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BETTER FRUIT 



April 



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when the cost is 

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The only soUd-coxe-spmy 

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ISKNOWN BY ITS FRUIT 



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portant that this should be done eco- 

 nomically, therefore spray should not 

 be wasted or used stronger than neces- 

 sary to control the trouble. In many 

 instances two sprays can be combined, 

 thereby saving much extra cost in the 

 way of labor. The combination of 

 sprays has been shown in previous 

 editions of "Better Fruit" and will not 

 be repeated in this issue. If the grower 

 is uncertain about any combination of 

 spray materials, it seems wise to sug- 

 gest he consult someone who is posted 

 or write the Experiment Station in his 

 particular state. 



Does Spray Poison the Bees? — Many 



articles have appeared in various pub- 

 lications generally stating that bees 

 were poisoned by sprays. Therefore 

 attention is called to an article in this 

 issue called "Bees Are Not Poisoned 

 by Sprays," with the suggestion that 

 fruitgrowers look into the matter dur- 

 ing the coming season and determine 

 for themselves in a definite way 

 whether their bees are poisoned by 

 spray or not. 



Advertising the Apple. — In this issue 

 is a very interesting article written by 

 Mr. Atwood of the McCann Advertising 

 Agency, a very able man, in reference 

 to advertising the apple, which should 

 be read by every apple producer. 



Time for Grafting Trees 

 The question is often asked, "How 

 late can you graft trees?" This ques- 

 tion probably can be answered easily 

 in this way: You can certainly graft 

 apple and pear trees up to the time 

 their leaves are as big as squirrel's 

 ears, and I have heard of cases where 

 grafting has been done after the leaves 

 were of full size. However, there is 

 one thing that must be remembered and 

 that is that, to do successful grafting, 

 the scions should be absolutely dormant. 

 The buds should not have broken. After 

 the scions have started to grow it is 

 very hard to make successful unions. 

 WTiere a large amount of grafting is to 

 be done it is better practice to cut the 

 scions in the middle of the winter, and 

 stratify them in sand, putting in a layer 

 of sand, then a layer of scions, and so 



on. Keep the sand moist, but not wet, 

 nor too dry. If it is kept too wet the 

 buds will drop out and mold, and if it 

 is too dry they will shrivel up. With 

 cold storage facilities it is very easy to 

 keep scions and buds for grafting in 

 storage for a long time. In the case of 

 June budding we can keep the scions 

 on ice until June, so as to hold the buds 

 dormant. 



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