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cent of all Virginia commercial trees were abandoned or removed and only about 5 per cent of all trees replanted, the Department said.

But this was on the rosy side because better located and more efficient orchards were left to overcome Virginia's big drawback, low yields per tree.

Production in the same three years, the Department noted, has stuck pretty close to 10,000,000 bushels, despite the 13 per cent net loss of trees. For peaches the survey story was the same. The' breeds that blush easily were on the up trend, the

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