. California apples situation and outlook, 1949. Apples; Apple industry. 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 Fig. 3. Yields per bearing acre: California Gravensteins and other varieties. the complexity of the marketing problem (figure 5). OUTLOOK Gravenstein production in the foresee- able future is not likely to exceed the high level attained in the last few years. Prob- ably it will level off for a few years and then decline as bearing acreage is re- duced. But if prices in the next few years fall to unprofitable levels for a large pro- portion of the acreage, as they did before World War II, tota
. California apples situation and outlook, 1949. Apples; Apple industry. 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 Fig. 3. Yields per bearing acre: California Gravensteins and other varieties. the complexity of the marketing problem (figure 5). OUTLOOK Gravenstein production in the foresee- able future is not likely to exceed the high level attained in the last few years. Prob- ably it will level off for a few years and then decline as bearing acreage is re- duced. But if prices in the next few years fall to unprofitable levels for a large pro- portion of the acreage, as they did before World War II, total production could again be influenced by cultural neglect. Other Varieties have been downward since 1928. Temporary wartime increases will not reverse long term trend. White Astrachans gaining. Production data on individual varieties other than Gravenstein in the state have not been recorded over a long enough period of time to allow an analysis of trends. But we can assume that the long term trend of their total production will tend to follow changes in bearing acreage. We expect the next 15 years to show a considerable fall in production of Yellow Newtowns and Bellflowers. Delicious va- rieties should show a relatively large increase. The long term trend in combined pro- duction of varieties other than Graven- stein has been downward since the 1928 peak. Slight increases in yields per bear- ing acre during the years of high wartime prices temporarily arrested the down- trend. Total production, however, could easily fall 20,000 tons below current levels in the next 15 years. WHITE ASTRACHANS Production of the White Astrachan in Tulare County has increased rather rap- idly in recent years due to increased plant- ings. A bearing acreage of less than 200 in 1947 was small, however, compared with other principal varieties in the state. [10]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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