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applesauce pack will probably be below average this year. This means warehouses should be nearly empty at the end of this marketing season with a good demand for apples next year.
Next year should also be the “off” year in those European countries where fruit production is best every other year. This should result in a good export market for apples.
In this regard, though, the effects of the Common Market must be considered. With high tariffs and import quotas, the Common Market seeks to restrict imports from outside the area. This restriction on America’s European market, especially when England is included, would considerably cut the export of apples unless trade barriers are lowered.
At present, say the economists, there is no evidence that negotiations at Geneva between the U.S. and the Common Market have discussed lowering of the tariff restriction on U.S. apples.
The latest estimate is that Virginia apples growers will be producing about 12.5 million bushels of apples in 1975 as compared to 10.5 million bushels now. Nationally a similar situation exists.
Apples for processing are expected to gradually increase as a percent of the total Virginia crop. The trend in apple production appears to be toward more specialization. Dwarf trees will become increasingly important and higher yields per acre should result. This will put the producer with low yields per acre in an even more precarious position j than at present.
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