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INCREASE IN APPLE PRICE FOR THE EAST (From July 28 issue of The New York Packer) 



The ceiling price of fresh apples during the period beginning July 21 

 and ending August 19 will continue to be $3.45 a bushel, f.o.b. shipping point, 

 but in all states east of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabana an additional 

 allowance of Zb^ a bushel is made to covor further losses fron reduced yields, 

 the Office of Price Adr.iinist ration said this week. 



The f.o.b. shipping point ceiling will be $3.70 a bushel for apples 

 grown in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vemont, Massachusetts, Con- 

 necticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- 

 land, Virginia, Vfest Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and 

 Florida. 



The $3.45 ceiling price which applies to the remainder of the country 

 includes a "disaster" allowance of 30;z^, effective as of June 21. That in- 

 crease resulted in the retail ceiling price of fresh apples being increased 

 about a fourth of a cent r. pound. 



The additional increase of 25;^ a bushel granted this week for apples 

 produced in the eastern seaboard states will increase the retail ceiling 

 price for those apples another \^ a pound, making the total retail increase 

 about -g-/ a pound. 



The price increases v/hich apply to fresh apples are mandatory under 

 the Stabilization Extension Act, v;hioh provides for increased ceiling prices 

 when yields are substantia lly reduced by unfavorable growing conditions. 



The additional increase in the eastern states is necessary because 

 the reduction in yield in those states is greater than in other sections of 

 the country. (Amendment 132 to Maximum Price Regulation 426 - Fresh Fruits 

 and Vegetables for Table Use, Sales Except at Retail - effective July 21, 

 1945.) 



APPLES PREVENT SPROUTING OF POTATOES IN STORAGE 



The following interesting experiment is reported by Donald Folsora of 

 the Maine Agr. Exp. Sta. in the May issue of Maine Fruit Notes. 



"The unusual Virarmth of April has started potatoes to sprout unusually early 

 in storages that ordinarily are cold enougli to hold back sprouting. Apples 

 give off a gas that holds back the grovrth of potato sprouts as long as they 

 are exposed to the gus . As an example, at Highmoor Farm many seedling pota- 

 toes v/ere put into the apple storage in mid-April after they had developed 

 sprouts several inches Jong in a potato cellar. Today, May 26, these sprouts 

 are no longer than they were in mid- April. They have developed a hard, round 

 head on each sprout and, judging frora the past experience of other seasons, 

 will not resume gravrth as long as apples are left in -che same storage or un- 

 til the potatoes are taken out and planted. This principle can be used to 

 keep eating potatoes from wasting their strength on sprouts. The idea was 

 discovered and studied scientifically in Kansas and England. The gas involved 

 is thought to be the same gas that is used to ripen oranges and other fruits 

 artificially." 



