CANTALOUPE MARKETING IN THE LARGER CITIES. 17 
EXPLANATION OF CHARTS. 
This same information is illustrated in the accompanying chart 
(fig. 7) which shows graphically how the shipping seasons of the 
various States may overlap. In connection with this chart it should 
be understood that the number of carloads shipped in the beginning 
of the season is often small, but increases rapidly as the season pro- 
gresses, frequently reaching a maximum before the middle of the 
season and then gradually diminishing to its close. 
The number of cars shipped from each State is also illustrated by a 
chart (fig. 8) which shows graphically the relative number of car- 
loads shipped from stations in each State. 
YEAR 19/4 
500 IOOO /SOO ZOOO ZSOO 3000 3500 4000 4S~00 SOOO SSOO CARS 
wsmiiBWXFmBm^ammamm ca l /for n/a 
COLORADO 
DELAWARE 
/HD/ANA 
GEORG/A 
NORTH CAROLINA 
ARIZONA 
ILMJUH MARYLAND 
— U ARKANSAS 
BBS FLORIDA 
warn /ll/no/s 
EBEa NEVADA 
Wm MICHIGAN 
ffia TEXAS 
Wm NEW MEXICO 
BS SOUTH CAROLINA 
a NEW JERSEY 
■ VIRGINIA 
I TENNESSEE 
I MISSOURI 
I UTAH 
I WASHINGTON 
Fig. 8. — Relative bulk of cantaloupe shipments. 
TABULAR STATEMENT. 
The tabular statement which follows shows the cantaloupe shipping 
stations arranged in the order of their importance within each State, 
together with the actual number of cars reported shipped therefrom 
during the 1914 season. Seasonal variations are so great, however, 
that many of these figures may differ radically from the shipments 
usually made from those districts. 
In many cases certain stations are credited in the tabulation with 
less-than-car-lot shipments. These stations normally ship in full 
carloads, but on account of some abnormal condition in 1914 they 
did not ship their customary quantities. Less-than-car-lot ship- 
ments have been obtained as far as possible for all stations shipping 
any full carloads. These shipments have been reduced to equivalent 
carloads and are included in the tabulation. 
