Therefore, under both assumptions Xew England growers will be in 

 a better relative position in the long run than they have been in the recent 

 past. 



It should be noticed that under both assumptions, income distribution 

 was assumed constant and no consideration was taken of processed apples. 

 If the assumptions included a trend toward a more equal income distribu- 

 tion, then total consumption would probably be greater than is postulated 

 under either assumption. If it had been assumed that per capita consump- 

 tion of processed apples remained fairly constant, then an increase in 

 population would result in an increased total consumption of processed 

 apples. Some apples may be diverted from fresh to processed use so that 

 the estimated supply of fresh apples in both assumptions would be an over- 

 estimation of total fresh supply. 



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