Z BULLETIN 776, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
REVIEW OF THE 1917-1918 SEASON FOR COLD STORAGE OF 
APPLES. 
The first report of the 1917-1918 season showing the hold- 
ings of apples in cold storage was issued for October 15, 1917. 
The total holdings as' reported by 467 cold storage ware- 
houses amounted to 1,106,977 barrels and 1,178,215 boxes. 
This was 7.1 per cent less than the amount stored on the same 
date of the previous season. If we consider three boxes the 
equivalent of one barrel it will be observed that 75% of the 
stock in storage at this time was packed in barrels. On Octo- 
ber 1, 41.3 per cent of the barreled apples had been stored; 
36. 8 per cent were stored during the latter half of October; 
17.8 per cent during the first half of November and 4.1 per 
cent during the last half. The storing of the barreled apples 
was practically completed by December 1, when the total 
holdings amounted to 3,368,251 barrels. 
The movement of boxed apples into cold storage was much 
slower and extended until January 1. The holdings on Octo- 
ber 15 represented only 24.2 per cent of the total amount 
stored; 18.4 per cent went into storage during the latter half 
of October; 45. 5. per cent during November; and 11.9 per cent 
during December. The holdings of boxed apples in the great 
producing section of the Northwest, however, reached the 
highest point on December 1, thus showing the large percent- 
age that was shipped to Eastern storages and the delay in 
shipping owing to transportation difficulties. All other sec- 
tions showed the largest quantities in storage on January 1. 
Table 1. — Cold storage holdings of apples at the peak load of the 
1917-1918 season. 
Barreled apples. 
Boxed apples. 
Combined in barrels. 
Per- 
Per- 
Per- 
Section. 
Stor- 
cent- 
Stor- 
cent- 
Stor- 
cent- 
ages 
Total 
age of 
ages 
Total 
age of 
ages 
Total 
age of 
report- 
holdings. 
total 
report- 
holdings. 
total 
report- 
holdings. 
total 
ing. 
hold- 
ings. 
ing. 
hold- 
ings. 
ing. 
hold- 
ings. 
Num- 
Barrels. 
Per 
Num- 
Boxes. 
Per 
Num- 
Barrels. 
Per 
ber. 
cent. 
ber. 
cent. - 
ber. 
cent. 
New'England 
25" 
162,225 
4.8 
19 
61,160 
1.0 
27 
182,612 
3.4 
Middle Atlantic 
124 
829,538 
24.7 
66 
1,071,474 
18.4 
124 
1,186,696 
22.4 
South Atlantic 
59 
819,765 
24.3 
45 
108.731 
1.9 
60 
856,009 
16.1 
North Central (E) . . . . 
110 
839,207 
.24.9 
79 
905,508 
15.6 
112 
1,141,043 
21.5 
North Central (W) . . . . 
84 
475,639 
14.1 
92 
749,015 
12.9 
92 
725,311 
13.7 
South Central 
53 
241,836 
7.2 
78 
520.220 
9.0 
78 
415,242 
7.8 
Western (N) 
3 


39 
1,171,599 
20.2 
40 
390,533 
7.4 
Western (S) 
2 
41 

39 
1,219,736 
21.0 
41 
406,619 
7.7 
Total 
460 
3,368,251 
100.0 
457 
5,807,443 
100.0 
574 
5,304,065 
100.0 
Table 1 shows the boxed apple holdings of January 1 and 
the barreled apple holdings of December 1 segregated by sec- 
tions and also the boxed apple holdings of January 1 reduced 
to barrels and combined with the barreled apple holdings of 
December 1. This shows a total of 5,304,065 barrels, repre- 
senting the peak load of the 1917-1918 season and approxi- 
mately all apples placed in cold storage during the season. 
