200606 Peach

Project 134 QiD200606 (by FO)			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires11/30/07
	Peach Inquiry 2006				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				New England Field Office P.O. Box 1444 Concord, NH 03302-1444 Phone: 1-800-642-9571 Fax: 1-800-754-7607 Email: [email protected]

June 16, 2006

Dear Producer:

The information requested in this survey is needed to forecast production of the 2006 peach crop. Response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible, even if you do not expect any production this year. Your individual report is confidential and used only for statistical purposes.

If necessary, interviewers will begin calling for information around June 26^th. Please help us save the cost of an interview by promptly returning this questionnaire in the enclosed envelope.

Sincerely,

Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

Gary R. Keough

Director

Report for the Orchard(s) You now Operate or Manage
		2006 Bushels
1.	What is the quantity of peaches you expect to harvest this year (2006) from the orchards you operate?	0604
		2005 Bushels
2.	What was the quantity of peaches you harvested from the same orchards last year (2005)?	0611
	If available from our records, 2005 harvested peach production is recorded here
		Date
3.	What is the average date of full bloom?
		0203
4.	The results of this peach survey will be available in the Crop Production report on the Internet on July 12, 2006 at http://www.usda.gov/nass/. If you would still like to receive a paper copy of the results of this survey as part of the Ag Review mailed the end of July, please make a check (√) in the box
		0099
5.	Please comment about the condition and prospects for peaches in your locality for this year:

Thank You for Reporting.

Reported by:

Phone:

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Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use
1- Comp 2- R 3- Inac 4- Office Hold 5- R Est 6- Inac Est 7- Off Hold Est 8- Known Zero	9901	1- Op/Mgr 2- Sp 3- Acct/Bkpr 4- Partner 9- Other	9902	1- Mail 2- Tel 3- Face to Face 4- CATI 5- Web 6- e-mail 7- Fax 8- CAPI 19- Other	9903	0098	0100	0789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
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								005

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