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Until new plantings are made it is hardly expected 
that the commercial crop will exceed the record crop of 
1930, totaling 36,273,000 barrels* 
For the 5-year period, ISIS to 1930, 69 per cent of 
the commercial crop was marketed in barrels, and 31 per 
cent in boxes* 
The most important commercial apple growing regions 
today in order of importance are as follows: 
1. The Pacific Northwest 
3. Western New York 
3. Shenandoah—Cumberland 
(Penna., Maryland, Virginia) 
4. California 
The Dominion, of Canada is the second important com¬ 
mercial apple producing country in the world, Australia, 
Tasmania and New Zealand are third in importance with a 
crop- half as large as that produced in Canada* 
An important factor in the Australian industry is the 
fact that their harvesting and marketing seasons correspond 
with our winter and spring, thus providing an active market 
for their surplus fruit in the United States ana Europe. 
While apples are an important product in America and 
Europe they are a relatively unimportant fruit in Asia and 
Africa. 
During the 5-year period, 1914-1913, the apple ranked 
eighth in importance when compared with the value of other 
farm crops produced in the United States. The apple is our 
leading fruit crop. 
More than one-fourth of our total proauction consists 
