HC Deb 16 October 1973 vol 861 c92W
Miss Quennell

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the present harvest of hard-top fruits compares with previous years.

Mr. Godber

Provisional estimates of this season's gross production of the major orchard fruit crops in England and Wales are shown below, together with figures for earlier years.

ENGLAND AND WALES
('000 tons)
1968–72 1972 1973
5-year average Provisional Forecast
Apples—dessert 255.0 197.5 277.0
Apples—cooking 137.8 135.6 149.0
Pears 62.7 48.9 40.0
Plums 55.0 43.7 50.0
Cherries 9.7 12.4 8.0