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half inches in diameter and larger. According to Washington orchardist and Virginia Farm Bureau Apple Marketing Association chairman Sam Snead, growers need at least $5 per hundred pounds just to break even.
“We about break even at $5,” agreed Sperryville orchardist Ned Johnson on Tuesday. Learning of National Fruit’s offer for the current season, he maintained that the company could pay $2 more per hundred weight across the board and still make a profit on the finished product. He noted that Washington state growers were paid over $8 per hundred pounds last year for fruit that brought the same price in cans on the grocery store shelves as did Virginia apples that processors purchased for under $5 per hundred pounds.
National Fruit “is really sitting pretty,” said Johnson. He pointed out that the company would buy Virginia apples at way below the average price nationwide while getting “beautiful prices for their finished products.”
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