Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-07-19
1921 APPLE YIELD
IN SECTION is PUT
AT 225,OOO BARRELS
Crop Under Twenty Per cent
NormaI-75,000 In Berkeley

Fruit men of the Cumberland
Observation-Disclosures famous an
pie belt today are canvassing the
outlook for the 1921 yield and in
quiry among local growers, as well
as some living out in the district.
this morning indicated that the sec
ton would probably give a yield of
225,000 barrels Of apples, all grades
included between this and necem,
Der 1st. The crop is estimated at
20 per cent of normal for this Sec
ton. Last year the yield for the
same section was approximately
100000 barrels, although the whole
output last year did not yield in
coma what much smaller crop the
previous year had meant and pos
sfbly not as much as the present
years crop. The season is general
ly regarded as failure: unless the
yield runs near the half-million bar
rel mark for Berkeley county alone
or around the 100000 mark for the
section, the season is conceded to
be decidedly "off".
BY counties the estimated yield
this year is as follows:
! Berkeley county .....75,0On bbls.
! JEFFERSON county ......25,OO0 bbls.
| freuerlck county, va. $4,000 bbls.
scattered -. ........ 10000 0bls.
| Drop Due To Freezes
Berkeley and Jefferson counties
are in the physical center OF the
| apple pelt, and, as usual, promise
the biggest yields. The year was
expected to be an of" one, as ap-
PIE ylelds run, but 1t was not ex-
| pected 10 De so decidedly off" as
10 amount to practically nothing
me drop In the ordinary yield for
an on year Is due to the freezes
ana freezes late in March and ear
~ IN April which, following an open
spring Killed the great majority Of
the buds then expected, and killed
the hopes OF the growers, many Of
whom at that time predicted that
there would not be ten per cent OF
crop. Some later buds develop
ing increased the prospects. how
ever, and growers generally con
cede that the yield will be between
lilteen ana twenty per cent Of the
normal crop over the entire area.
me single exception to this Is the
cumberland ffeld where. it is said,
there Is not 1--WE per cent Of crop
and where 1t is expected that the
summer VIII see Cumberland, ord
marty the loading point for thou
SANDS OF barrels of fruit buying
1rult from the outside Mountain
points and the more southern areas
were hardest hit by the early
| freezes AM frosts, and the percent
age estlmate VIII not exceed fifteen
per cent for the Virginia fields, the
| growers say.
other counties In the general
frult area which will have crope
are estimated as follows: CLARKE
county va, 10000 barrels; Shenan-
| doah county, va, 10000 barrels;
warren county, Va, 1000 barrels;
Rockingham county, Va, 5000 bar
refs; Morgan county, w. Va. 5000
barrels; Hampshire county, w. Va,
10000 barrels; Cumberland, 0Md)
section. 5000 barrels.
Season Easy To Handle
Because or the scarcity of apples
it is expected that the fruit which
does hold to the trees will mature
satisfactorily this year and that, as
a consequence there will be more
stock for barreling, and less for
bulking, than is usually the case.
Growers anticipate no difficulty in
handling the crop this season be-
cause OF its smallness and also be-
cause OF the comparatively plenti-
full supply OF labor,
The significance of the small pro-
duction in apples this year Is to be
seen in the estimates OF some OF