- Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
has announced the ap
pointment of three Penn
sylvania apple growers to
the Pennsylvania Apple
Marketing Program Ad
visory Board.
The new appomtees are
Larry Wright of Schellsburg,
Bedford County, elected
Secretary; Robert Andrews
of St. Thomas, Franklin
County; and John R. Pitzer
of Aspers, Adams County.
All will serve three-year
terms, concluding June 30,
1983.
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Three growers named to state apple board
The rune-member Ad- behalf of the apple industry, continue to take an active ..p on n C „, ranl!l nn}rc content with this status,
visory Board administers The program provides for role in working for the future in iT They realize that continued
the Pennsylvania Apple an assessment to producers 0 f Pennsylvania’s $46.5 *!;“ promotion and advertising is
Marketing Program, which with 500 or more apple trees million a year apple m- essential to maintaining
was recently approved for a of five cents per bushel for dustry.” sa !r’ DU J” our Pennsylvania’s share of the
five-year period beginning fresh market and two cents producers nave not been national apple market.”
July 1, 1980 in a vote by per hundredweight on apples mi n
Pennsylvania apple for processing. Income from I f||*pp OTI p o
growers. the assessments supports dM.
The Apple Marketing the Apple Marketing Board’s
Board uses mass media, programs,
point of purchase materials, Hallowell said, “I am
leaflets, recipe books and pleased that Larry Wright,
teaching kits to promote Robert Andrews and John
apple use. A full-time Pitzer have accepted these
marketing representative appointments to the Apple
works with produce buyers, Marketing Board. It is
wholesale produce firms and important to the industry
other organizations on that men such as these
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HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania Agncultugp
Secretary Penrose Hallewell
has announced the ap
pointment of three potato
growers to the Pennsylvania
Potato Research Board.
The new appointees are
Earl Miller, Rl, Sugar Loaf,
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Luzerne County, chairman;
William Ringler, Rl, Berlin,
Somerset County; and
George W. Tollman, Rl,
Tower City, Schuylkill
County.
All will serve three-year
terms, concluding on June
30,1983.
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The nine-member board
administers the Potato
Research Program, which
was created by a referen
dum involving potato
growers with 25 or more
acres, in 1976. The program
provides for an assessment
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