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Fresh apple consumption in the I9IO-II1 period was 6? povinds per capita 

 annually. By I9I1.8, the consumption was dov.-n to 25 pounds. On the other hand, 

 citrus fresh fruit consumption has gone up from 19 pounds per capita annually 

 in the I9IO-II4 period to Sh pounds last year. 



Demand for canned, dried, frozen, or juiced fruits has brought about the 

 fresh fruit consumption decline, economists declared. The apple growers take a 

 beating on this account, as their high quality product is primarily adapted for the 

 fresh market. Pear and peach growers complained this year that canneries offered 

 them less than the cost of production of No. 1 fruit. 



Processed fruit consumption in I9U8 was given at I8 pounds per capita in 

 juices, 17.7 pounds canned, four dried, 2.9 frozen. Consumption of processed 

 fruits has increased from nine pounds in the 1910-l[i period to nearly h} pounds 

 today. Over the same period, fresh fruit use has dropped from lli9 pounds to 13u 

 pounds . 



— 0. C. Roberts 



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STCRAGE TEST ON MCINTOSH 



In company with Donald T. Thayer, Associate County Agent in Franklin County, 

 four storages were visited December 22, 19ii9, and samples <^f tJcIntosh tested for 

 ripeness. Each lot listed, consisted of 10 apples vrith tvro pressures on each. 

 These storages were as follows: 



(Roger Peck - Kemp Orchard) The apples yrere picked about September 20 or 

 about mid-season of the Mcintosh harvest. The early picked fruit was in the 

 back part of the storage and was inaccessible. A storage temperature of 32° was 

 maintained. The average test on these apples was 9.0''9 lbs. 



(Vy'ellsmont) The apples were picked about mid-season. The temperature of the 

 storage vras 36° for about a vreek while apples vrere going into storage. The average 

 test on these apples was 9.ii2 lbs. 



(Lyndon Peck) The storage was held at 32*^ continously. The test on these 

 apples was 9.0? lbs. 



(Clarkdale Orchard) Samples vrere taken from apples that had just been brought, 

 back to the farm from the Amherst Apple Cold Storage. The test on these apples 

 v/as 8.37 lbs. 



— 0. C. Roberts 



To make one pound of honey, bees must travel a total 



distance of about <0,000 miles, or tvrice the distance 



around the earth. It is believed that no honeybee 



ever made a pound of honey by its:;lf . 



