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Size of operation has greatly increased and the decrease in the number of 

 growers and the number of trees has not reduced the total yield of apples in 

 the State. Production in 1927 according to the 1927 Crop Report was 1,100,000 

 bushels. In 1957 the yield of apples in Nev; Hampshire was 1,300,000 bushels. 



The high cost of labor, the large investment in equipment, the necessity 

 of refrigerated storages and the difficulty in marketing a small volume of 

 apples all contributed to this change in size of operation and the number of 

 commercial growers. Many of the smaller orchards were taken over by the 

 larger grov7ers in the neighborhood resulting in the salvation of many of these 

 small units. The present growers are seleccing better sites on which to plant 

 new orchards. 



Investment and Cost of Production 



The average investment 30 years ago of buildings and land without counting 

 the value of trees as reported in the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment 

 Station Bulletin 279 was fifty-five hundred dollars. The average total invest- 

 ment including value of trees, equipment, personal perpcrty, land and buildings 

 was $19,800. Today total investments in some of the larger operations in the 

 State is $100,000 to $150,000. The cost today of a 10,000 box cold storage is 

 greater than the average total investment in an orchard 30 years ago. 



E. J. Pvasmussen 



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SUMMER FRUIT T OUR AND MEETING 

 Reserve July 17 and 18 for a summer fruit tour and meeting. 

 Several orchards in the Nashoba area will be visited on July 

 17th. On the morning of July 18th, a half day speaking 

 program will be held at the University and in the afternoon 

 an orchard in Franklin County will be visited. 



-Editor- 



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NEW FDA RULINGS TO HELP IN MITE CONTROL 



Producers of small fruits should be encouraged by a recent Food and Drug 

 ruling which allows Kelthane, also known as 1, l-bis(chlorophenyl) 2, 2, 2- 

 trichlorothanol, to be used on strawberries and all cane fruits after bloom and 

 up to 2 days before harvest. 



Kelthane is a miticide (acaricide) and is especially useful against 2-spotted 

 mite (red spider) which can become serious between bloom and harvest. In the 1958 

 Strawberry Chart, malathion and TEPP are suggested because at that writing no other 

 materials were available. Now that i;elthane is approved, it is to be preferred. 



