Annual Report -U- 



" tender" Molntoah apple In foreign ports. 



The greatest demand for our Inapeotion servioe again has been 

 on the shipment of export applesa nalnly to the United Kingdom. Apples 

 are also inspected for shipment to California where the denand has 

 been Inoreasing each year, and for Military purchases. 



Because of the complexity of apple Inspection work, a Federal- 

 State sponsored training school is held annually for all Kew England 

 inspectors. This year it was held at Belfast, Maine, with the New 

 England IT.S.D.A. supervisor, two Washington officials and our own 

 Chief Market Investigator acting as instructors in a two-day refresher 

 course. 



The export apple inspection is of major iuportanee, due primarily 

 to the demand and acceptance of controlled atmosphere stored apples, 

 our valuable Mcintosh variety and our quality packs. Mcintosh apples 

 cannot be grown successfully in European countries. The controlled 

 atmosphere method of storing apples greatly lengthens the marketing 

 season and allows shipment of apples in good condition well into June, 

 thus providing a more orderly marketing season for the eutlre apple 

 industry. 



This yesr, because of a better market in the United Kingdom and 

 a less restricted use of the contalnerisatiea method of shipnent, our 

 apple export shipments were double those of last year. 



However, our apples sesoi headed for increasing competition in 

 the export field as several Kui*opean countries are now starting to 

 harvest the fruits of larger plantings made over the past decade. 

 Apple market competition on the United Kingdom market now comes from 

 Itaiyy always a large producer, and from Prance where production has 

 increased sixfold during the past 10 years* 



