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to rel->ase the dried and ^annod and cur^.d products that can bo sent to our 

 eoldiors and sailors and our alli.s. Because of their keepmgqualiti.s. 

 th.-^ir palatability and thbir nutritional valuo, fresh appl-^s will fit _ 

 signiffcantly into the homo front prograa and bo of ^^nuine help xn winning 

 the war." 



gOkEJCSVJ_RULINGS P:]RTAIIII1IG Tq_FRUITS 

 "Var Production Board Orders 



Preference Rating Order P-115, as amend^^d July 29.— Assigns 

 pr^3f^.r^ince ratings A-l-a, A-l-j, and A-l-c for maintenance and expanaion 

 of plants canning fruits and vegetables. 



Supplenentary Order .I-36-a, as aiaonded June 27.-riequir';S .aimers 

 to set asido" quota of fruit and vegetables packed by him for disposal to 

 the Governr^ient. Tables of products specified, can sizes, etc., included. 



Conser^/ation Order a-205. -Freezes entire 1942 production and 1941 

 carrv-over in hands of packers, of dried apples, apricots, peaches, pears, 

 prunes, and graphs (raisins) to make theia available to an.v-d f ore. s and 

 Lnd-Leaso. Supply not purchased by Governr.ient will be made available for 

 civilian use. Govern.-ient requirements for some dried fruits will be total, 



for othirs heavy. 



conservation Order i,l-205-a.— 1942 crop of Thompson Seedless, 

 •luscat, and Sultana grapes ordered diverted into raisins. 



to-ndment 1 to ConserTOtion Order .1-119,— Restricts purchase, 

 acceptance of delivery, and use of rubber-sealed closures for glass con- 

 tainers. 



Office of Price Admin i st r a tion Re gu 1 at i on_s_ 



Maximum Price Regulation 135.— Establishes formula for Jetenaining 

 maximum prices of canned fruits and berries. 



General Ilaximum Price Regulation AmendLient 20 to supplement i.egu- 

 lation 1.— Apples sliced and peeled excepted from certain sale and delivery 

 requirements of regulation. 



Price ceilings for dried prunes, pears, peaches, apricots, Iigs, 

 and grapes to be lifted at packer level some 15 percent to speed output to 



armed forces. , . ■, a. 



Frozen-food packers penaitted to add to prices the increased costs 

 of raw materials and other costs of 1942 pack of frozen fruits, berries, 

 and vegetables. 



POOR PEARS PROVOKE PUIIGEIIT POiiOLOGICAL PlilLiSES 



If you ha-e.^ver tri-;d to eat a Kieffer pear, as it tones from the 

 tree, you v;ill appreciate this literary gem from the pen of U. P. Hedrick in 

 "Pears of New York": "Pears are grovm to eat, but tliose of Kieffer are fit 

 to eat only in culinary preparations, dire necessity alone tonpolling thei» 

 consvimption uncooked." Of the LeConte, a pear of similar parentage, he says, 

 "The fruits are rather poorer in quality than those of Kieffer, if that be 

 possible for an edible fruit." (Scant praise, to say the least.) 



