MARKETING WESTERN BOXED APPLES 53 
The far-eastern markets are generally so fully supplied with 
medium and low-grade apples from barrel sections that western apples 
of competing grades are sold with some difficulty and at low prices, 
especially during the early part of a season when the home-grown 
supply is greatest. 
LEADING BOXED-APPLE VARIETIES 
With the growth of the high-class boxed-apple trade, more promi- 
nence has been given to varieties of showy appearance combined 
with regular shape and fairly uniform size. Some of these in turn 
are feeling the rivalry from new varieties supposed to show special 
merit in the orchard or in the market. Comparative cost as well 
as the price of marketable fruit per bushel must be estimated. 
Growers and dealers both consider the handling, keeping, and 
selling qualities, while consumers buy according to appearance, 
reputation, and preference. The leadership shifts accordingly. The 
early plantings in the Northwest were of the old barrel varieties; 
later the present standard box varieties took the lead. 
MARKET PREFERENCES 
Nearly all of the large markets prefer the bright-red varieties. 
The Delicious, Winesap, Jonathan, and Esopus Spitzenburg are 
mentioned as among the best sellers in most markets. The Delicious 
sells 25 to 75 cents above most standard kinds. The Rome Beauty 
and Stayman Winesap are usually in good demand. The Yellow 
Newtown and Winter Banana seem greater favorites for export 
trade than for the home market. Grimes Golden sells readily in 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. The Yellow Newtown 
is in fair demand in St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, 
but in these markets often sells below such kinds as the Jonathan 
and Esopus Spitzenburg. The Ben Davis and related kinds sell 
25 to 50 cents lower than other standard red varieties in many city 
markets. The Arkansas Black is a good seller in the South and 
Southwest. The McIntosh is a good seller, usually at high prices, 
especially in New York and Boston. The Gravenstein from various 
sources 1s a favorite in Boston. The early California Gravenstein 
sells readily in many large markets and has but little first-class 
competition during its season. 
The kinds least known as boxed apples tend to sell below the 
average price of the best standard sorts and include such varieties 
as the White Pearmain, Ortley, Wagener, and Baldwin. Denver 
reports a premium on large Rome Beauty, but prefers the medium 
sizes of other kinds. Portland and some other cities of the Pacific 
coast have come to know the value of the Yellow Newtown for 
cooking and eating, but the Ben Davis sells slowly in these markets. 
Los Angeles takes large quantities of California Yellow Bellflower 
but at prices lower than for the best red kinds. Boston is one of 
the poorest markets for the green or yellow varieties, except the 
red-streaked yellow Gravenstein. The green and russet 1a and 
the sweet varieties are not put up in western boxes in any considerable 
quantity. 
Of 80 well-known commercial apple varieties, only about 25 are 
often seen in the box pack and only about 15 are found in any great 
