FRUIT AND VEGETABLE REVIEW 



APPLES: 



Bay State orchards produced 95 million pounds (2,262,000 42 pound units) of apples. This was 10 

 percent less than the 1978 total of 105 million pounds. At an average price of 15.5 cents per pound, the 

 value of the crop was $14,725,000, an increase of 2 percent from the value of the 1978 crop. 

 PEACHES : 



The production of peaches in 1979 totaled 69,000 48 pound units, a 5 percent decrease from the 1977 

 and 1978 totals. Because of higher price, $15.36 per 48 pounds, compared with $13.92 in 1978, the value 

 of production increased 4 percent to $1,056,000. 

 CRANBERRIES : 



Cranberry production totaled 1,080,000 barrels in 1979, a decrease of 8 percent from the record 

 production in 1978 of 1,180,000 barrels. At an average price of $25.90 per barrel, the value of produc- 

 tion was nearly $28 million, a 10 percent increase from the value of the 1978 crop, and set a new record. 

 TOMATOES : 



A total of 118,000 hundredweight of tomatoes were grown in 1979, a 16 percent decrease from the 1978 

 total. Although the average price of $24.60 per hundredweight was higher than the 1978 average, it was 

 not enough to offset the decline in production, thus the 1979 value of production of $2,903,000 was 6 

 percent less than in 1978. 

 SWEET CORN : 



Sweet corn production at 580,000 hundredweight in 1979 was 1 percent higher than in 1978. Because 

 of a higher average price, $8.99 per cwt., the value of production was $5,214,000, a 30 percent increase 

 from the 1978 value. 



PEACHES: PRODUCTION, PRICE AND VALUE, 

 MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-1979 



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