Cold storage report - apples and pears

Apple holdings are up slightly from year ago levels, while pears are off slightly, this USDA cold storage report says. Apples on hand on on April 30 totaled 1.698 billion pounds, up from 1.654 billion at the same time a year ago. Pears in cold storage accounted for 76.1 million pounds, down from 81.7 million pounds the same time a year ago.

                   April 30 2007        April 30 2008                       
                                                                   
CA                 4,842              3,710    
MI                87,067              38,313    
N ENG                442              2,016    
NY               102,144              219,534    
OH                 1,335              250    
OR                14,210              12,142    
PA                77,490              75,012    
VA                52,789              49,530    
WA             1,281,378              1,257,564    
WV                15,181              32,704    
                                                                       
Other States      17,715              7,818    
                                                                   
US             1,654,593              1,698,593