. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. terms of condition. Terminal mar- ket samples were also examined. There were some lots of cran- berries that were at least a month old, due to Secretary Flemming's unjustified press release of Nov- ember 9, and in spite of these "old inventories" the condition of our fruit was much 'better than ex- pected. The range of unusuable fruit in Cincinati stores was 3-327^, with an average of 13% unusable for all samples collected. In Detroit stores, the range of un- usable fruit was 8 - 18%, and again the average for all samples
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. terms of condition. Terminal mar- ket samples were also examined. There were some lots of cran- berries that were at least a month old, due to Secretary Flemming's unjustified press release of Nov- ember 9, and in spite of these "old inventories" the condition of our fruit was much 'better than ex- pected. The range of unusuable fruit in Cincinati stores was 3-327^, with an average of 13% unusable for all samples collected. In Detroit stores, the range of un- usable fruit was 8 - 18%, and again the average for all samples was 13% unusable. Approximately 50% of all fresh fruit at the retail level had the nerw approved labels indicating that they had been inspected, while 9€j% of fresh cranberries at the terminal markets had the approved labels. Movement of our products at Thanksgiving was down nearly 70% throughout the country, and Cincinnati and Detroit were no exception. A fair segment of the trade was anticipating some re- covery of our markets during the Christmas and New Year holiadys. It was interesteing to learn that substitutes for cranberries on the Thanksgiving menu, such as apple s&uce and cherry sauce, did not move in as large a volume as the trade had expected. There was the definite feeling that a tradi- tional holiday item such as cran- berries would be hard to replace and that substitute food items would have a difficult time forcing cranberries off the holiday menus. Institute Objectives As most growers know, the Cranberry Institute has been se- lected as the official organization to represent all growers during this crisis. Orrin Colley as pres- ident, and Marcus M. Urann as secretary-treasurer, have been most active and should be com- mended for their vigorous leader- ship and endeavors on behalf of all growers. Dr. Cross and the writer have been invited to attend some of the planning sessions and have witnessed the sincere and honest effort of these men, plus other memb
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