. California apricot industry : trends and outlook. Apricot; Fruit-culture. are sufficiently representative of all out- of-state marketings to indicate satisfac- torily changes in the varietal composi- tion of sales, in their seasonal distribu- tion, and in relative prices for the various components of sales. Varietal Composition The lower table on page 20 presents varietal sales and prices at New York auction for the past 20 years. These data, expressed in percentage terms, are shown by five-year averages to eliminate annual fluctuations. Relative sales of minor varieties ex- panded considera
. California apricot industry : trends and outlook. Apricot; Fruit-culture. are sufficiently representative of all out- of-state marketings to indicate satisfac- torily changes in the varietal composi- tion of sales, in their seasonal distribu- tion, and in relative prices for the various components of sales. Varietal Composition The lower table on page 20 presents varietal sales and prices at New York auction for the past 20 years. These data, expressed in percentage terms, are shown by five-year averages to eliminate annual fluctuations. Relative sales of minor varieties ex- panded considerably since 1940-49— from 3 to 9 per cent of the total. Sales of the two major varieties declined somewhat—from 64 to 61 per cent for Royal and from 33 to 30 per cent for Tilton. The price premium for Royal, relative to Tilton, increased during the 1940's and then decreased. By 1955-59 these major varieties were selling at about the same price. Minor varieties sold for sub- stantially higher prices, especially in 1946-49. Temporal Distribution Figure 8 below portrays weekly sales, by varieties, at the New York auction market in 1955-59. This distribution is similar to the pattern during the preced- ing decade when allowance is made for the larger marketing season which then existed. The extent to which the two major va- rieties are sold at different periods is clearly apparent. Only during one week (the fifth of the season, centered at ap- proximately July 1) do sales consist of substantial quantities of both Royal and Tilton varieties. During earlier weeks (, the month of June) over 90 per cent of the sales are Royals while sales of Tiltons are negligible. After the fifth week sales are chiefly of the Tilton va- riety. PROCESSING USES The importance of processing outlets for California apricots is evident in fig- ure 4 on page 14. For the past 50 years,. 4 5 WEEK OF SEASON Fig. 8. weekly new york auction sales of California apricots, by variety, 1955-59 average. [21]. Pl
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