16 BULLETIN 709, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 2. — Cold-storage holdings of apples as reported on Dec. 1, 1916. 
Section. 
Storages 
reporting. 
Barrels. 
Boxes. 
Combined. 
Percentage 
in each 
section. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (east). 
North Central (west) 
South Central 
Western (north) 
Western (south) 
Total 
112, 177 
1,018,620 
180, 809 
594, 800 
364, 328 
151, 208 
12 
9-1, 418 
523, 526 
22, 174 
284,723 
560, 140 
209, 388 
1, 119, 996 
929, 797 
143. 650 
1, 193; 129 
188, 200 
689, 708 
551,041 
221, 004 
373, 332 
309, 944 
3.9 
32.5 
5.1 
18.8 
15.0 
6.0 
10.2 
8.5 
367 
2, 421, 954 
3,744,162 
3, 670, 008 
100.0 
Table 2 shows the holdings of each section, the number of storages 
reporting, and the percentage relation of each section's holdings to the 
total amount stored on December 1. Figure 4 shows the distribution 
of the holdings graphically. The report shows that the distribution 
of the barreled apples was radically different from that of the boxed 
apples. Except for the great distributing centers of Xew York and 
Chicago, the holdings of boxed apples were generally confined to the 
Wes tern States, 
— r t 1 — 1 — — — 1 where apples are 
packed almost en- 
tirely in boxes. The 
great producing dis- 
trict of western Xew 
York stored an excep- 
tionally large quan- 
tity of barreled apples 
locally. The propor- 
tionate quantity 
placed in cold storage 
there greatly exceeded 
that of the other pro- 
ducing sections. 
The total quantity 
stored for this season 
was approximately 
one-third less than 
was stored the previ- 
ous y e a r, but the 
The season's holdings 
The relative 
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1915-16 
1916-17 

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Jan. 
Feb. 
March. 
April 
May 
90 
80 
70 
60 
50 
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30 
20 
10 
Fig. 6. — Comparative monthly holdings of apples in cold 
storage for the seasons of 1914-15, 1915-16, and 
1916-17. 
boxed-apple holdings showed a slight increase 
w T ere also one-fifth less than in the season of 1914-15. 
holdings and movement from storage of those three years are shown 
in figures 5. Figure 6 shows the comparative holdings on the 1st day 
of each month during the season, the hatched portion of the diagram 
showing the relative holdings on the 15th of the month. More apples 
were distributed during February and March than in any other 
