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Number of quectionnaires aent: out, 100. Returned to 

 date (Dec. 30), 6S. Most of these are in UaGsachunetts but 

 other New England states are represented. 



Acreage covered, by reports: 10 years or older, ^,331, 

 (Size of plantings varied, from 3 f^f^res to 3^0 acres). Less than 

 10 years, 1,225, (Size of plantings vnried from 2 acres to 100 



f^CT'fi S ) 



Total crop reported for 1937 = 91S,975 bushels, divided 

 as follows: Mdntosh, ^3%; Baldwin, 13^; Delicious, 3/o; all 

 others, 2R;o. Size of cron varied f ron' 700 to 61,300 bu. 



Method of picking: Mass- picked, ^G%; Spot picked, k.ki', 

 (35/^ of those reporting use both methods). 



Picking utensils: Pail, ^ji; Basket, ko%; Bag, 27,^. 

 Day Inbor used by 52'^; piecework, ^S.'C. 



73,'^^ store orchard run; ik-yi pack for sa.le and. store; 

 10,'^ remove culls and store; J^fo remove culls, size and store. 



69;^ store on farm; 22)'^ store in country point custom 

 storage; 0/° store in city stornge. 



69/3 of crop goes to market in crate; 13/^ in Eastern 

 Standard Box; J't in Western Box; 'J% in carton; ^4"^ in basket. 



k-O'/o of growers haul 2 miles or less to storage; 6&fo 

 haul less than 5 miles; 83.'^ haul less than 10 mi^es. 



Plantings in 193'S-36-37 totaled "^lO acres. Plans to 

 plant in 193^-39-^0 total 210 acres. 



6o,'o of thosR reporting are testing one or more of a total 

 listing of 22 new varieties, including Cortland, which may not be 

 "new." 8,000 of these "new variety" trees vrere reported, rjy j^ Co'' e 



Many Cooperators in Wel fa re Apnle Deal 



Saxon D. Clark, Marketing Specialist in charge of the 

 apple purchase progr^'ra "'hich terminated Nov. 30, reports a total 

 of JO vendors, mostly producers participating in the marketing 

 of apples ^^or welfare pur-ooses. During the seven "^eeks that the 

 office i"'"'S maintrxied in Concord, 32,2'5'5 bushels of apr»les -"'ere 

 purchased and distributed. It is interesting to note that ap- 

 proximately seven tirips as many Baldwins -^s Mcintosh fou.nd their 

 v.'ay into weifppe ch-'nnels. The variety classification was as 

 follows: 



Baldwin 21,021 bu. 



Mcintosh 2,969 " 



Wagener 2,519 " 



Misc. Varieties 6. ^^ 6 ^ 



Total 32,St^5 " 

 The a.bove project involved apples of U. S. Utility Grade, 

 only. It is one of the many activities of the Federal Surplus 

 Commodities Corporation designed to ri-;move surrilus fruits and 

 vegetables from the market and insure their distribution to needy 

 families. 



Fruit Industry Pr oblems as Seen by the 'jro'"er 



In Worcester County the Fruit Industry Committee is made 

 up of the follo^-'ing gro^^^ers: A. N. Calkins, Harvard; John Chand- 

 ler, Sterling; C. R. Clemens, Bolton; Jonathan Davis, Sterling; 



