Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
GREATER RICHMOND IS
LARGEST APPLE MARKET
Distributing Point for More Than
Half Million Barrels OF Vir-
ginia-Grown Applcs.\
TILE BIGGEST IN ALL THE SOUTH
Plpptns and Wincsaps, Jolinathan
and Ben Davis, Grimcs's Golden
and Pilots All Find Their Way
From Many Counties to Richmond.

Richmond has become the largest
apple market. and apple distributing
point. in tho South. 1t resolves, al
ihoat entirely from Virginia orchards.
and ships. mostly to Southern cities
and towns. 100000 barrcis of apples Il
year The quantity sold direct to the
consumers or to the retail dealers by
The orcharjists themselves and not
passing through the storagcs or
through the hands Of the commits ion
merchants is quite large. but figures
DO obtained
Just few years ago but few OF the
apples grown in the Virginia orchards
were handled here. In fact, only those
required 20 supply the consumers OF
the city found their way to Richmond.
But as Virginia began TO grow by
leaps and bounds as an apple producing
state. wide wake storage men and
commission merchants OF this city had
visions and they saw mighty fruit
market here. They argued that Rich.
mond was tho logical distributing point
Tor virginia grown fruits OF all kinds.
especially apples, and they went to
work 10 make it just that thing.
II is not necessary 10 20 into the
details and tell just now they worked
TO bring things TO pass 1t is enough
10 know that now, in years time.
the storaGcs receive direct from tho
orchards and distribute throughout the
South 100000 barrels OF Virginia APP
pies. In the same time the commits
sion merchants receive and distribute
outside OF Richmond 100000 barrels
Many OF the apples handled through
the commission merchants also find
their way for short while to the
cold storagcs.
These apples are OF all the parIetics
Known TO Virginia orchardists. pippins.
winesaps. Johnson Winters. Yorks
BEN Davis. Pilots, Grimes Golden.
Johnathans. Bouums and others They
come here from the counties of Al
hcmarle. Augusta. Nelson, Frederick.
Patrick. Amherst. Bedford and Camp
bell. and few from several other
counties.
Fully 90 per cent OF the apples
coming 10 Richmond are distributed
through the Southern States. only
ahou, 10 per cent being sold in the
Northern markets The Southern elite.
now look to Richmond for their Vir-
rinia fruits. and SO the apple business,
here is growing very rapidly. Tho
receipts and sales for the present year
VIII be the largest in the history of
tho business.
The apple crop Of 1917 now being
handled by the storagcs and commits
sion merchants Of this city is in all
respects the best Richmond has ever
handled. Virginia orchardists have
become expert in the matter Of picking
asserting. grading and packing apples
and for these reasons, moro than for
any others they are getting the best
prices for the 1917 crop they have ever
realized. The apples that are now be-
ing shipped from Richmond 10 the
Southern cities are readily bringing
from s. to $40 per barrel the average
being fully $3.50.
~ this particular season carload
lots OF tho finest apples in the world
The Virginia orchards bring tho finest
IN the "orld-are going southwark
from this city every day, and fruit
merchants of the towns and cities to
the South OF us look TO Richmond for
their supplies. and Richmond hustlcrs
have made it easy for them to find
what they are looking for. right here.
The apple is not the only fruit that
Richmond handles in immense uuan-
tit!es-but that is another story for
presentation later on. that Is, in the
proper season.