Decrease in Barrel Apple Crop for 1921
The article notes a sharp drop in barreled apples across the United States due to spring frosts from the Rockies to the Atlantic coast. While Northwest box apples show a strong crop, the overall commercial yield is well below normal, with New York and southern states hardest hit. Total barrel production expected around 203,000,000? barrels versus last year’s higher figure, and the national harvest forecast also down from 127,? million barrels.