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Federal Buying Program Gets Under T'ay 



Purchase Announcement No. T issued by the Boston office of the S.I.'I.A. 

 contains the following statement covering Varieties, Grades, Sizes and Prices 

 of apples to be purchased, beginning September 11, 1941. 



Classification "A": Delicious, R. I. Greening, Mcintosh, Northern Spy, 



Cortland and Baldwin. 

 U. S. No. 1 Size 2-p' to 2|-" "~r 85 cents 



Classification "B": V^galthy, Wagener, and Gravenstein. 



■J. S. No. 1 Size 2g" minimum 95 cents 



V. S. No. 1 Size 2^" minimum 85 cents 



Vfagener and Gravenstein 

 Combination U. S. No. 1 and Utility Size 2i" minimum • 65 cants 

 Combination U< S. No. 1 and Utility Size 2|-" minimum . 75 cents 



Complete details concerning Loading Instructions, Containers, Inspec- 

 tion, etc., may be obtained from j^our county agricultural agent or from a member 

 of the Industry Coinmittee. The Committee members are as follov/s: Harold A. 

 Priest, Gleasondale, Chairman; John R. Chandler, Sterling Junction; R. E. Peck, 

 Shelburne; V^. H. Thies, Amherst; H. P. Gilmore, Y.'estboro; A. M. Hov/ard, Pitts- 

 field; IVilliam R. Cole, Amherst. 



The Nev/ York State Fruit Testing Association 



This association is well knovm to many of our fruit growers- It has 

 introduced many new varieties bred by the W. Y. Geneva Experiment Station and 

 elsewhere. The annual meeting is scheduled for September 18 when there will be 

 discussions of new varieties led by many v;ell knovm pomologists. The r eport 

 for the past year shows a decrease in business. The association must have in- 

 creased support from fruit growers if it is to prosper as in the past. It has 

 done a good work and is worthy of support from all progressive fruit men. 



J. K. Shaw 



Fruit Growing in Canada 



On a recent vacation trip, the writer travelled through the fruit 

 growing regions of the Annapolis Valley and New Brunsvdck. The Annapolis Valley 

 is an old fruit grov/ing section. In recent years grov/ers have had their share 

 of troubles and many of the orchards look neglected. Evidently fertilizer pur- 

 chases, spraying and pruning have been reduced to a minimum. Other orchards 

 look vigorous and healthy. The crop does not appear to be very heaver and the 

 quality not the highest. In the past, most of the Nova Scotia apples have been 

 exported and of course the eJtport market is now non-existent. However, I was 

 told that the British Government had ordered a million barrels to be dehydrated 

 for shipment to Great Britain. This will be quite a sizeable proportion of the 

 crop, vAich is usually around 2,000,000 barrels. It will tax the dehydrating 

 facilities of the Valley to handle this quantity of apples, but they think 

 they will be able to do it. 



The New Brunswick orchards seen were around Frederickton. These or- 

 chards are younger and on the whole look better and the crop is considerably 

 heavier than that of Nova Scotia, although presumably the total amount will be 

 less. J. K. Shaw 



