-6- 



dis;^.>lays v;as exiininod apple-by-o.pple. 



"Apples -■'11 display showing sigias 'if novor having boon graded and 

 sorted v/ore onitted from the survey. Those which started out fr3rn the gr'^wer 

 ns culls v;ere, in this way, eliiiinated fnm the results ond a cloar'^r picture 

 of the actual situation obtained. In deteraining the various tj^pes of dar?.age, 

 the follovj'ing classification was used; 1, Slightly bruised — (Enough damage 

 to affect the external appearance); 2, Severely f.^v.? ?,^?.~— (Many small bruises 

 or large bruises an inch or rr.ore in diameter); hi U.u d '.••:: aye d skin breaks; 4. 

 Decayed skin breaks » ■ There were 57,9 per cent soun3~i'ruit in the average 

 'groc er ' s display, 



Sound fruit 51 ,d% 



Slightly bruised 21,9 



Se:Perely bruised 11,4 



Skin breaks, undecayed 5,2 



Skin breJcs, decayed 3,6 



"The practice of over-packing alone accounts for j/iany of the 

 bruises present on the apples in the grocbrs ' displays. For every apple added 

 to fonn an extra large bulge, there is at Isast one severely bruised apple and 

 several slightly bruised ones, Tho extra Vvreight added in the fom of a large 

 bulge is r.iore than off-sot by the waste and falling-off in condition due to 

 over-packing. Quite a few of tho slight bruises on the locally-grown fruit 

 can be blaned on the grocers' metho^.s cf displaying the apples, Because of 

 poorer quality and nethods of packings the Oliio apples v>rore dwaped into bins 

 or liiass displays more ofton than Tfettorn apples xvhich wore usually displayed 

 in their original c^'ntuincrs,, The individually-wrapped apples from the V.'est 

 seemed to command the respect of the c Jerks aiad they handled them carefully. 

 Most of tho Ohio-gra\'.in apples were 'Q-rynevd Grade- which meant that they v/ere 

 ofton qqI'-jvi U. S, llrj-,.ber One -grade. They were not packed according to size 

 and prosented a jumbled appear-.-ce. They did net conuaojid the rospoct of the 

 clerks fnd as a result they wore hfuidlcd carelossly caid bruising was prevalent',' 



Bruising is one of the most importcait problems of ovory 

 Liclntosh grovicr. The solution will bo found in either 

 les3 h^T.dling of Mcintosh apples or a better container, 

 or both, R, A. ViJiAieter 



IDEAS VS. DOLLARS - 



You have a dollar; I have a dolltu:; vie exchfmge, Noiv you have a dollar; I 



have c. dollar; neither is benefited. 

 But you have an idea; I have vxi idea; vjc excnajigo, ll<x you have two ideas, 



I have two idaasj both havo benefited. -That's co-operation. 



COf.giercial Apples. The U.S. apple crop is estimated at 120,657,000 bu.- 

 lb% more t'a-on tho roc .>rd low 68,042,000 bu, produced in 1945 but practically 

 the scuie as the 1935-44 average pro^luction of 120,962,000 bushols. 



