&—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Sept. 11. 1976
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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
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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.
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He also noted that his crop
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however, because, although
the crop is smaller than
usual, the size is larger than
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general, however, they
agree with McPherson that
the apple crop is smaller
than usual this year. One
reason cited for this oc
currence was the cold, wet
weather in early spring
which prevented the
blossoms from pollinating
properly.
Lancaster County or
chardists reported the same
contradictions. Some have
full apple orchards, while
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others have as low as half a
crop. The Red Delicious was
a low producer in some parts
of Lancaster County, also.
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.
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