50 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
The Jonathan, Esopus Spitzenburg, and Yellow Newtown are 
most used here. Probably the Jonathan is the most popular, but its 
short season prevents it being the biggest seller. The Esopus 
Spitzenburg leads, because it is produced in large quantities and 
possibly in its greatest perfection in this section. It is the chief red 
winter market apple here, the Winesap being mostly shipped east to 
await high prices in the spring. 
SPOKANE 
Fully 75 per cent of the demand is supplied from neighboring 
orchards. As in most other producing sections, the best fruit is 
shipped to large markets and the poorer stock retained for local 
consumption. The volume of business from receivers direct to 
retailers is comparatively small, because retailers buy so much stock 
directly from the growers. Receivers do, however, have a trade in 
districts where no apples are grown. The receivers are located 
along the railroad track with sidings next to their warehouses, so 
that there is no cartage from the car. 
SACRAMENTO 
The apple supply of Sacramento is mainly California stock with 
some shipments at. standard kinds from Washinton and Oregon. 
Receipts are bought outright through brokers or associations. 
Oregon Esopus Spitzenburgs, and Washington Winesaps are favorite 
stock. Best selling grades are Extra Fancy and C grade, and favorite 
sizes 138 or larger. 
LOS ANGELES 
About half the apple supply of Los Angeles is received from north- 
ern California districts. Other leading sources are Utah, Washington, 
Oregon, and Idaho in the order named. A large local supply comes 
from the nearby districts of Beaumont and Yucaipa. Washington 
and Oregon apples are generally wrapped and packed; Idaho and 
Utah stock is usually received loose in boxes faced and filled, or in 
bulk. Washington ships the Jonathan, Delicious, Yellow Newtown, 
and Winesap. Oregon supplies mostly Esopus Spitzenburg, and 
Yellow Newtown; Idaho and Utah ship chiefly Jonathan with a 
few Delicious. The northern California sections ship principally 
Yellow Newtown, Yellow Bellflower, and Gravensteins to Los Angeles. 
Car-lot receivers in the Los Angeles market buy direct from shippers 
or through local brokers. Very few sales are made rolling and 
northwestern shippers generally do not ship to Los Angeles except 
upon orders. Los Angeles is practically the end of diversion for 
Northwest shippers, as apples going east of Los Angeles take a com- 
bination of freight rates. The northern California shippers have an 
advantage in that they can divert out of Los Angeles to certain eastern 
points, and they frequently roll cars into Los Angeles unsold. This 
is probably an important reason, together with the lower freight rates, 
for the heavy consumption of California apples in this market. 
A great many apples are placed in cold storage in Los Angeles in 
the fall for winter and spring consumption. Northwestern apples 
are usually stored by receivers and the California stock by shippers. 
