MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 440 



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Figure 1. 



Per Capita Consumption of Apples in the United States, 1909-1943. 

 (United States Department of Agriculture, 1944.) 



of nutrition. The spectacular increase in the production of canned fruit juices 

 since about 1930 may well have played a part in the decreased consumption of 

 apples. During the past few years there has been a definite trend indicating that 

 people prefer many fruits in a form that they can drink. 



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 Figure 2. 



Total produotlon 



Production with arerBge growing conditioner 



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Apples: Total United States Production and Production with Average Growing 

 Conditions, 1909-1937. 

 (United States Department of Agriculture, 1938.) 



