markets, 108 

 export methods of sale, 110 

 export requirements, 109 

 fertilizers, 431 



formation of fruit buds, 215 

 freight rates on, from various sec- 

 tions, 99 

 fruiting habits, 210 

 grades of, as affected by soils, 172 

 grading, 33 



grading atid branding laws, 21 

 grading records in Michigan 



orchards, 26 

 harvesting costs, 50 

 income of family and quantities 



purchased in N. Y. City 



1937-38, 83 

 Institute, 74 



National, 74 

 labor for harvest, 10 

 loading cars, 95 



margins of retail agencies in sell- 

 ing in N. Y. City 1937-38, 

 86 



market preferences, and prices, 

 98 



and tendencies as influencing 

 package, 18 



