44 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
fifths. Barreled receipts remained fairly steady throughout the 
period, whereas boxed receipts were more than three times as nu- 
merous in 1923 as in 1918. Increased shipments from the State of 
Washington account for most of the gain. At least 75 and possibly 
85 to 90 per cent of the boxed apples arriving are sold at auction and 
the remainder are jobbed at the team tracks or placed in storage. 
A seasonal preference is shown for certain varieties and sizes. 
Jonathan, Rome Beauty, Winesap, and Delicious probably rank first, 
with Grimes Golden and Yellow Newtown following close behind. 
When red and yellow varieties are on the market, the preference is 
shown for the red. When the apples are arriving in good condition, 
100s, 113s, 136s and 150s, or in other words, the medium to large 
sizes, bring the best prices, but later in the season the popular favor 
swings to 163s and smaller sizes. 
ST. LOUIS 
Total unloads of apples at St. Louis average around 2,000 cars 
annually and nearly one-third of these cars originate in the western 
boxed-apple region. Idaho and Colorado are prominent sources of 
boxed supplies after Washington (fig. 23). Proportions of boxed and 
barreled stock vary widely from season to season, however. During 
1921-22 over two-thirds of the apple supplies at St. Louis came from 
box sections; in 1922-23 only about one-fourth came from the boxed- 
apple region and the other three-fourths were suppled principally 
from Calhoun County, Ill., and from Missouri. 
From this it is seen that boxed apples, under ordinary conditions, 
meet strong competition. During seasons like that of 1921-22, 
when the boxed stock is practically supplying the market, the stock 
is sold in a jobbing way and on the auction, with the price running 
fairly close for each method of marketing. Under such conditions, 
the jobbing of boxed apples is no more difficult than of any other 
commodity. Given a return to normal weather and crop conditions 
for the surrounding territory the marketing of boxed apples in 
St. Louis assumes almost the opposite appearance. That is to say, 
the principal sales of boxed stock are then made through the auction, 
and jobbing sales are few and far between. Western boxed apples 
are all received by rail, and the various transportation companies 
that Maintain team tracks for unloading have their yards from three 
or four blocks to as far as 3 or 4 miles from the produce market 
section, where the stock is sold. 
Regardless of where it may be unloaded, the stock is hauled to 
‘‘the street’? where it may be inspected by the prospective buyer, 
and if it is found to suit his needs it is then hauled to his place of 
business and unloaded. The boxed apples most popular, named in 
order of volume consumed, are Winesap, Jonathan, Ben Davis, and 
Delicious. 
- KANSAS CITY 
Because of its location, Kansas City, Mo., is used to a great extent 
as a car-lot diversion point by fruit and vegetable shippers in the — 
South, the West, and the North. Recent figures over a limited 
eriod show that over three-fifths of the car-lot arrivals of apples at 
ansas City were reshipped to other points. | 
