36 BULLETIN 1242, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SOURCES OF CITY SUPPLY. 
The accompanying maps (figs. 25, 26, and 27) indicate the approxi- 
mate regions which supply Boston, Now York ; Pittsburgh, and 
Kansas City; Boston and St. Louis; Chicago and Philadelphia with 
cabbage in carload lots. 
New York City receives approximately 93 per cent of its cabbage 
from four States: More than one-third from New York, about one- 
fifth each from Florida and Virginia, and one-sixth from South Caro- 
lina. New Jersey, Louisiana, and Maryland also contribute small 
quantities. 
Philadelphia is supplied almost wholly (96.5 per cent) by the 
same States and Pennsylvania. The proportions are different, how- 
ever; one-half comes from New York State, one-third from Florida 
and South Carolina together, and 3.5 per cent from Pennsylvania. 
Boston depended upon seven States for 90 per cent of its cabbage 
in 1920 and 1921. In addition to Florida and South Carolina, from 
which comes 26 per cent of Boston's yearly supply of cabbage, Texas 
and Alabama contributed nearly one-sixth, although the latter States 
sent very little to New York City (in 1922 only 5 cars, as compared 
with 173 cars to Boston). Nearly one-fourth of Boston's receipts 
were from the State of New York in 1920 and 1921. 
Nearly 20 per cent of the annual unloads of cabbage at Pittsburgh 
is received from Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, A very little early 
cabbage comes from Alabama. Almost half the unloads come from 
New York, 10 per cent from Ohio, and about 6 per cent from Pennsyl- 
vania. 
The Chicago and St. Louis markets are accessible to nearly all the 
producing areas. Late supplies are principally from Wisconsin, but 
New York, Illinois, and Colorado ship freely. Texas is the leading 
shipping section of early cabbage to these markets and is becoming 
more important. Mississippi and Florida are regular shippers, but 
Florida is becoming relatively less important. Alabama, Tennessee, 
and Louisiana each shipped three times as many carloads to Chicago 
in 1921 and 1922, as did Florida. From 1918 to 1923, California 
cabbage made up 9 per cent of the total Chicago supply. 
Wisconsin (32 per cent), Minnesota (11 per cent), New York (7 
per cent), Colorado (6 per cent), and Iowa (6.5 per cent) are the 
principal sources of the St. Louis supply of late cabbage. Texas (15 
per cent) sends most of the early cabbage, but Mississippi, Alabama, 
and Tennessee were important in 1921 and 1922. 
Kansas City received nearly 80 per cent of her carlot cabbage from 
four States: Wisconsin, 34 per cent; Colorado, 18 per cent; Minne- 
sota, 10 per cent; and Texas, 16 per cent. California is sometimes 
an important shipper, but Alabama and Mississippi are usually the 
strongest competitors of Texas. 
The apparent annual consumption of cabbage for 12 city market 
districts, using a five-year average, is 6.5 tons per thousand inhabi- 
tants, and including Boston, does not vary much from that figure. 
(See Tabic 8.) This is about 13 pounds per person. However, 
some variation from this estimate will occur in cities consuming a 
very large proportion of the early or of t ho Late crop due to the dif- 
ference in weight of carloads throughout the season. 
The Pittsburgh market district unloads L3.5 tons per thousand of 
population, but distributes a large quantity in less than carload lots 
