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The discussion of ‘what to do' began with the above conclusion and branched in as many directions as the apple trees grow.
Two approaches were: one, if the 30%, or fancy fruit, has a ready market, should there be concentration on production of percent; and two, if there is a continued crop of the 70% or processing fruit, do4s the solution of that problem lie with the grower or the processor?
To grow the fancy fruit, it was concluded by the growers, there must Be*“ weeding out of old orchards; catering to the market 1 choices in the red end ihoify varieties, better cade and mare knowledge of fruit culture, and different packaging to meet the keen competition on tl^e modem market.
Admitting the processor has done a good job, the growers considered the possibility that the poor market for processing apples this past year may have been duo to conditions beyond their con“ trol. There may have been overbuying in 1950 in anticipation of war and a possible apple shortage in 1351; then when 1051 produced a good crop, there wap no market.
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