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That pear producti^vn in the U.S. has almost doubled in the last 2,0 

 ears? The increase has occurred largely in the Pacific C<^ast States, where 

 urin^ the 5-yr. period, 133G-40, 2/3 of the total iJ^S. pear crop was proauced. 



That Calif ornians aonsune, * 18 pounds of avocados per person each 

 year compared with l/4 of a pound per capita for the rest of the country? 

 It is this disparity which makes avocado growers alert to possibilities. 

 of their product and which raalces many forecasters wonder if this is nof 

 the next nev; h'^rticultural crop for development. (This item and the two 

 following, are quoted from Horticultural iTotes by H. B. Tukey). 



That one of the two original Vn'ashington navel orange trees, from 

 which the Washington navel arange industry sprang, is still growing and 

 fruiting in its protected enclosure at Riverside, California? 



That just prior to the onset of the present v;ar, Canada exported 

 approximately 50^j of its commercial apple production,. U. S. 12jo, Australia 

 50%, Chile 50/,, and Argentina 20;;o2 These figures indicate the dependence 

 of the apple industry upon, free movement into export channels. 



That approximately ,10;^^ (16,000,000 bu.) of the national apple crop 

 is made into cider? Afo (6j500,000 bu.) is used as 'dried .apples, 5'/, (5,000,000 

 bii.) for canned apples, 1.2^^ (2,000,000 bu.) for canned apple sauce, and l.l^o 

 (1,800,000 bu.) for brandy. These 5 by-products account for 19.3>o (31,300,000 

 bu.) , 



That, in 1941, 120,500 acres in'tliis country were devoted to growing 

 alsike clover "seed, 564,,-500 to sweet clover seed, 368,400 to timothy seed, 

 791,000 t'o alfalfa seed, 801,900 "to lespedeza seed, and 1,445,900 to red clo- 

 ver seed? The lespedeza seed crop constituted moi-e than a fourth of the total 

 grass and clover seed produced in the United States in 194r» L. Southwick 



That, in 1941, the five states leading in strav^berry production v;ere 

 Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon, Llichigan and Tennessee? Arkansas produced 

 1,540,000 (32 qt.) crates from 19,500 acres, or 79 crates per acre on the 

 average. Yield per acre varied from 30 crates in Kansas to 150 in the south- 

 ern district of California. L. S. 



That it takes about four pounds of fresh grapes to make one pound 

 of dried raisins? L. S. 



That the number of apple trees increased from 120 million in 1890 

 to 217 million by 1910, and then decreased until in 1940, only 71.7 million 

 trees were reported? L. S. 



That production per bearing tree averages more than four bushels in 

 the entire TVestern apple section, ab^ut 7 bushels in Y;'ashington, about 1.2 

 bushels in the Mississippi drainage basin, and 1,7 bushels in the Northeastern 

 and Central Atlantic sections? L. S. 



That fungicidal applications a re not generally required in commercial 

 apple orchards in the state of Washington? L. S. 



That nearly 2,000,000 Baldwin trees in Kev>r York and New England are 

 estimated to have been killed or so seriously injured by the severe freezes 

 during the v/inter of 1933-34 that their commercial value vras destroyed? L.S. 



