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Scope and Content Note

These files contain marketing orders, petitions, hearing notices and transcripts, memoranda regarding referendum results, lists of growers for a specific product, and original ballots. A marketing order is issued to regulate the sale of a commodity, to encourage balance between supply and demand and prevent price extremes detrimental to producers and consumers alike. The records document procedures for issuing marketing orders and the process of hearings, voting, and amendment of orders as prescribed by law.

13565-98: This accretion contains marketing order files for apples (1972-1973) and sour cherries (1968-1973).