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Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia, and resulted in a number of 
requests for small shipments to these cities. In Buffalo 160 drums 
were sold on December 23 and 30 for an average price of $3.80 per 
drum. About the same price was realized in Pittsburgh for a lot of 
100 drums, and satisfactory sales were also made in Philadelphia. 
Table XI gives a record of the auction sales in Buffalo, Philadel- 
phia, and Pittsburgh. 
Table XI. — Record of auction sales of California Emperor grapes in drums, 
packed in redwood sawdust and held in cold storage in New York and sold at 
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo, season of 1912-13. 
Place of sale. 
Date of 
sale. 
Number 
of 
drums. 
Designation 
of shipper. 
Auction price 
per drum. 
1912. 
Dec. 16 
16 
19 
19 
24 
24 
Dec. 19 
19 
19 
21 
21 
21 
Dec. 23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
40 
40 
40 
60 
40 
60 
10 
10 
1 
20 
20 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
D 
$3.00 
3.25 
A 
B 
3.25 
D 
2.75 
A 
3.50 
B 
3.25 
Pittsburgh, Pa 
B 
3.60 
D 
3.60 
A 
4.35 
B 
D . , 
3.60 
3.60 
A 
4.35 
Buffalo, N. Y 
B.. 
3.65 
B 
3.65 
B 
3.75 
B 
3.85 
D 
3.75 
D 
3.80 
D 
3.80 
D 
3.80 
A 
3.85 
* 
A 
3.85 
A carload of grapes from shippers D, B, and G sold at an average 
price of $2.46 per drum at Duluth, Minn. A carload made up of 
drums from shijDpers E, B, H, and J sold at Seattle, Wash., brought 
the following average prices for the respective brands: $2.45, $2.50, 
$1.81, and $1.90. At Calgary, Canada, a carload of Emperor grapes 
from shipper A sold at an average of $2.48 per drum, and at Lincoln, 
Nebr., an average price of $2.47 was received for the same brand of 
fruit. Drums of Emperor grapes from shipper A in less than car- 
load lots sold at Omaha, New Orleans, Waco, El Paso. Austin, San 
Antonio, and Lincoln realized average prices ranging from $2.45 
to $2.72. Table XII gives the details for these shipments. These 
lots, with the exception of those sent to Seattle, were sold f. o. b. 
shipping point. Therefore, the dates of shipment and sale are the 
same. The freight and refrigeration charges have been added to the 
selling prices, however, and the gross receipts and average prices 
given in this table are comparable with the prices received in New 
York, Chicago, or any other auction market. 
