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season. This favorc.bld export situi-.tion h^.s rusultisd despite the r elatively small 

 1938 crop. It has been due largely to increases in basket exports to countries 

 which have not been important importers in the past, and to the significant in- 

 crease of total exports to the United Kingdom. This latter market takes over 80 

 per cent of our apple exports. The remainder have gone not only to other Jiuropean 

 countries but also to such places as Brazil, Philippine Islands, Palestine, Kgypt , 

 Cuba, Argentina and Canada. 



Some actual import figures may be of interest to readers of Fruit Notes. 

 The imports of deciduous fruit into the United Kingdom for the week ending iwarch 

 14 v;ere as followsi Applds , from United States, 1B,0U0 barrels, 119, UOO boxes, 

 12,000 baskets, from Canada, 21,000 barrels, 33,000 boxes, from South Africa, 

 k;,500 packages. Other fruits were imported from various countries as follows; 

 Pears , United States, 200 boxes (season over), Argentina, 19,000 boxes, Aus- 

 tralia, BOO boxesj South Africa, 33,000 packages. Grapes , Argentina, 1,500 

 boxes. South Africa, 89,000 packages. 



Prevention of Shrivelling and Scalding in Storage 



At the recent Rochester meetings there was an interesting exhibit to shov/ 

 the effects of waxing on the condition of apples taken out of storage. One part 

 of the exhibit shov;ed two lots of Golden Delicious v/hich were kept one week at 

 room temperature after remaining three months in cold storage. The first lot 

 (unwaxed) was very badly shrivelled. The second lot (waxed when removed from 

 storage) v/as only slightly shrivelled. The effect of storing at relative humid- 

 ities ranging from 50/i to 98/o was clearly shovm in another exhibit. In each case 

 waxed and unv/axed apples showed a marked difference in the amount of shrivelling 

 although the shrivelling of even the unvi/axed apples stored at 98/o relative hu- 

 midity was much less than at 50/i' 



The relation of another type of wax (scald preventing) on Rhode I,»land 

 Greening and also the relation of date of harvest was clearly shown in another 

 exhibit. Apples picked in early September were treated in four different ways; 

 (1) no treatment, (2) packed in oiled paper, (3) washed and treated with plain 

 wax, (4) washed and treated \<ilth scald preventing wax. All of these apples had 

 been stored 32" months and then kept for one week at room temperature. Lot 1 v/as 

 very badly scalded. Lot 2 shovi/ed some scald. Lot 3 v/as badly scalded and L-ot 

 4 showed only slight scald. A fifth lot had been picked on September 30 and 

 stored ii-'inediately . These apples showed no scald even though no preventive 

 treatment had been given. These exhibits suggest a need for allowing apples 

 to nature properly on the tree. They also suggest that certain preventive 

 measures nay be taken to prevent storage difficulties. 



Items f rom Her e and There 



A pp le Yields in Washington . It is interesting to note the relatively low pro- 

 duction of Mcintosh in the State of Viashington. The weighted average yield per 

 tree for the state as a whole has been reported as approximately 3 bushels com- 

 pared to 9 for V/inesap, 8 for Stayraan, 8 for Rome, and 6.4 for Delicious. With 

 the average number of trees per acre approximately 62, the acre yield of Mcintosh 

 becomes 186 bushels and that of Winesap 558 bushels, making a difference of 372 

 bushels per acre. Remembering that these are average yields, the bountiful per- 

 formance of their standard varieties is evident. 



