54 BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
and New Jersey. In years when the southern Pennsylvania, Mary- 
land, and Virginia crops are good, New York is not so large a factor. 
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Figure 19 shows average unloads of apples at Philadelphia by principal — 
sources of supply for the period 1918 to 1923. 
The most popular varieties in the approximate order in which they ~ 
appear on the market, beginning in the fall are, from New York— — 
Oldenburg, Wealthy, Gravenstein, Maiden Blush, Twenty Ounce, 
Hubbardston, Rhode Island Greening, Tompkins King, Northern 
Spy, Baldwin, and Ben Davis; from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and 
Virginia—Alexander, Wealthy, Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Smoke- 
house, Stayman Winesap, Stark, Rome Beauty, Winesap, Gano, 
York Imperial, Ben Davis and Yellow Newtown or Albemarle Pippin. 
There are some cars of Delicious during the fall months from this 
section. 
Of the New York apples, Baldwin and Rhode Island Greening are 
the most popular. Of the supplies from other sections, Jonathan is 
a better seller than Grimes Golden in the fall. Stayman Winesap, 
York Imperial, and Rome Beauty are the most oe winter 
varieties, although limited quantities of Winesap and Stark meet a 
ready sale. Ben Davis and Yellow Newtown move best in the spring. 
Practically all barreled apples are delivered by rail at the Market 
House, Thirtieth and Chestnut Streets. Here they are unloaded on 
the platform and samples are opened for display and sale. 
The stock from New Jersey comes mostly in five-eighths bushel bas- 
kets and is hauled by truck. Stock from Delaware arrives mostly in 
bushel baskets and bushel hampers, although many carloads are 
shipped in barrels for storage. 
BALTIMORE 
Leading eastern sources of the Baltimore apple supply are Virginia, 
West Virginia, southern Pennsylvania, and numerous apple-pro- 
ducing districts within the State of Maryland. Besides the standard 
varieties of these sections there are variable receipts of Baldwin and 
Rhode Island Greening and other northern varieties from New 
York and Pennsylvania. 
Most barreled apples are sold from the railroad platform at 
Bolton Station. Some few cars change hands among the larger 
receivers, usually at a profit of 15 to 25 cents per barrel, if itis bought 
stock. Only one firm specializes in barreled apples. 
BOSTON 
The earliest apples of commercial importance in the Boston market 
comes from New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland in baskets and 
hampers and are followed a little later by New York and Michigan 
stock. After the early shipments, come near-by apples in open 
bushel boxes. -Among the first barreled stock on this market is 
Gravenstein, closely followed by Wealthy and Wolf River from 
Maine and New Hampshire. At this time a few cars of Potomac 
Valley Jonathans usually arrive. McIntosh, the favorite second- 
early apple, usually appears early in October, and moves chiefly 
during October and early November. Only one barreled winter 
variety, Baldwin, is sold in large quantities in Boston. Massachu- 
setts, Maine, New Hampshire, and New York supply the Baldwin 
