D2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1984
Pa. reports
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania’s 1983 grape production at
62,500 tons was a record high and
was up 33 percent from 1982, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service.
The previous state record was set
in 1981 at 61,000 tons. The value of
utilized production totaled $10.6
million, up almost one percent
from 1982.
Tart cherry production totaled
8.5 million pounds in 1983, up 55
percent from the 1982 crop.
Utilized production was valued at
$4 million compared with $l.l
million the previous year.
Production of sweet cherries in
Pennsylvania during 1983 was
800,000 pounds, up 33 percent from
1982. The value of utilized
production was $l.l million, up 38
percent from the previous year.
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Commercial apple production in
the state totaled 440 million
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previous year’s crop. The value of
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There was a 41 percent decrease in
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in 1983, a 15 percent increase from
the 1982 total. Tart cherry
production totaled 155 million
pounds in 1983, half the 1982 crop.
Production of grapes during 1983
was 5.28 million tons, down 19
percent from the record high
production set in 1982, but 18
percent higher than 1981. Peach
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