CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Apples 1 



Pears 1 



Stone fruits 2 



Grapes 2 



Grading and inspection 3 



Packing 3 



Currency exchange 4 



Transportation 4 



Cold storage 5 



Producing areas 5 



Upper Rio Negro Valley 5 



Irrigation 7 



Fertilization and spraying > . . . 7 



Cultural costs 8 



Packing costs 8 



Boxes and shook 8 



Delivered costs 8 



Mendoza Province 8 



Irrigation 9 



Cultural and packing costs 10 



Fruit canning 10 



Fruit drying 12 



San Juan 12 



Pa rana De Ita 13 



Domestic marketing 15 



Operation of Buenos Aires market 15 



Export outlook 16 



Fresh fruit 16 



Processed fruit 16 



August. 1958// 

 Agriculture j'washingtony. 



