MARKETING BARRELED APPLES 35 
are filling, new arrivals greatly exceeding withdrawals. Cold-storage 
stocks of barreled apples are always at their height in December. 
Boxed apples, because of distance from the main cold-storage centers, 
are slower in reaching the season’s climax. At least two years in 
three, the boxed holdings on January | are greater than on December 1. 
The combined and relative movements of cold-storage stock in bar- 
rels and boxes are shown in Figure 14. 
From 1914 to 1918 barreled apples in cold storage at the height of 
the season were two-thirds to three-fourths of the combined holdings. 
A five-season average, 1919-1923, showed about one-half. barreled 
stock. 
The average crop of barreled apples for the six years ended 1923 
was 59 per cent of the average combined commercial crop, whereas 
APPLES 
COMPARISON OF BARRELED AND BOXED COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS 
IN THE U.S. ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH, AVERAGE OF 19i8-1923 
(EXPRESSED IN BUSHELS) 
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Fic. 14.—Because of proximity of numerous cold-storage plants to eastern producing sections, 
storage movement of barreled apples is very rapid and reaches greatest volume comparatively 
early in the season 
the average of barreled stock in storage December 1 on these years 
was a little over 56 per cent, showing that a slightly smaller per- 
centage of the commercial barreled apples than of the boxed apples 
goes into cold storage. The larger proportion of the eastern com- 
mercial crop that is unsuitable for storage, but available for local 
markets may partly explain the difference. 
Basket eek in cold storage is mainly eastern and was reckoned 
with barrel stock until 1923. On December 1, 1925, basket holdings 
were over 8 per cent of combined cold-storage stocks. : 
_ Cold-storage stock of combined boxed and barreled holdings de- 
creases moderately from December 1 to January 1. The total 
withdrawals are usually equivalent to 300,000 to 600,000 barrels, 
averaging about 400,000 from 1918 to 1924. Withdrawals average 
over 1,000,000 between January 1 and February 1 and the stock 
is reduced still faster the following month, decreasing from 1, 000,000 
