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San Jose, Cal. 



March 



years of very poor scab control. A 

 complete report of this investigation 

 •will be published in the near future. 



behavior of this apple disease in the 

 West a careful study of the ascospore 

 activity (the source of primary spring 

 infection) was carried on by the writer 

 in 191C. The investigation definitely 

 proves that an application is very 

 essential in this locality before the 

 "pink application" in order to keep the 

 disease in check. 



The observations were carried on in 

 the field under normal orchard condi- 

 tions. Ordinary microscope slides, 

 upon which a little glycerine jelly was 

 applied, were placed over leaves bear- 

 ing scab infections. The slides were 

 examined daily for a period of more 

 than three and one-half months. It 

 was found that the spore discharge 

 from the fallen leaves began much 

 earlier and extended over a much 



The Southern Pacific Company is 

 sending out an announcement made by 

 the president, William Sproule, who 

 has just returned from New York, that 

 plans have been made for the Southern 

 Pacific Company to build all its wooden 

 freight cars, such as box cars and flat 

 cars, at their own shops, and that they 

 will be made from lumber produced 

 along the lines of the Southern Pacific. 

 The policy is to favor the lumber in- 

 dustry of the Pacific Coast. They fur- 

 ther state in the near future, as soon 

 as possible, they will build 2,000 box 

 cars, 450 stock cars, 500 flat cars, which, 

 added to 2,700 new refrigerator cars 

 just ordered by the Pacific Fruit Ex- 

 press Company, of which 1,000 will be 

 built in California, will give the South- 

 ern Pacific Company 5,650 new freight 

 cars during the coming season. This 

 should be very interesting information 

 for the fruitgrowers and farmers, par- 

 ticularly after the recent car shortage 

 of the past season. 



longer period than has been previously 

 reported. The first spores were ob- 

 served to be discharged on March 20. 

 At this time fruit buds in early varie- 

 ties of apples were just beginning to 

 burst; in later varieties no green tis- 

 sue was present. The last ascospores 

 obtained was on June 27, or more than 

 three months later than the initial dis- 

 charge. The records that have been 

 obtained show the corrclption existing 

 between discharge and the weather 

 conditions occurring during this period. 

 This ascospore activity has a very 

 direct bearing upon the control of 

 apple scab and it seems quite possible 

 that in other sections, during some sea- 

 sons at least, ascospores are discharged 

 at a much earlier date than supposed, 

 and which has resulted in occasional 



The Ninth National Apple Show held 

 in Spokane, November 20th to 25th, 

 featured more prominently than ever 

 before the Growers' Conference, in 

 which many of the vital problems of 

 interest to the fruitgrowers were dis- 

 cussed thoroughly and instructively. 

 Many of the addresses, with discussions 

 following, contained very valuable in- 

 formation. Practically all of the papers 

 with the discussions will be given in 

 future editions of "Better Fruit," as 

 space will permit. These will appear 

 in "Better Fruit" at opportune times in 

 advance of the season when the differ- 

 ent subjects will command the grow- 

 ers' attention. 



F. E. Myers & Bros., Ashland, Ohio, 

 one of the large manufacturers of spray 

 outfits, are showing their interest in 

 their employes by recently taking out 

 insurance policies covering all their 

 employes. 



By-Products Plant Wanted 



Editor Heller Fruit: 



The people of Lewiston Orchards are de- 

 sirous of flnding some way to prevent the 

 immense waste of cull fruit that has thus far 

 prevailed in this district, and hereby appeal to 

 you, as the publisher of the leading fruit jour- 

 nal in the Northwest, to aid them in giving 

 publicity to their needs in the matter. 



This is a district having over 5,000 acres of 

 planted apple orchards, more than one-half of 

 ^vhich are already in bearing, the oldest being 

 now in their eleventh year of growtlj. The cull 

 apples from the present year's crop are esti- 

 mated at 2.500 tons. Last year, with about the 

 same amount of cull fruit, the greater part 

 went to waste from lack of by-products facili- 

 ties. Some portion was shipped to outside 

 points, but this necessitated a haul of from 

 four to eight miles to the cars, which are 

 reached by a paved highway leading from 

 Lewiston through the district. 



The situation seems favorable for the imme- 

 diate establishment here of a vinegar factory, 

 an evaporating plant and a eider manufactory. 

 It is believed that the growers would largely 

 join in any movement that appeared to be 

 upon a souiid basis, and which afforded them 

 a controlling interest. They would be pleased 

 to receive propositions from parties who are 

 prepared to organize and operate such plants 

 i)f the right kind. Any further information 

 wanted as to the situation will he given upon 

 request. Your truly, H. H. S. Rowell for 

 Lewiston Orchards Assembly, Lewiston, Idaho. 



