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,■< 1 "SURVEYS • The 1949 Survey of Commercial Apple afld Peach Orchards in Virginia shows the following: , , “The results of this survey disclose a 33 percent decrease in the number of apple treei when. compared with the number found hi 1937. Most of the small commercial orchards listed in the 1937 , survey have now been abandoned. The production of apples, however, has not declined j in the same proportion as the number of trees, because the better located orchards are still in operation and are now in the hands of more Efficient producers. The greatest Reduction in the number of apple trees has taken plape in the South ! Valley and Piedmont Districts. I
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