_ *2 . by thinning so that, assuming gopd NATIONAL PEACII COUNCIL lll
cultural care, the major part o` tic ct
production will be in the more ac- MEETING T
<·ei>¤¤1>l<> SlZe$‘T_·e—» eerralhly _ah‘}Ve On February 21-22 the National il
2 Ol' even 2*45 1¤€h0$Z (2) l>l<`kml-{ _l’t·at·li Council held its sccoiirl annual n
, should not bc started bcfore_thtv l.lmlCl.lsm.C lll SL llmlls Nlm.l(.(.ll ll
haesr advaheed i>¤=·<‘h¤S are hrlh‘ peach-producing states were rc-pre- ll
r]Pe‘—l·e·— “'heh_ the haekgrihlhd sented by one or more- mt-n. '1`hesc t si
~ eeler Or Elherta TS asshlhlhg a (ha` states were Arkansas, (`oloi·at1t»_ "
` hhet Yehewrsh east? ahd (31 Taklhg California, North Carolina, South
greater advahtage er adequate tem' Carolina Illinois Indiana Ken-
perature control in shipment or in lucky, Mtlyylnndv ltlichigaii, Mis-
Sterage _ souri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio. r
These are the three hasre ap' Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia ll
r>r<>¤¢h<=S to l¤¤¤d1i¤e rhs peach vw West ` viisinia, and vvtistiinsteiif , r
because small peaches are r·¤<1¤¤¢_<1 These states iepiesent tippiesiintne. . ¤_
te a hhhTmhrh» greater advehtage TS ly 86 percent of the average national “ T
taken Or the rrpehrhg Swell Or the peach crop or 50 million bushel< r
reach ahd thus the Thereaaed vi¤1d» out of the aiverage total of 58 million r
and finally, public acceptance is lmsllcls 1
more active with firm-ripe, tree- Tl Q lvl _` _ l·k_l l_ _l l. _ t
fipa OT wen S¤ft·¤¤<=· Pssche the ‘{ie$°‘2i§§§“;§et"§iseiitseii"ittsfii- Q
‘_" features of thc peach industry. The
LITTLE TEACHES EXr’EN· Elfs§3?e£}iig§?$piEiii1"°€t£?e"'F$$}` 2
SIVE aidered gave evidence that the Q
Thinning time will soon be upon gmup 1% Yselly h_eu°h“] Trl nature
Us We Wm have to at it dm 2?dp‘5sEi§"}§i2E f$$ei“‘§e`?i2i}nl‘§I—Eriili i ~
s m w . If h e ch s ‘ ~
seeeidineyie pi$eEi,pti$’eie $$5i psfta <><>¤¤l$y Ow`- It was lj·g¤`¤¤d M ‘
i.gI.sps_shOtn_ Cmp unless lt ls poac clonsumption se country.
thinned. Some work was done at s>~s¤¤¤L1dh12€h1¤¤I¤€·S9 ghermehsh -
. South Carolina Experiment Station lf rlperr 1% :qu_eht.§ lrrht “elr" F
_ in Food Industries with the idea m°“’ g€““¤‘> *31 ablf T0 ‘}“  .
that there may be a great increase eehsumerj liccsgit fists ? mlfe fhfh  ,
in canning of Eastern freestone rultellleri lie}? la C T‘¥l’°T that al S
peaches after the war. Some of the ‘l_ hg wh PULL lh pre elemr    °
findings may be of interest to grow- ramen p?°i°h°i‘ Tw spqllagc _“  4
srs sslllng peaches for home Cam also less in tie 1ipe_r`lgruitsvlb_ciaust y
ning. It was found that it required they mfhed Oht Ll“‘° cls “ The th" .
more tlms to prspsss less ssmslng greener fruit was not ta cn, and re-
stock as the size of the peaches be- m°‘m°d_ m Shrh CL _ ‘
came 5mg]]9r_ That vvgs ngthlng .Tl1C lI'l1pOl‘tHYlCG of _h€lVlflg 111011*  .
new, but the figures are interesting. ll1gl1·€l\¤¤l1I>l,D0¤€h \l3F1§2€$t Sfélilllll
For exam le, it re uired 150 man- 1650 VHF10 105 COU HVH1 8 0
hours to plack 100 gases (24 No. 2% tc $li>Y€3d the P€¤?h $085011 0V€i` il _
cans each) of 2-inch peaches, but greater period of time, wasstrcsscd.  .
only 81 hours to pack a like amount Progress 1¤ _d€Y010Dm§ €¤Fl1€¥`i high-  :_
of 2*/2-inch peaches. Also, 2-inch quality varieties by several states ~_
peaches produced only 32.6 cases and UW U· S- D€P€1Yim€¤t cf Agl`1·  
per ton while ZLQ-inch pggchgg pro- culture was rcportcd, and the nn-  .
duced 435 cascs pgp mn On thc pression was thatlfurther great im-  
basis cf 1942 wages and pyicggy it provemcnt in varieties could be ex—_  l
cost $1.77 to put up a case of 2-inch l>€€i€d 50011 Tim 1YDP0Fl€¤¤€€ UT  
peaches and $1.37 ree 2%-inch high standards in grading and pack-  
peaches. It was stated that use of {Hg f1`_U1_t WHS SU`<§SS€d HS H ¤0€€$$1lY "
small fruits for canning is justified H1 gaming, k€0D1¤E€» and Cxwndlllii
only when price is low enough to COHSUUWCY Ccniidence.
off-set increased labor costs and ,
smaller output of canned goods. Cmp 0“tl°°k for 1945 _
Usually the larger, better-grown All states reported a medium to
fruits have been much better qual- heavy bud set with no winter injury ~
ity. Maybe these figures show why to date, and prospects for a very t
the housewife prefers larger peaches heavy peach crop in 1945 if favor-
for canning.—Mary1z1nd Fruit Grow- able weather prevails. All states
_ crs’ News Letter. also reported commercial plantings
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