16 BULLETIN 302, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
storages reporting for any one month was 258, still only 179 firms 
reported uniformly for each month. Estimates for the monthly 
movement for the entire season, therefore, are based upon this num- 
ber. Table 4 shows the monthly movement from these 179 plants 
in terms of percentages: 
TaBLe 4.— Monthly movement of apples from 179 cold storages reporting—estimated on 
the basis of their total holdings December 1, 1914. 
Per cent | Per cent } Per cent 
Month. (a) of of total 
barrels. | boxes. | holdings. 
EE LNG 01:1 eee ee Se Oe Re eae nn > A SU ene 6 Cee teh at ae Pe ir es 1A Bed 9.7 
JANUALY © Le acs se ss eee as esis See ae eee ee ee eee nee ce eae eee eee 20.1 12.3 18.1 
a EiCe) SY 8 Fe 2h (eee ey Rak SES Ng ees Leeann Be ek See 20.5 26.2 21.9 
AMSAT Cha ee ce oe C'S fee ese ae ee et ee re Ta eS Re Ge ee oe 24.5 26.3 25.0 
Rgvetiees oe = A 2 aks eg ee eee ee ee a 14.5 15.6 14.8 
There remained in storage on May 1 approximately 10 per cent of ' 
all apples held in the coolers on December 1, if the conditions existing 
in these plants may be accepted as a criterion of the general situation. 
It is interesting to note that the market supply of apples as indicated 
by the 179 plants on May 1 was 13.2 per cent less than May 1, 1913, 
whereas the crop of last year was much in excess of two years ago. 
It would appear, then, despite the war and depressed conditions 
here, that the actual movement of apples from cold storage has been 
very satisfactory in comparison with 1912-13. It is thought that 
the liberal consumption of this fruit was due to the uniformly low 
prices which prevailed in the early fall and throughout the entire 
year. In February, however, the situation looked especially grave, 
for the reports of February 1 indicated unusually large holdings. In 
publishing the data secured at that time the office issued a timely 
warning ! to growers and dealers advising them that a regular, vigor- 
ous movement would be required to prevent disaster in the spring. 
Fortunately for trade in apples, the late spring prevented heavy 
shipments of first southern vegetables and made conditions excellent 
for the handling of apples, so that holdings rapidly diminished. 
PACIFIC NORTHWEST APPLES VIA THE PANAMA CANAL. 
Reports of four shipments of boxed apples made during the past 
season from the Pacific Northwest via the Panama Canal to New York 
City for export were secured. These shipments, which were made in 
December, January, and February, consisted of 54 cars and repre- 
sented practically the entire quantity forwarded through the canal. 
With the exception of 8 carlots, all of this fruit arrived in New York 
in first-class condition. These 8 carlots, which represented the total 
1 Farmers’ Bulletin 651, p. 10. 
