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gy KENTUCKY FRUIT NOTES  
I W. I). Aruistroiig, I‘I()l`1I(5lIIU1l`lSI, Editor  
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IS FRUIT OUTLOOK FOR 1939 CUIIIIIIUII storage stocks are small, 1 5
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`H Fruits in Genera, axslll Ixrxle laigtly iuoxed into (3011 ,
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Ill UI)()]ll(‘SlI(‘ l)l't)(IlIt'lI()II ol all I I_ I __ _ ,
,.1_ui,S is uxp(_,_,,_(, ,0 ,,\.(,1,uw_ I 1lpp c tT(‘t"11Il1I11(lS contilnue to ,
he higher for the next 5 years (1939-- ‘|" m"`·_ I is l‘?“t““"t“‘l I lfltr lll  
111t 423) than tl1e aiverage for the 193-I ~ I IL {)l“”°1ll’ ‘c$ me CO1lt1llu(A§’ t__*€` ¤
iis IIS l)(‘l'llIIl. I11di1·atio11s point to sig- ""m"'1 (4 1»<·¤1·1¤1; ifllple trees “{ll   ;
IM, ,,,,,,_.,,,,,\. ,.,,.,,0,. §up,,],,,§ ,,1· he ahout 1-I.t)Ut),tI()U in 19-10, Ellltl 111 ;
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N g,.:,,,,,,·,.,,,,’ (,,.Z,,,gcS7 ,,,,,%,.,,,,1, 194-1 rIl)flIIl t1t1.()ll(),()t)() trees. Low   e
1111 and lemons. Moderate llIt‘l't’ilSt‘S HPPIQ 1**2**0* 111 1`€€_9111 }'€31`S» , f
_\, um, in l,,.OS,,,.,Ct yo,. ,,0,,,.% ,,,.,,,.,,,,S_ gliovuglit, Iieezes and wind damage  
hy ,,,,,,,,S, ,.,,,,,.,.,,,S ,,,,,1 ,,,.,,,,,1S_ ,1,,,,,],. l¤l\C 1IIt‘IC2ISC(l iemloxals. Home ;
my ,,,.,),,,,,,,,0], fm. ,,,,, ]t);;I]___1,3 ,,0,.,0,1 orcliards have contribiited heavily  
U,. ,,.,,1 ,,,.,,1,,,1,],- s],,,,,· ,, $1,,,,],, ,1,,_ to the decline 1p tree numbers 111   5
.· he vast I11 tie future remov-
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In 1.,,,,, l)1·iL·(»S(luring-1h(1nextfQ\\' als will he lieavier 111 marginal { ,
C ,, years will lie tlepeiulent largely 01‘Cl1211‘llS. xOl'Cl1\\'C$I production  
,,,- upon the changes i11 supplies and 11115 1111*5011 1110 11€i1k;_ 111 UNB C€1111`€1l 1 Q
,,,',, t*t1llSllIII<‘I` llIt'Ullll‘b l.l`0lIl year to *1111@§ P1`0d11€T1011 1S €§1D00f€d to I  
,, rear. \\`ith itu II`O\'t‘lI1(‘l1l. i11 COI}- 1`<‘111f1111 8lJ011t U18 $81116; 111 ll1€ East I Q
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,,,,1 SlllIlt’l' lvuyiug power, gross sales of the U`€11(l 13 (l0\\'l1\\'€11`d. I -
all lIl‘lIllS can he expected to ill- Indications are that apple pro-  
(‘l`t‘ilSL‘. This dues IIOI, 11102111 that duction for the LIIIIIQGLI States as a I `
gi-oweis of all truits 02111 expect whole will be downward, with the    
Illtl prices to lIl('I`€‘2ISC 1‘€g2l1‘tlIOSS of ]>1‘0— amiual p1·()(l11etiOu by 19-15 Of I-  
aw ` (lllt‘II0ll. I11 fact, with the burtlen- ]40,()t)0,tlOt) bushels as eohipai-ed —  
111·· smite supply of citrus fruit that 19 with tl1e present average annuztl  
111 111 prospect for the next few years, production of 150,000,000 ltushels.  
lltltt orange and g1·apet`rui·t. growers may ,,,,,,,0 ,,,.0d,,Ct,O,, ,,, the L1,,,,€d  
1f' °XI’*i'*'l1l11`1"*`*l0*“011I111“0lO“`· States in 1939 is expected t0 be Qi
""" large · tl1a tl1e 1933 e ·o 1. I-fl
lIIt‘ Apples ` I H ` I I 111
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tl··1 The 15138 apple crop of 130.328,- _ Peaches  
11·l~ 1)(1() 1,,,,],,% is ,,,,,,-9 ,1,,,,, ,,,,O,,|,,,·,] I)llI`Illg the last. four years there  
··11e s11111lle1· than the 1937 apple crop 1111* l1§‘€*11 11 *l1€11Ql1 111<`1`<’?1$€’ 111 P1‘11€l1  
111*1 <»t’ r2ll‘t)lllltl 211,t)t)t),()t)t1 t111Sh,;]s_ Dlilllllllgi. This is especially true  
Storage holdings as of Novemlwer 111 1l1<‘_1111l101`I§11t PCMI1 l11`0d11€1}1g  
as I for 1938 are gjym, as 297(5()()_@9(1 states III the bouth. Tl1e large 111-  
lll- liusltels. This compares with 31.- (‘1`<‘?1§° 111 Imlllmlgs Colltmued 111 fi-fl
in —Ill0.(ll)O liushels for November 1, llhlh  
ttl- N37. Ill 1937 large quantities of As a result. of the sharp increase  
-al ilpples were held i11 eoiunion stor- i11 each 1la11ti11<*si11tl1ei111)orta11t  
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les \ ages ot various kinds. Tl11s year peaeh growing 1'(’gIOllS,`Ill€ average  
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  1 BULLETIN OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION  
JW LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY