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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): JUNE 20, 2006

                            THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

              Ohio                        1-5111               34-0538550
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commission           (IRS Employer
        of Incorporation)              File Number)       Identification No.)

                One Strawberry Lane
                   Orrville, Ohio                              44667-0280
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       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (330) 682-3000

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

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     Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

         On June 20, 2006, The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company") issued a
press release announcing the financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal
year ended April 30, 2006. A copy of the press release is attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

         The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached
hereto, is furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (d)     Exhibits

     Exhibit      Exhibit
     Number       Description
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      99.1        Press Release, dated June 20, 2006



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                   THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

                                                   By:  /s/ Mark R. Belgya
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                                                        Mark R. Belgya
                                                        Vice President,
                                                        Chief Financial Officer,
                                                        and Treasurer

Date:  June 20, 2006



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

  Exhibit       Exhibit
  Number        Description
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   99.1         Press Release, dated June 20, 2006