Show A day in a big fruit auction market mark et 4 U 1 M IX philadelphia ra PA more than square feet of warehouse space Is used by the ten member companies of the he american fruit and produce auction association unhan in ban bling the carloads of citrus and deciduous fruits sold through those auctions annually the largest of these warehouses Is that of the new york fruit auction in new york city a partial in merior view of which Is s shawn at top op these vast display facilities together 1 with the highly efficient system of sales and handling employed make possible pos the rapid delivery of the tremendous volume of perishable traits fruits sold dally daily through auction in boston chicago st louis philadelphia baltimore detroit cleveland pittsburgh cincinnati Chichin and new york city norman 0 lyes ives inset top pl photo ioto philadelphia Is president of the association cia tion picture no 2 shows buyers picking up catalogues cataloguer catal of the days of offerings preparatory to their inspection of the fruit to be sold through auction after this inspection no 3 they attend the he auction sale ft a typical scene of which Is shown in photo no 4 immediately after the fruit Is sold it Is loaded in wagons and motor trucks tracks for delivery 5 and 6 1 I si 0 1 0 4 C mow |