MARKETING BARRELED APPLES 57 
Many of the early apples marketed in Norfolk are grown in the vicin- 
ity of Crozet and Staunton, Va. 
There are few orchards in the immediate vicinity of Norfolk, so 
that almost all of the supplies are brought in by boat on the rivers 
and canals that form a network over Tidewater Virginia or they are 
shipped in by railroads. 
Among the summer and fall varieties, Yellow Transparent, Karly 
Harvest, and Grimes Golden predominate. York Imperial is mar- 
keted in large quantities during its season and the Ben Davis has a 
steady movement throughout the winter and spring for cooking 
purposes. Winesap and Yellow Newtown are the best and most 
active late-selling stock. 
PITTSBURGH 
Pittsburgh draws largely on New York State for barreled apples 
(fig. 21), Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Delaware, rank- 
ing far lower as sources of supply. Much of the Pennsylvania and 
West Virginia stock arrives in bulk. Dealers claim that a more 
acceptable class of barreled stock can be obtained in New York and 
the shipping facilities favor prompt delivery. 
Not many apples are raised in the vicinity of Pittsburgh and such 
stock is generally of ordinary quality selling usually much lower than 
the shipped-in product. A few growers raise apples of good quality 
and deliver to the market in trucks. : 
The principal winter varieties are Baldwin, Tompkins King, 
Northern Spy, York Imperial, Ben Davis, and Roxbury Russet. 
Baldwin and Tompkins King are the most ready sellers, Tompkins 
King usually bringing a slight premium over Baldwin. The Ben 
Davis meets fairly good demand from a class of trade desiring a 
cheaper apple. About one-fifth of the car-lot supply is of boxed 
_ apples, chiefly from Washington. 
_ As shipments are received continually, a relatively small quantity 
is put into storage in the fall. Dealers buy or sell from the cars or 
from the receiver’s store. 
CINCINNATI 
Practically all Cincinnati’s receipts of apples in barrels and bushel 
baskets are delivered to the railroad yard on Plum Street. This yard 
is centrally located between the two streets upon which the majority 
of commission houses are situated. The buyers in general gather at 
this yard and the stock is sold from the cars. 
Cincinnati affords a good market for apples for local consumption, 
and it is a distributing point for stock to smaller towns located within 
100 to 150 miles. The supplies are generally regular, and- extreme 
price fluctuations seldom occur. The local trade demand fancy 
stock, but stock of the red varieties showing high color may be of a 
shghtly lower grade and still command a good price. 
Over half of the barreled stock consumed in Cincinnati is purchased 
in New York State, about one-eighth more comes from Michigan 
and practically all of the remainder comes from Virginia, Maine 
Ohio, West Virginia, and Illinois. The few apples brought from 
near-by pomts in Ohio are chiefly from around Gallipolis. The 
earliest varieties are received from Georgia and Illinois around the 
latter part of June. Yellow Transparent is the first good commercial 
_ variety, followed generally in the order named by Early Harvest, 
