PRODUCTION OF SWEET-ORANGE OIL. 
orange crop in the regions where this oil is produced and also by market 
speculation. Table III gives the prices paid by jobbers, in January, 
June, and December, for a period of 10 years for Italian hand-pressed 
oil from Messina, Italy, delivered in New York City. 1 
Table III. ^Prices of Italian hand-pressed sweet-orange oil,/, o. b. New York, /or the 
years 1905 to 1914, inclusive. 
Year. 
Price per pound. 
Year. 
Price per pound. 
January. June. 
December. 
January. 
June. 
December. 
1905 
SI. 521 SI. 744 
$1. 764 
1.947 
2.109 
1.399 
1.379 
1910 
SI. 338 
1.541 
1.886 
2.616 
2.636 
SI. 379 
1.541 
1.926 
3.569 
1.947 
SI. 379 
1906 
1.974 
1.987 
2.149 
1.886 
1.947 
2.068 
1.501 
1.399 
1911 
1.906 
1907 
1912 
I 1913 
1914 
2.271 
1908 
3.042 
1909 
1.318 
Table IV gives the wholesale market prices for the Italian hand- 
pressed oil for a period of 10 years, as quoted in the Oil, Paint, and Drug 
Reporter. These figures represent the high and low prices quoted at 
the middle of each month. From Tables III and IV, therefore, can be 
noted the difference between the prices paid the producer by the jobber 
and the prices asked for the oil hi the wholesale market. 
Table IV 
Monthly market quotations /or Italian hand-pressed sweet-orange oil /or the 
years 1906 to 1915, inclusive. 
Month and price. 
January: 
Low . . . 
High... 
February: 
Low . . . 
High... 
March : 
Low . . . 
High.,. 
April: 
Low . . . 
High... 
May: 
Low . . . 
High. . . 
June: 
Low. . . 
High. . . 
July: 
Low . . . 
High... 
August: 
Low . . . 
High... 
September: 
Low . . . 
High... 
October: 
Low . . . 
High... 
November : 
Low . . . 
^ High... 
December : 
Low . . . 
High. . . 
Year. 
1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 I 1914 
?2.00 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.20 
2.35 
2.10 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.20 
2.35 
2.20 
2.35 
2.20 
2.35 
2.20 
2.35 
2.15 
2.20 
52.10 
2.30 
2.10 
2.30 
2.15 
2.25 
2.20 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.10 
2.25 
2.40 
2.50 
2.25 
2.35 
2.25 
2.35 
2.30 
2.50 
2.45 
2.60 
2.40 
2.60 
82.45 
2.60 
2.40 
2.60 
2.25 
2.50 
2.20 
2.40 
2.10 
2.25 
1.80 
2.00 
1.70 
1.90 
1.65 
1.90 
1.70 
1.90 
1.60 
1.90 
1.65 
1.90 
82. 50 
3.00 
2.10 
2.25 
2.00 
2.25 
1.90 
2.10 
1.80 
2.00 
9U 
1.80 
2.00 
2.00 
2.25 
1.90 
2.10 
1.90 
2.10 
2.00 
2.10 
2.05 
2.20 
82. 20 
2.25 
2.20 
2.40 
2.25 
2.50 
2.25 
2.50 
2.25 
2.50 
2.20 
2.50 
2.20 
2.50 
2.20 
2.50 
2.15 
2.25 
2.15 
2.25 
2.15 
2.25 
2.20 
2.25 
82.25 
2.30 
2.25 
2.30 
2.25 
2.30 
2.20 
2.25 
2.20 
2.30 
2.25 
2.35 
2.35 
2.40 
2.45 
2.60 
2.55 
2.70 
2.50 
2.60 
2.40 
2.60 
2.40 
2.50 
82.40 
2.50 
2.45 
2.60 
2.55 
2.65 
2.45 
2.60 
2.45 
2.60 
2.45 
2.50 
2.45 
2.60 
2.45 
2.60 
2.60 
2.70 
2.60 
2.75 
2.60 
2.70 
2.65 
2.75 
S2.70 
3.00 
2.90 
3.25 
3.00 
3.25 
2.90 
3.10 
3.00 
3.15 
3.25 
3.50 
3.50 
3.75 
3.75 
4.00 
3.90 
4.25 
4.00 
4.25 
3.40 
3.50 
3.20 
3.40 
83.00 
3.25 
2.75 
3.00 
2.65 
2.80 
2.60 
2.80 
2.30 
2.35 
2.20 
2.40 
2.15 
2.30 
4.00 
4.25 
3.25 
1.80 
2.00 
1.60 
1.75 
1.50 
1.75 
1915 
SI. 60 
1.75 
l.oo 
1.75 
1.50 
1.60 
1.55 
1.60 
1.75 
2.00 
2.00 
2.25 
1.85 
2.00 
1.80 
2.15 
1.75 
2.00 
1.65 
1.75 
1.85 
1.90 
Haven, J. E. Essential oils in Italy. In Amer. Perfumer, v. 10, no. 7, p. 175. 1915. 
