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knov/ whether it's the biggest tree in the country or not, but I 

 clo Icnov; it has produced more than 1^,000 pounds of fruit every 

 year for the le.st ten years. 



That more than half of the 33;, 000, 000 bushels of apples 

 in cold storage in the U. S. on December 1 v/ere of three varietj.es, 

 - Vi'inesap, Delicious and Yellow Nev'tovm? The Winesaps alone 

 amounted to 8,217,000 bushels. Mcintosh held fourth place with 

 2,940,000 bushels and Baldwins eighth place with 1,507,000 bushels. 

 Delicious is the onl^'' variety stored in quantity in all of the 

 apple growing sections of the United States. 



That the per capita consumption of fruits in the U. S. in- 

 creased 5'^c between 1920 and 1935 while the per capita consumption 

 of potatoes decreased 12/b? During the same period vegetables in- 

 creased 25^,^ while lean meats snd fish decree sed 9% and cereal 

 products lli.%. 



That only one county in Massachusetts^ Hampden, has a larg- 

 er percentage of non-bearing apple trees today than it had in 1925? 

 In 1925, about J^Gfo of the apple trees in commercial orchards in 

 the state \:ore under 10 years of age. In I94.O, only 16^ were in 

 that class. 



That apples, pears and quinces are "fleshy accessory 

 fruits, made up of a f ive-carpeled ovary, with cartilaginous 

 endocarp and fleshy exocarp, united with a fleshy floral tube 

 or disk consisting of the fused bases of the sepals, petals, 

 and stamens?" (But in spite of this complicated anatomy, they're 

 not onl^'- harmless but edible and delectable.) L. Southv/ick. 



THAT TH2 B3ST SALSSMSN FOR MORS APPL3G AR3 GOOD APPLSS? 



FRUIT ijOTES Mailin.q List 



VTio receives Fruit llotes? To answer this question for 

 ourselves and others interested, we have just looked through our 

 mailing list of about 60O names. The distribution to Massachu- 

 setts residents, principally fruit gro^/ers, in the various coun- 

 ties is as follows: 



In addition to the above, 138 copies are mailed to county 

 extension workers, agricultural instructors, M. S. C. staff mem- 

 bers in Amli3rst, etc. The laost distant individual on the list 

 is a resident of Argentina. Any resident of Massachusetts who 

 is actively interested in commercial fruit growing may receive 

 this publication free of charge by making a written request. 



