"c           VAR 0453      04041 RP PRUNE R 915-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0453         LOC 2211 WIDTH  9             DK  35 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              RETAIL PRICE OF PRUNES, NEW YORK                              "
"c              --------------------------------                              "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04041                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --NEW YORK CITY                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND                                       "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1915-09/1943, 12/1943                   "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  BLS BULLETINS NOS. 270, 300, 315, 334, 396, 418,     "
"c              445, 464, AND 495 AND UNITED STATES BUREAU OF LABOR MONTHLY   "
"c              ISSUES OF RETAIL PRICES FOR THE PERIOD 1915-1934, EXCEPT FOR  "
"c              DECEMBER, 1931-DECEMBER, 1932, WHICH ARE FROM SPECIAL         "
"c              MONTHLY MIMEOGRAPHED REPORTS.  THESE WERE NOT PEVIOUSLY       "
"c              PUBLISHED BECAUSE OF AN ECONOMY MEASURE.                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THE PRUNE FOR WHICH PRICES ARE GIVEN ARE MOSTLY       "
"c              CALIFORNIA PRUNES.  NEARLY ALL QUOTATIONS ARE ON LOOSE        "
"c              PRUNES AND WHERE COLLECTED BY PER PACKAGE WERE REDUCED TO     "
"c              THE PER POUND BASIS.  QUOTATIONS ARE GIVEN ON THE SIZE OF     "
"c              PRUNES HAVING THE HEAVIEST SALES IN THE STORES REPORTING.     "
"c                   NO PRICES WERE QUOTED FOR OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER, 1943.     "
"c              PRICE IS THE AVERAGE FROM THE MIDDLE OF EACH MONTH (15TH)     "
"c              OR THE TUESDAY NEARER.                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "