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Uassaohusetts of 3,320,000 bushels as compared vrith 2,488,000 bushels in 1941, 

 This is a n increase in Llassaohusetts of 33 percent over last year. In New 

 England the 1942 crop is expected to be 8, 007, 000 bushels as compared with 

 6,060,000 bushels last year or an increase of 32 percent. The largest inorefeBej 

 in the 1942 crop arc in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut, 



From this we caji expect more apples to go into storage this year than 

 last. Many storages that are normally available for ■ apples at this time of 

 the year are requisitioned for government war purposes and the storing of extra 

 amounts of food for transshipment to support our war efforts. Generally •peak- 

 ing, there were about 1,900,000 bushels of apples in storage in New England at 

 the peak of the season. If the same percentage of the crop is stored this 

 year, the increase in production will noed space to take care of about 700,000 

 more bushels than v/ere stored last year. Thus the peak storage requirements 

 for the 1942 New England apple crop v/ill be space for about 2,600,000 bueheis 

 if the sanie proportion of the crop is stored in 1942, 



There is some indication that country storage facilities in New Eng- 

 land with a capacity of about 2,000,000 bushels, handled 1,400,000 last year, 

 and had space left over for about 600,000 bushels. Because public cold etpraget 

 are carrying a much heavier load this year and by late fall it is expected that 

 this load will be even greater, it would be well for apple growers to utiliee 

 all the space possible in the country areas near producing centers. The ilt- 

 uation in the terminal market storages is particularly tight and v/ill probably 

 continue so through the winter. It is estimated that last year the pubjlcj 

 storages held 500,000 bushels of the New England crop. It is doubtful that 

 these places will have space to accommodate this amount this year, and at ■ast 

 the public storages could only handle such an amount as would be necessaryfto 

 meet the current market demand. I 



Recognizing that the storage of apples this fall is a limiting condi- 

 tion, a survey of facilities is now being made in cooperation with the State 

 Department of Agriculture, and these results will bo available in the next tissue 

 of "Fruit Notes," —Ellsworth W, Bell 



"HONEYDE^V" HOlffiY 



This year there has been a large amount of honeydew collected by bees. 

 This material is a sweet substance eeoreted by aphidsi leafhoppers and some 

 scale insects. It is collected by honeybees and stored in the combs, as id 

 true nectar. The material is high in dextrins and is therefore unsuitable for 

 the vdnter feeding of bees. Beekeepers who have much of this material in their 

 hives would do well to feed 10 pounds of sugar as sugar syrup per colony jutt 

 before the bees are packed for winter, 



The presence of honeydew in the combs can be distinguished in two wayii] 

 (l) If the combs are held up to the light and appear especially dark, honeydew 

 is to be suspected, (2) If the honey is uncapped and shows a greenish tinge, 

 there is little douVt but that honeydew is present, Honeydew can be used by 

 man with no ill effects. It is usually used as cooking honey since its dark- 

 color and inferior flavor make it unsuitable for use as table honey, 



—-Frank R. Shaw 



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