UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 935 
Contribution from the Bureau of Markets 
GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief 
aJn&JL 
Washington, D. C. 
March 14, 1921 
THE DISTRIBUTION OF NORTHWESTERN BOXED 
APPLES. 
By C. W. Kitchen, Specialist in Market News, Fruits and Vegetables : E. M. 
Seifekt, Jr., Assistant in Market Surveys; and Maey B. Hall, Clerk. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Introduction 
Production 
Preparation for market 
Transportation and storage facilities- 
Rate of movement 
Marketing methods 
Distribution 
Export shipments 
F. o. b. prices 
Appendix : 
Exhibit No. 1.- — F. o. b. prices 
of northwestern apples 
Exhibit No. 2. — Car-lot ship- 
ments, 1919-20 season, by- 
principal districts and ship- 
ping stations, Northwestern 
States 
Exhibit No. 3. — Comparison of 
car-lot shipments of apples 
for the United States 1916- 
17, 1919-20 
Exhibit No. 4. — Grade rules 
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Appendix — Continued. 
Exhibit No. 5.— Cold-storage 
holdings on Dec. 1, 1914-19_ 
Exhibit No. 6. — Chart showing 
the seasons' shipments for 
the United States, Pacific 
Northwest, New York, and 
Central Appalachian District 
in 1916-17, 1919-20 
Exhibit No. 7. — Chart showing 
the rate of movement of apple 
shipments for the United 
States and the Pacific North- 
west for 1916-17, l919-20___ 
Exhibit No. 8. — Distribution 
maps 
Exhibit No. 9. — List of prim- 
ary destinations for 1915-16, 
1919-20 
Exhibit No. 10. — Apple ex- 
ports by months 1916—17, 
1919-20 
Exhibit No. 11. — Freight rates 
and mileage 
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INTRODUCTION. 
The apple industry in the Pacific Northwest has developed rap- 
idly since 1900. In the fall of 1915, at the request of a number 
of representative growers and shippers of apples in the States of 
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, the Bureau of Markets 
began a systematic collection of statistical data relevant to dis- 
tribution, prices, and other general factors influencing the market- 
ing of apples from this territory. Arrangements were made with 
the railroads serving these States by which copies of waybills cover- 
ing car-lot shipments of apples in 1915-16 were furnished the Bu- 
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