White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-21
Apple Crop Will
BE Much Less
Than Last Year
GOVERNMENTS JULY 1 ESTIMATE
PLACES PROBABLE YIELD AT
ONE-THIRD SMALLER

The apple crop in the nation will
be about one-third less than in 1881,
according to indications from the con-
dition report as Of July 1, just released
by the Department of Agriculture.
The total crop is estimated to be
l33,824,O00 bushels compared with 2O2,-
4l5,0OO bushels last year, and a five
year average, 1924-28, of 180,262, 900.
No forecast of the commercial crop
was made by the Department. The
commercial crop was estimated on July
/, 1881, at $685. 900 barrels and the
total crop at 2l1 ,076,OOO bushels The
December report last year gave the
commercial crop as 34,732,000 barrels
and the total crop as 211 100000 BUSH
els.
This years crop is expected to be
about equal to the crop OF 1929, When
the commercial yield was 29,004,0OO
barrels. Last year there was large
apple crop and the tendency toward
alternate bearing, to which must be
added the factor of freezes during the
late spring, would naturally cause a
smaller yield this year. The June drop
has been heavy in many states, &C
cording to reports to the Department
of Agriculture.
The New England states, including
New York, promise slightly increased
yields over last year, while the indi-
Gated crop in the other Atlantic and
southern states will be far under the
1881 yield The promised yield in the
middle and central states, while vary
ing somewhat in the different sections,
will about equal last years crop. In
the II West and Northwest states, the
indications are that the crop will be
the same size as the one last year.
In 1881, the state of Washington
produced 81 100000 bushels, which was
about Is per cent of the crop in the
nation. The indicated yield this year
is 29,382,000 bushels. Although the
crop is smaller than last year, this
state will produce 81 per cent of the
national crop. This is due to the heav-
Ter shrinkage in tonnage in the other
large apple producing states In the
country.
The July / potato crop estimate in
dicates a small increase over the 1881
crop. In 1881 the nation produced
375518,OO0 bushels of potatoes, while
it is estimated that this years pro-
duction will amount to 377, 769 900 bush
els The crop in this state, however,
will be slightly less than last years,
6,720 900 bushels being estimated as the
crop for this year in Washington
against 682O,OOO bushels in 1881.
The Department of Agriculture fore
cast places the pear production for this
year at 215O3,O0O bushels, compared
with 23,346,000 bushels last year and
a five-year average, 1924-28, of 2l,-
4S4,OOO bushels. The expected produc-
ton for Washington is placed at g.
100000 bushels, compared with $780,
900 bushels last year.
The nations grape crop this year,
the Department estimates, will be about
80 per cent larger than that of 1881.
Last years production was 1921 1897
tons, while crop of 2,142,4 tons is
estimated for 1882. The largest in
crease is in California, where the total
crop is estimated at 1867, 900 tons COM
pared with 100000 tons last year,
Washington's crop is expected to in
crease from 540O tons in 1881 to g.
298 tons this year.
A forty per cent drop is expected in
the peach production this year. The
1882 crop is estimated at 47216,000
bushels compared with 76,586,000 BUSH
els in 1881. The Washington peach
crop. however, shows slight increase,
1,4l000O bushels being estimated for
this year as against 1,O5O,00O bushels
last year.