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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    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): February 17, 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
          (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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      Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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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 February 17, 2006, The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company") issued
a press release announcing the financial results for the third quarter and nine
months ended January 31, 2006, of its 2006 fiscal year. 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 Item 2.02, 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 February 17, 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:  February 17, 2006



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

          Exhibit   Exhibit
          Number    Description
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          99.1      Press Release, dated February 17, 2006