A8 BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
quantities of boxed apples unloaded in these markets are also indicated 
and show in a measure the extent of competition between the two 
regions. Allowance must be made, however, for quantities of local 
supplies which are trucked or hauled from the near-by producing 
sections, as well as for numerous shipments in small lots to commis- 
sion merchants. 
APPLES 
CAR-LOT UNLOADS AT 12 CITIES, BY REGIONS 
AVERAGE OF CALENDAR YEARS, 1918 TO 1923 
THOUSANDS OF BUSHELS ; 
0 400 800 1,200 1600 2,000 2400 2,800 3,200 3,600 4,000 
MARKET 
NON ORO LLL LLL LLL 
a ag 
PITTSBURGH Wt: 
| 
ie LZ 
ST. LOUIS --=- ULL 
CLEVELAND WL ; 
* 
Barreled-apple region 
ccna : serenbne eeee 
BOSTON ----- VL. 
DETROIT---- Wie 
KANSAS CITY Wt 
MINNEAPOLIS Py 
. PAUL---- B 
ST. PAUL W 
Fic. 17.—Receipts of barreled apples are comparatively heavier in the great cities of the East 
Car-lot unloads are compared in bushels on the basis of 525 bushels to a car of barreled apples 
and 756 to a car of boxed apples 
New York City is far in the lead, unloading nearly twice as many 
bushels of barreled stock as the next largest consuming center, Chi- 
cago. Pittsburgh unloads more barreled stock than Philadelphia, 
but takes about half as many apples in boxes. Boston unloads more 
boxed supplies than barreled stock, but receives large quantities in 
barrels, boxes, and bushel baskets from local sources. | 
CITY MARKETING 
Selling methods for eastern apples are varied, but the general 
practice is more simple than for western boxed apples. The scarcity 
of large lots of reliably uniform grades and sizes and the nature of the 
