Download or read book The Organization of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Washington, D. C (Classic Reprint) written by Alden Coe Manchester and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Organization of the Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Market in Washington, D. C The total volume of fresh fruits and vegetables received in the Washington market increased about 50 percent between 1936 and 1958, largely due to the increase in population in the area. During this period, direct receipts of wholesale handlers increased about 10 percent. In the same period, the direct receipts of chains and the retailer cooperative more than doubled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.