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That, according to economic st£ tisticlans and fore- 

 casters, applo prices from now on v/ill probably average slightly 

 belov those of a year ago? 



That Milton is being planted oxtensively in the Hudson 

 Valley? (59th A:nnual Report, M . Y. State Agricultural Experiment 

 Station.) 



That one of the goals in apple breeding at the ilev; York 

 Sta-ce Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva is the develop- 

 ment of seedless apples which produce fruit without pollination? 



That more than half a million bushels of apples have 

 been purchased this season by the -M&ssachusetts office of the 

 Surplus Marketing Administration. The three varieties bought 

 in largest volume are Baldv/in 4-6;, 780 bu,, Mcintosh 4,829 bu., 

 and Cortland 2,766 bu. These figures were reported February /+ 

 by C. F. Gibbons, Purchasing Agent of the S. M. A. 



^.Tiich spray application is considered most imporba:it? 

 Neither do we. (This question v;as raised by an amateur at a 

 recent fruit meeting. He might have asked: "Vrnich is more dan- 

 gerous, a forenoon or afternoon fire?") 



How Bi.^ is a Bushel? 



This literary gem is submitted by V/alter B. Farmer of 

 Hampden Falls, K. H. : 



"But of all perennial discussion known to the apple 

 industry,, the one of whether a bushel apple bo:-: shoi.ld hold a 

 bushel and an eighth, a fifth or a quarter, easily takes first 

 prize. It seems that apple men nover talk about a bushel box 

 that holds a busxiel, but debate just how much more than a bushel 

 it shall hold to satisfy the chain store buyers, the comiriission 

 men, the hucksters, peddlers, the retailers and all other parties 

 concerned. 



"Two veteran gro"wers, Ralph Parraenrer of the Merrimack 

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to it a full season." (Hev/spaper Report 



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It is just possible that some folks are paying mo: 

 attention to the dimensions of the apple box than they are to 

 the grade of fruit that goes into it. 



