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Cider apples in Middleboro have advanced to ten cents a bushel, while down in Nova Scotia the same grade of fruit is rotting beause it is so plentiful. The apple shortages of recent years are a strong argument for a reduced duty on the Canadian article.
1901, in fact, marked a low point in annual production with only 23,075,000 barrels produced, down from the peak year of 1896 when over 69 million barrels of the fruit were harvested nationally.
Illustration:
"Apples!", photograph by Rebekah Dickman, October 14, 2007, reprinted under a Creative Commons license.
Source:
Old Colony Memorial, "News Notes", October 5, 1901, page 3.
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