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December Plenty
December markets this year/will offer a wide variety t>f plentiful foods, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The bountiful list for next month begins with five foods starred as due to be especailly abundant. These •re: pork, cabbage, turkeys, cranberries, and sweet potatoes._
Turkey production this year is the largest on record, cranberry production the second largest. FaVoragle weather has given cabbage such a boost that the early fall crop, nearly a third larger:.
marketed and prices to growers have been abnormally low. The, sweet potato crop is a whopper,' too—the largest in several years and 10 per cent above last year. Pork prices are expected to be lowest for the year in December because of peak supplies of hogs marketed.
Fruits expected in heavy supply next month include not only cranberries but also apples, oranges, and grapefruit. The commercial apple crop this year is estimated at 120 million bushels—only about 10 per cent less than the very large crop of last year and well above average. A very large <x* \ •age crop is expected htis yepr
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48.2%