Excerpts: The influence of the war since its beginning and its possible outcome and aftermath dominate the outlook for fruits and vegetables as for other major groups of agricultural products. Its economic effects include not only those that directly influence foreign demand for farm products but also those that will result from our own defense program. We can, perhaps, best evaluate the influence of the war on the outlook for fruits and vegetables, first, by reviewing the impacts of the war since it began as related to agriculture as a whole; second, by considering some phases of the outlook under certain assumed alternative possibilities as to the outcome of the war; and, third, by examining the possible effects of our defense program on domestic demand for fruits and vegetables.
