&—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Sept. 11. 1976 1 Peaches over, By JOANNE SPAHR LANCASTER peach harvest is almost over, if not totally com pleted, in Lancaster Far ming’s coverage area, and the general concensus is that the present apple crop is good in quantity and quality with “spotty” variations in the different varieties over the area. Peaches Most of the peach or chardists completed this year’s harvest last week with the crop nearly two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Overall, the report is that the fruit was of “excellent” quality and anywhere from slightly below to slightly above average in yield. One fruit farm near Quarryville reported a larger than average amount Johnston named to committee WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz named Mrs. Rita Zimmer Johnston of Bethesda, Md., as a “grassroots consumer” member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Regulatory Programs. The two-year committee was established in early March to evaluate selected regulations affecting agriculture and the food industry. In late March Secretary Butz appointed the committee’s original members, selecting them from a variety of backgrounds. The eight member panel met formally for the first time in June. The appointment of Mrs. Johnston, who has been closely associated with consumer concerns, is the Department’s response to public requests for a strengthened consumer representation on the committee. Mrs. Johnston is a member of the National Panel of Consumer Ar bitrators and a past chair person of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Ad visory Committee on Con sumer Affairs. In 1946 she became a registered professional nurse at the Nazareth College School of Nursing, Rochester, N.Y. She received her B.S. degree from Nazareth College in 1949, and did post-graduate work at the Roswell Park Memorial Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y., and at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., in 1950. In 1974 Nazareth College made Mrs. Johnston an honorary doctor of humane letters. Mrs. Johnston has also been active in the following organizations: the Inter- American Commission of Women (of the Organization TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! of late peaches from previous years. The late rains of the season were credited with producing this occurrence. The Statewide, the crop averaged a few less than last year, and on the whole, prices hovered near last year’s mark with a few growers asking slightly higher prices. At present, cold storage peaches are still being harvested, but by the beginning of this week, all varieties of the fruit should be cleaned up. Apples Apples are spotty around southeastern Pennsylvania. Paul McPherson of Maple Lawn Farms, York County, reports that bis Delicious crop is shorter than usual, but that die Stayman Winesaps are in good quantity. of American States); the National Commission of the Observance of International Women’s Year (Department of State); the Women’s Institute of the American University; and the U.S. Committee of Cooperation with the Inter-American Commission of Women. Master Mix starter feeds are designed to provide the correct levels ot medication from the first day your truck unloads High pafata billty and carefully-balanced nutritional content help assure fast, trouble-free recovery from shipping stress. 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In general, the apple prices for this year will be slight bit higher than last year’s prices. Pears, as well as peaches, are over for the season. They were of good quality and quantity and ranged close to last year’s produce. +4IBF +s47 +SIBF +slol +37BF +s7l +37BF +s7o +4IBF +sB4 +43BF +s94 +3BBF +sB2 +I9BF +s4l +24BF +ss2 +sBs +3BBF +2OBF +s44 +2IBF +s4B +2SBF +ss7 +I2BF +S26 215-588-4704 215-267-3423 717-656-6509 DBS Pears *■9% (14)
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