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Show HIGHLIGHTS .. . in the week's newt I ' CANNED FRUIT PRICES: Government Gov-ernment support prices on canned peaches, pears, apricots, fruit cocktail cock-tail and fruit mix packed in 1944 will be set at 86.4 per cent of the area average ceiling prices for the industry, in-dustry, or 86.4 per cent of the can-ners' can-ners' gross civilian ceiling prices, whichever is lower, according to an announcement of the War Food administration. APPLES: An average crop of ap- 1 pies is predicted for the year by members of the International Apple : association. About 123 million bush- j els will be harvested, according to the association. Of these, 10 million bushels will go to the armed forces, and 36 million will be sent out as lend-lease food. Maximum prices have been set for the 1944 crop. |