@article{Reizenstein:308610,
      recid = {308610},
      author = {Reizenstein, H. H. and Bitting, H. W.},
      title = {Farm-to-Retail Margins for Appalachian Apples Marketed in  Pittsburgh, 1949-50 Season  },
      address = {1951-04},
      number = {1474-2021-061},
      series = {Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 44},
      pages = {28},
      year = {1951},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report: The Appalachian apple area,  located in the States of Virginia,  West Virginia,  Maryland, and Pennsylvania, is one of the more  important  sources of apple shipments in the United States.    Successful marketing of the crop  affects the welfare of  the  many enterprises and individuals who are engaged in  the  industry.  Growers in this area face severe  competition, not  only from apples produced in other parts  of the country, but  increasingly from other fruits,  especially citrus.  This study  was undertaken in order to  obtain current information on the  marketing of apples from  the Appalachian area (or Cumberland-Shenandoah area, as it  is sometimes called) and the margin taken by each marketing  agency in relation to the services performed.  In  particular, interest was directed toward learning more  about variations in the costs of packing-shed and  shipping-point services before the fruit was actually  shipped in fresh-packaged form.  Such a study can be used  in locating the points at which there may be possibilities  of improving marketing practices and increasing marketing  efficiency.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/308610},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.308610},
}