date:Dec 10, 2013
About 106 million bushels of U.S.-grown fresh market apples had yet to be shipped on Dec. 1, 3% more than last year at the same time.
The December holdings total also was 8% above the five-year average, according to the December Market News report from the Vienna, Va.-based U.S. Apple Association.
Washington accounted for about 87 million bushels of the Dec. 1 total, according to the report. About 7.5 million bushels in Michigan, 6.1 million bushels in New York and 1.5 million bushels in Penns