56 BULLETIN 1416, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
demand. Rhode Island Greening and Northern Spy receive con- 
siderable attention. Ben Davis and Roxbury Russet are of some 
importance late in the season. Maine supplies much of the barreled 
stock on this market and a very large portion arrives by boat. 
Western boxed apples average nearly half the number of bushels 
unloaded from car lots at Boston. Principal sources and seasonal 
movement of Boston’s car-lot supply are shown in Figure 20. 
The wholesale market located in the Faneuil Hall district is about 
half way between the principal railway freight terminals and is near 
the water front. The distance from the railway freight terminals 
necessitates much trucking. Apples are hauled from the car at any 
time, and the load is backed up in front of the receiver’s store and 
left there for sale. In case the load is not sold after several hours the 
apples are unloaded and placed in the wholesaler’s store or on the 
sidewalk to be jobbed out. 
When the barreled-apple market is very dull new arrivals are 
eee in cold storage to be taken out later and sold. Storage 
acilities are usually adequate and in years of large harvest the cold- 
storage houses receive large quantities of barreled apples. Some 
of these are exported. 
Though situated relatively near New York, the Boston market is 
not always influenced by the frequent fluctuations of the larger city. 
There is limited though fairly steady demand for barreled apples, 
the merchants buying chiefly to supply their own needs. During 
seasons of large New England crops much of this stock is handled 
on consignment. In such seasons prices are likely to rule lower 
than in other great eastern markets, but during seasons of heavy 
production in New York State when the New England crop is short 
and poor, the conditions may be reversed and large quantities of 
New York apples may be sold or consigned on this market. 
WASHINGTON 
The barreled shipments to Washington market are mainly from 
Virginia and include York Imperial, Grimes Golden, Winesap, 
Stayman Winesap, Ben Davis, and Yellow Newtown. Whenever the 
southern crop is short, many Baldwins and Rhode Island Greenings 
in barrels and baskets arrive from western New York. The earl 
apples are trucked from the farms in the vicinity, and many ee 
loads of later apples come from the Potomac and Cumberland apple 
sections. About two out of five of the car lots are from the North- 
west. The principal wholesale market district of Washington is 
centrally located, but the apples received by rail must be hauled 2 
or 3 miles from the freight yards. 
NORFOLK 
The produce market in Norfolk is located principally within a 
block of the junction of Water Street and Roanoke Avenue or the 
Roanoke Dock. Several firms buy and place in cold storage, but the 
more common practice is to carry supplies for only a relatively short 
period. Shipments from distant producing sections commonly are 
purchased through local brokers, but for supplies from Virginia and 
nearby producing sections the deal is usually made direct with the 
grower or shipper and the apples are resold in small lots to retailers. 
