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BETTER FRUIT 



Apple Exporters 



Headquarters in United States 



60 State Street 



Boston, Massachusetts 



The Largest Handlers of American Apples 

 in English Markets 



You can send your apples direct from the 

 United States into the industrial centers 

 of England. The same organization (J. 

 & H. Goodwin, Ltd., throughout) which 

 ships your fruit from the U. S. A., sells 

 and distributes in London, Liverpool, 

 Manchester and Hull, and on the Euro- 

 pean Continent. 



This means quick handling, considerable 

 economies and the fruit being sold in the 

 freshest possible condition, which means 

 greater returns. 



For Further Particulars Write or Wire Us at Boston 

 or 97 Warren Street, New York City 



September, ipip 



i I ligation, especially heavy late irriga- 

 tion, will increase (he disease (in small 

 apples the same as on large ones. That 

 is, the disease is not ijrimaiily due to 

 size and overgrowlli, but to some 

 conditions wliicli produce overgrowth, 

 whether heavy irrigation, heavy nitro- 

 genous fertilization, or some other 

 condition. 



This disease may begin to appear be- 

 fore picking time, but the great propor- 

 tion of apples are alfecteil after they 

 are picked and packed. However, it is 

 safe to say that most of the apples 

 which will develop the disease do so 

 within a month or six weeks after pick- 

 ing. Therefore, if loss from this disease 

 is to be avoided after storage, it is nec- 

 essary to modify the culture of suscep- 

 tible varieties. Under irrigation this is 

 possible and feasible by reducing the 

 soil moisture late in the growing season. 

 But to do this one must know the nature 

 of his soil — how well it retains mois- 

 ture or how rapidly it dries out, so that 

 he can regulate his irrigation accord- 

 ingly. The question may well be asked 

 as to what effect this will have both on 

 the size of the individual apples and of 

 the total crop produced, since both 

 factors are concerned in the net returns. 

 The results of some of our experiments 

 at Wenatchee in 1918 may be cited in 

 answer. 



RESULTS OF IRRIGATION EXPERIMENTS ON 



TWO PI-OTS OF FOUR TREES EACH, 



WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. 



Heavy Light 



Irrigation Irrigation 



T.il;il apples 1094 1426 



I'er cent VJ.'is and larger: 



Of total apples 82% 45% 



Bitter pit 54% 2% 



Per rent smaller than 125s: 



Of total apples 18% 55% 



Hitter pit 19% 0.6% 



Total % bitter pit for plot. . . 48% 1% 



These results are approximately the 

 same as have been obtained in similar 

 work for several yeais past, and they 

 have been so consistent that there is no 

 escape from the conclusion that heavy 

 irrigation causes a large amount of 

 bitter pit to appear in storage, whereas 

 light irrigation, especially late in the 

 season, results in a minimum amount of 

 the disease. It is for the grower to 

 decide whether he ])refers the 82% 

 large sized apples produced by heavy 

 irrigation, together with .'i-1% of the 

 same apples rendered unmarketable on 



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