Milford chronicle., 1927-07-29
APPLE GROWERS EXPECT
GOOD FINANCIAL RETURNS
Low Production Estimates Indicate
Good Prices For 1927 Crop

Present indications in the apple
market are far above from discour-
aging in the estimation of DR.. F. B.
Bomberger, director of the Del-Mar-
Va Marketing Bureau, who bases
his opinion upon a report issued by
the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics under date of July 18th,
1927, as follows:-
"If the volume of the crop has it's
customary influence on prices, the
coming apple season should be
profitable for growers and shippers.
Production promises to be very,
light, both east and west. About
12,000,000 barrels or 36,000,000 boxes
of this years commercial crop are
estimated for the western region,
and 14,000,000 barrels in eastern and
midwestern producing sections. For
the western States this is only
slightly more than the very short
crop of 1924, and eastern pickings
probably will fall far short of the
record in any recent year.
I'm 1924, the eastern region had
about 100000 barrels of CONNER
cial apples; in 1925 nearly 19,000,-
900 and last year tremendous crop
of almost 25,000,000 barrels. This
season commercial production in
eastern and midwestern States may
be 43qn lighter than last years
record figure, while the crop in
western States may be short of the
1926 total by only 18qn. This means
not less competition for western
boxed apples but also a better
market for eastern barreled and
basket stock. Shippers in the Pacific
Coast sections probably will aug
ment their carlot FORWARDING in every
possible way, to help supply markets
of the central and eastern portions
of the United States. What effect
the light production will have on eX-
pert movement is problematical and
the export situation should afford
greater interest than it has in sever
al years. Canada expects more
than last season and likely will eX-
port a greater proportion of its crop.
New York State may have a
commercial crop only 100000 bar
rels, compared with 6,500,000 last
year and a five-year average of s.
100000. In the Virginia, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania region, present
conditions indicate only 3,250,000
barrels, as against 1926 commerce.
al crop of 100000. Michigan ex-
poets a crop almost as big as last
years but still is far below average.
Production will be relatively light
in other important eastern sections.
Maine and Kansas are about the
only barreled apple states expecting
more commercial fruit than 1926.
In the West, Idaho probably is the
only State which will exceed last
seasons crop Idaho expects even
more than the average of the last
five years. Washington will be at
least a million barrels short of the
1926 figure; Oregon may have only
about half of last years total, and
California appears to lack one
fourth of the 1926 commercial pro-
duction"
The foregoing statement of market
conditions will surely be welcome
news" said DR.. Bomberger, "to the
harassed apple growers who for the
past four or five years has been
greeted each year with either a crop
failure or a glutted market, which
is even more disastrous. While few
have anything resembl-
ing full crop, present conditions in
the markets promise good prices for
good fruit this year."