FRUIT NOTji;S - September, 1939 



W. H. Thies 

 Extension Horticulturist 



F»S.C.C- Program Gets Underway 



plans have bfen completed for the purchase of surplus apples in New 

 jilngland by the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. Headquarters have 

 been established in Concord, Mass. in charge of Roy D. Flato, Purchasing Agent 

 of the F.S.CC In addition to a state committee each apple producing county 

 has its county committee to arrange details vdth individual grovifers. Follow- 

 ing are the essential items of tho program. Two grades only will be purchased, 

 U»5. No. 1 and U.S. Combination. Tne size for most varietibS is 2-g^* and up 

 although a 2-^-" size is also spdcifidd for Mcintosh and Jonathan. Purchase 

 Announctim«nt No. 1 from the Concord officd states that 50 cars of apples arb 

 to be purchased in Massachusetts during the; pi^riod October 9 to Octobijr 14. 

 Varic;tie3 ViJill includo, in addition to Mcintosh, R. I. Greening, Baldwin, 

 Cortland, Delicious, Jonathan, V/cxgen^r and Wualthy. Other varieties may be 

 added to thu list. Apples must bo packed in one of the folloviring containers* 

 Northuastern apple crate, Eastern standard apple box and New England lug box. 



Vi/henever possible vendors will be instructed to deliver apples to 

 local Distribution V/arehouses. ijl/here such distribution is not available, al- 

 locations of car-lot shipments will be made by tho County Committees, and 

 growers will deliver their apples direct to cars. V^en car-lot shipments are 

 to be made cars must bo loaded with only one of the three types of boxos. 

 Mixed loads of boxes will not be accepted for c-^r-lot shipments, iiacn grov^er 

 is limited to a minimum of 50 puckuges, und no fewer than 50 packages will be 

 accepted from any one grower. 



Mr. Flato has issued this important statement to guide any grower 

 interested in selling <^pples to the F.3«C.C. "In order to avoid confusion 

 and mi sunder standing „fter purchasing hciS oegun, all grov«ers -ire requested 

 to keep in close contact with their respective county committees and county 

 agents, ^ach county agent is a. member of the committee set up in his county, 

 and e^cn agent and committee will be kept const>_ntly informed of all activi- 

 ties of the Massachusetts program.' Therefore, to s..ve time, duplication uf 

 instructions, „nd possible emb..rr^ssment , it is necessary th..t growers direct 

 their problems -^nd questions to their committee members or county agents and 

 not to the office of the purchasing agent." 



Why Dive rt Ap ples From Dom»^st ic Fresh Fruit Con sump tion? 



The comm^rci^l apple crop in the United States this yee.r ia about 

 103,000,000 bushels. ISxperience h.is shovm tnat not more th.,n 75,000,000 bushels 

 can be raoved profitably through domestic fresh fruit channels. The export mar- 

 ket during the p.'.st SeVer.il ye^rs h-s removed ..bout 10,000,000 bushels from the 

 total conunercial crop. But this ye:,r on account of war conditiens .ibroad, the 



Issued by the Extension Service, Vi^illard A- Munson, director, in further- 

 ance of Acts, of May 8 and June 30, 1914, Massachusetts St^to College, United 

 States Dep_,rtraent of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



