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FRUITGROWERS 

 YEAR DOES NOT 



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FRUIT and vegetable growers have 

 not enjoyed the same prosperity 

 experienced by other farmers dur- 

 ing 1947, L.L. Colvis, secretary of 

 marketing for the llhnois Agri- 

 cultural Association, said today. 



Speaking at the marketing conference 

 held in conjunction with the annual ses- 

 sions of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, Colvis said the Illinois crop moved 

 two weeks late and ran into competition 

 from other areas. 



"It was a big crop," Colvis added, 

 "and much of it matured in hot, dry 

 weather which cut into its quality. Be- 

 cause of the late season there was con- 

 siderable competition from other produc- 

 tion areas which were not late." 



Colvis also reported on the Illinois 

 Fruit Growers' Exchange, an associated 

 cooperative marketing association of the 

 lAA that handles fruit and vegetables 

 grown by its Southern Illinois members. 



Colvis said that the total volume hao- 

 dled by the Exchange showed a nice 

 increase this year. This volume was giv- 

 en as follows with the 1946 volume in 

 parenthesis: 



Peaches, 225,735 bu. (155,929); ap- 

 ples, 192,354 (198,839); strawberries, 

 23,l4l crates (4,505); miscellaneous 6,- 

 719 (11,249). 



The Exchange continued as sales agent 

 for the Tri-County Peach Growers As- 

 sociation, handling most of the sales 

 through the loading shed at Irvington, 

 Colvis reported. The Edgar county 

 Strawberry Association was again served, 

 as was the Murphysboro Growers As- 

 sociation. 



He said that in 1947 for the first time 

 the Calhoun Apple Exchange reorgan- 

 ized and joined the Illinois Fruit Grow- 

 ers Exchange, transferring all its sales 

 work to the Exchange. It was expected 

 that more than 50,000 bushels of Cal- 

 houn county apples were sold by the 

 Fruit Exchange before the end of the 

 calendar year. 



After being under construction for al- 

 most two years the 60,000 bushel cold 

 storage building at Carbondale is now 

 nearly completed and can be used. Col- 

 vis said that the entire space available 

 was rented and if the capacity were 



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