36 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
dlers, and fruit-shop buyers. ‘Fhe jobbers occasionally buy straight 
carloads from the receivers at private sale, but usually the unit 
ranges from 10 to 50 boxes. Two or three large dealers specialize in 
boxed apples, but even these dealers handle a few other lines of 
produce during the off season. ; 
Large sizes are generally preferred by the boxed-apple jobbing 
trade in New York and bring a premium in most instances. Ex- 
ceptions are the McIntosh and Jonathan varieties for which the 
pe demand is in medium and small'stock. The best grades 
rom all sections meet the best demand, Fancy stock under normal 
conditions selling about 50 to 75 cents lower than corresponding 
sizes of Extra Fancy and C grade proportionately lower than Fancy. 
Delicious, Spitzenburg, Winesap, McIntosh, and Yellow Newtown 
are the favored varieties. 
BOSTON 
This market receives western boxed apples from Washington, 
California, Oregon, and Idaho, and for the last few years from 
British Columbia. Of the receipts from the four States, Washington 
supplies nearly 85 per cent, California 7, Oregon 6, and Idaho about 
3. Although located at the eastern end of the barreled-apple region, 
Boston receives almost as many car lots of boxed as of barreled 
apples, but the local stock received in smaller lots is an important 
feature. Over a period of four years, 1920 to 1923, 44 per cent of 
the total cars received at Boston originated in the western boxed- 
apple region (fig. 19). 
Consumption of boxed fruit has increased, especially of the 
medium to late varieties such as Stayman Winesap and Winesap. 
Early western box varieties like the Jonathan have not done so well 
in the market of late years because several districts within 50 miles 
of Boston produce large crops of fine-quality McIntosh, which are 
put up in standard bushel boxes, tier packed, and sometimes wrapped, 
making a very attractive package. As McIntosh is an early kind it 
cleans up quickly. After this variety is pone there is always an 
He demand for Stayman Winesap, Ksopus Spitzenburg, and 
inesap. | 
Boston is a red-apple market. Yellowish varieties such as Yellow 
Newtown, Ortley, Bellflower, and White Pearmain meet with only a 
limited demand. For apples of really high color this market will pay 
high prices, but poorly colored stock goes mostly to the peddler trade. 
The following varieties lead: Winesap, Stayman Winesap, Jonathan, 
Rome Beauty, Delicious, and Esopus Spitzenburg. Native boxed 
‘apples include Baldwin, McIntosh, Williams, Gravenstein, and 
Northern Spy. 
Boston usually receives a fairly heavy supply of the California 
Gravenstein, which is the first western boxed apple to arrive and 
encounters little competition. This variety is followed by large 
quantities of Middle Atlantic and local apples which prevent the 
receipt of any further western stock until the Jonathan is ready to 
ship. Ina year of light local production of the McIntosh, this market 
consumes large quantities of the Jonathan, but not so when there is 
a heavy local crop. Of the so-called “good keepers,’’ comparatively 
few of the Black Ben and Ben Davis are received. 
