- 2 - 



Our apple exports amount to 3000,000 bushels a year, chiefly to the 

 United Kingdom. 



The Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association has endorsed the 

 need of this legislation due to their many new plantings coming 

 into bearing in the next few years. J. P. Sullivan & Co., of Ayer, 

 one of the leading exporters of apples in the U. S. points out the 

 importance to the Port of Boston, also to the economy of the State, 

 that apple exporting be expanded. 



There is a sizeable business in the export of tree seeds, also 

 some vegetable seeds. We are leaders in the export of carnation 

 cuttings with 2,800,000 yearly. 



We export approximately 2,000,000 baby chicks and 500,000 

 hatching eggs yearly to 41 countries. Our export of regular eggs 

 runs bet^veen 2,000 and 5,000 cases weekly (30 dozen to a case). 



Cranberries are increasing in e:\pcr- through a vigorous caripaign 

 being waged by the industry. I-Iassachuse-cts producec about one-half 

 of the world supply of cranberries and the industry is making tre- 

 mendous progress. Ocean Spray Cranberries (whose chairman has 

 endorsed this bill) had sales of $72,147,000 in 1969, up \yA from 

 1963. Expanding markets are needed to continue the industry's 

 grcv-th . 



There is a vital need for -his legislation in order to have 

 an agency to assist and encourage producers and shippers in ex- 

 panding their horizons toward this relatively untapped market 

 which will be of immeasurable help to the economy of Massachusetts. 



