. California apples situation and outlook, 1949. Apples; Apple industry. 150. 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 Fig, 11. Gravenstein apples: farm prices in Sonoma County 1923—1948 (naked fruit at first delivery point). prices (figure 10) have largely followed changes in the size of California crops. Between 1922 and 1930 average prices for all apples sold ranged between $19 and $44 per ton; the 1924-1929 six-year average was $ During the 1930s grower prices averaged only about $16 per ton. After the U. S. entry into the war apple prices jumped sharply and rose to a peak in 1945 when California gr
. California apples situation and outlook, 1949. Apples; Apple industry. 150. 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 Fig, 11. Gravenstein apples: farm prices in Sonoma County 1923—1948 (naked fruit at first delivery point). prices (figure 10) have largely followed changes in the size of California crops. Between 1922 and 1930 average prices for all apples sold ranged between $19 and $44 per ton; the 1924-1929 six-year average was $ During the 1930s grower prices averaged only about $16 per ton. After the U. S. entry into the war apple prices jumped sharply and rose to a peak in 1945 when California growers received an average of $83 per ton for all fruit sold, the U. S. apple crop for that year being the shortest on record. Prices in 1946 dropped back to only a little below the relatively high level of the 1943 and 1944 crops, but in 1947 they dropped almost as low as 1941. This brought California far below the U. S. average in grower prices, which decreased less than 10% from 1946 and were still close to 1943-1944 prices, which were triple the prewar average. Causes of Cali- fornia's much greater, drastic decline were: (1) The bumper 1947 crop, particu- larly of Gravensteins. (2) Burdening of the fall and winter market with increased ship- ments from Washington State. (3) Lowest returns for dried ap- ples since the 1940 low. Nevertheless, average returns during the six years 1942-1947 were $62 for Cali- fornia growers, or practically four times the average for the 12 years preceding the war. GRAVENSTEIN PRICES Prices received by Gravenstein growers in Sonoma County have generally fol- lowed the pattern of the state average for all apples but fluctuations from year to year have been wider due to greater changes in the size of the crops, which have a decided influence on returns for fresh sales. In the six years before 1930, prices received for fresh sales ranged from $83 per ton for the short 1925 crop year to $17 per ton for the following above-average crop year; Gravens
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