Table 6 . --Itemized dried fruit pack reported by 47 processing coop- 

 eratives and the total pack, United States, 1969 



Item 



Dried fruit pack 



Handled by 

 cooperative; 



1/ 



Total 



U.S. 27 



Percent of co-op 

 pack to total 

 U.S. pack 



Apples 



Apricots 



Peaches 



Prunes 



Raisins 



Total 



- 1,000 Pounds 



13,312 



1,831 



370 



143,654 



156,274 



315,441 



- - - 



Percent 



1/35,025 



38 



12,800 



14 



7,000 



5 



260,000 



55 



504,000 



31 



818,825 



39 



_1/ Special survey of farmer cooperative processors, Farmer Coopera- 

 tive Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1970. 



2^/ Compiled by Farmer Cooperative Service from the Canner Packer , 

 September 25, 1970, page 86. 



_3/ Compiled by Farmer Cooperative Service from the Fruit Situation, 

 Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, TFS 

 76, September 19 70, page 30. 



These processing cooperatives canned approximately one-third of the 

 deciduous fruit and juice pack in 1968-69 (Table 7). They packed 

 about 40 percent of the cherries, 39 percent of the pears, 24 per- 

 cent of the peaches, and 19 percent of the apples. 



These cooperatives packed almost one-fifth of the frozen deciduous 

 fruit, berry, and juice in 1969 (Table 8). They packed about 15 

 percent of the berries, 10 percent of the cherries, and 7 percent 

 of the apples during the year. 



- -_ Citrus Fruit Pack 



Seven cooperatives processed about one-fourth of the total citrus 

 fruits utilized for processing in the United States in 1969 (Table 9) 



