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commission, while the larger proportion of early cabbage is bought 
outright at country shipping points. The commission rate is from 5 
to 10 per cent and is somewhat higher on late stock than on early. 
Most of the cabbage received at Boston is bought from country 
shippers, often through brokers. Nearly all late cabbage and 
practically all early cabbage is sold for a delivered price. It is hauled 
from the car in wagons, which are backed up to the curb at the 
receiver's store. The load remains there until it is sold, when it is 
driven to the buyer's store and unloaded. Some late cabbage is 
received at the railroad potato house in Charlestown, where it is 
barreled or bagged and sold through the stores. In this case the 
buyer, who is usually a jobber or a small wholesaler, does the hauling. 
If bought by an out-of-town dealer, the purchase is hauled to the 
freight depot or delivered to a truck at a convenient place. 
Sales on commission apply chiefly to Virginia and Maryland 
receipts and sometimes to shipments from western New lork. The 
commission charged is 5 to 10 per cent of sale price. The shippers 
are charged for freight and for hauling from the railroad yard to the 
receiver's store. If it is bulk cabbage, the cost of barreling at the 
yards is added. About one-fifth of the Boston supply is home grown. 
It is handled mostly by jobbers and commission dealers. Much 
cabbage is reshipped in small lots to cities within 50 miles. 
Selling methods for cabbage are much the same in Philadelphia as 
in New York. Philadelphia receives the equivalent of 500 to 600 
carloads of cabbage by wagon or truck from New Jersey trucking 
sections in summer. Several individual firms are employed as re- 
ceiving agents by growers' associations; certain concerns deal 
heavily in Florida stock; others in South Carolina cabbage, while 
still others handle the greater part of the shipments from Norfolk 
and the eastern shore of Virginia. The usual commission is 5 to 7 
per cent. 
The Pittsburgh market in selling cabbage uses very much the 
same methods as are practiced in New York and Philadelphia. 
Pittsburgh is a center of supply for many of the surrounding cities 
which are situated in regions that produce but little cabbage for mar- 
ket. In 1922 about one-fourth of the arrivals were reported to have 
been diverted or sold to other markets within a distance of 100 miles. 
The car-lot receivers often sell in small lots as well as in jobbing lots. 
Reports indicate that more than nine-tenths of the cabbage receipts 
are in full cars, the rest being accounted for by less than car-lot 
shipments and by truck and wagon loads. Practically none of the 
late crop is handled on commission and very little of the early crop. 
Chicago is one of the largest consuming markets for cabbage and 
is a center for considerable distribution to other markets. The 
greater portion of the receipts is in carload lots. Most o( the cabbage 
i^ bought outright from country shippers. The early crop, during 
the first part of the season, is handled by general produce linns. 
Later, when the supply becomes heavier, the Larger part of the re- 
ceipts of both early and late cabbage is sold on track by a special 
group of dealers. 
Several methods of delivery are in common practice. Practically 
all the cabbage, both early and late, arrives in bulk, and the sale bv 
tho receiver commonly includes sacks and delivery. Another com- 
mon practice is to sell in bulk, the buyer handling it from the car in 
