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Show Government Will Purchase Apples ' The U. S. Department of Agriculture Agri-culture announced today that it intends to purchase fresh apples in important commercial areas for distribution of school lunch programs. pro-grams. Purchases under this program will be confined, essentially to fresh apples of recognized leading commercial varieties, of preferred grades, of two and noe-half inches I or larger sizes and meeting the condition requirements of the U. S. Standards of Export. The rate of purchase of fresh apples will be determined by marketing mar-keting conditions as the season progresses and will be consistent with an orderly movement to eligible elig-ible outlets: |