. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. Julv,19261 Apple Ixdt'stry in Xrw Hampshire 27 profit. While we have no extensive data upon which to base estimates it is ])rol)ablo that, under average New Hampshire conditions, it costs I'roiii $ to $ to grow, jiack. and deliver a barrel of apples to the shipping i)oint. If for Baldwin ajiples packed in barrels, we were to a cost of production of $, tJie net profit on the graded fruit ivoiild he uciirl;/ three tliat on the ungraded. However, this by no means settles the case as to the desirability of grading, because the f
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. Julv,19261 Apple Ixdt'stry in Xrw Hampshire 27 profit. While we have no extensive data upon which to base estimates it is ])rol)ablo that, under average New Hampshire conditions, it costs I'roiii $ to $ to grow, jiack. and deliver a barrel of apples to the shipping i)oint. If for Baldwin ajiples packed in barrels, we were to a cost of production of $, tJie net profit on the graded fruit ivoiild he uciirl;/ three tliat on the ungraded. However, this by no means settles the case as to the desirability of grading, because the fruit which was graded in all probability' was also more thoroughly sprayed and in general was given better care. It is certain that // the jrn/it is oj poor quality, it cannot be improved by grading and ix better sdlil without incurring the labor cost of grading. If it wei'e ^sible to lay down a general rule it would jirobably be on \hv basis that it does not i)ay to grade fruit which contains more than a certain proportion ol B grade apjiles, for instance 40 jier cent. In Table 9 on page 32 there is an opportunity to compare the pi'ice receiv- ed for t he (|u;ility and grade of fruit sold in boxe-; and in barrels. Thore ; (ooo ) Bald' .wins &d\)eretein Weaillk)y Morll)erD5] OtbeR-ETnly (%^L. aiei l-'l (il'K I". ~. Rfl;itive jirdthictinn of imimr- taut comnievcial varieties in New Ifami)- shirc, 1924. ai)pears to be a large margin in favor of marketing in boxes. Thus, in graded Baldwins the price received in boxes is nearly $ more than that recei\ed for barrelled stock. In Mcintosh it is about $ In ungraded Baldwins, howtner. this margin i>ractically disappears. The average j)rice for ungraded Baldwins in boxes is based upon 126 different sales covering about 28,000 barrels. The barrel sales are based upon .s'ightly over 300 sales covering nearly 50,000 barrels. This should give a fairly accurate average in each case. No reason
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