4 BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The Bureau of Crop Estimates estimated the total season's 
crop of apples to be 58,203,000 barrels and the commercial 
crop to be 20,959,000 barrels. It therefore appears that 9 per 
cent of the total crop and one-fourth of the commercial crop 
was placed in cold storage. 
Figure 1 shows the relative monthly holdings in cold stor- 
age compared with the peak load of December 1. It also 
shows graphically each month's holdings divided into bar- 
reled and boxed apple stock. The increase in the holdings 
of boxed apples during December made the decrease in the 
total stock very small, only 2.2 per cent being distributed dur- 
ing that month. The decreases during January, February, 
and March were about normal but during the month of April 
21.7 per cent of the total season's holdings were disposed of 
as compared with the average of 14.6 per cent during this 
month in the three preceding seasons. 
Table 2 shows the percentage of the December 1 holdings 
in storage on the first of each month in each section. 
Table 2. — Monthly percentages of holdings of apples in cold storage during 
1917-1918 season. 
[Based upon December 1 holdings.] 
Section. 
New England 
Middle Atlantic. . . 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) . 
North Central (W) . 
South Central 
Western (N) 
Western (S) 
United States 
Oet. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
15 
1 
15 
5.9 
33.5 
67.9 
29.6 
61.9 
82.9 
59.2 
91.9 
101.6 
31.7 
65.4 
88.7 
38.8 
77.5 
94.7 
30.3 
71.2 
97.3 
41.0 
64.6 
93.8 
47.7 
80.2 
100.6. 
37. 
70.5 
91.4 
Dec. 
1 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
15 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
105.5 
108.1 
84.5 
53.2 
45.6 
15.7 
104.2 
108.4 
83.6 
56.2 
37.5 
15.1 
71.5 
84.5 
67.6 
43.5 
26.8 
9.1 
104.1 
104.3 
90.6 
65.0 
45.2 
21.2 
101.1 
96.9 
83.0 
55.3 
34.4 
12.8 
94.2 
88.8 
83.0 
53.8 
29.8 
12.7 
81.2 
76.6 
72.5 
56.9 
26.8 
5.8 
89.5 
113.2 
93.3 
66.9 
45.6 
21.7 
93.9 
97.8 
82.2 
56.7 
36.3 
14.6 
June 
1 
2.7 
3.9 
1.0 
7.1 
2.2 
2.0 
0.9 
3.7 
3.4 
Table 3 shows the same data for the barreled apples and 
table 4 shows the percentage of the January 1 boxed apple 
holdings in storage monthly. 
Table 3. Monthly percentages of holdings of barreled apples in cold 
storage during 1917-1918 season. 
[Based upon December 1 holdings.] 
Section. 
Oct. 
15 
Nov. | Nov. 
. 1 i 15 
Dec. 
1 
Dec. 
15 
Jan. 
1 
Feb. 
1 
Mar. 
1 
Apr. 
1 
May 
1 
June 
1 
New England 
Middle Atlantic 
South Atlantic 
North Central (E) . . . . 
North Central (W) 
South Central 
Western (N) 
4.2 
34.6 
61.2 
37.1 
49.6 
37.9 


41.3 
26.4 , 67.2 
71.4 91.7 
94.1 102.9 
73.9 1 92.9 
90.8 ; 103.1 
86.5 104.2 


78.3 ! 95.7 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 
100.0 


100.0 
104.5 
92.8 
69.8 
98.4 
93.6 
84.9 


88.4 
103.4 
86.2 
82.9 
93.1 
85.4 
71.9 


86.9 
81.2 
63.0 
66.2 
80.1 
73.2 
56.9 


70.0 
53.3 
42.1 
42.8 
57.7 
48.6 
33.1 


47.2 
40.7 
25.8 
25.7 
41.1 
28.0 
15.5 


30.0 
14.0 
9.5 
8.0 
19.9 
9.9 
4.4 


11.9 
2.5 
3.2 
0.7 
7.4 
1.4 
0.5 
.0 
Western (S) 
.0 
United States 
3.3 
