lates, Dr. Kehoe experimented vith a youn~ medical student. He 

 was tested over a k nontli period during which tine he lived in the 

 laboratory. Careful chemical analyses shovred that the amount of 

 lead given off vras practically the same as that consumed. An in- 

 teresting account of this experiment is found in the July issue 

 of the American Fruit G-rower. 



Thirsty Orchards 



The follovring quotation comes from the Clip Sheet of the 

 U. S. D. A., released September 20. "If a mature orchard received 

 its needed 4 in. of rainfall each month, it would be equivalent to 

 108,000 gals, of water to the acre monthly or 360O gals, daily," 

 says the Bureau of Plant Industry. On the basis of 35 trees per 

 acre, each tree should have a little more than 100 gals, of water 

 daily." In a non-irrigated section such as Massachusetts, there 

 is reason to believe that many apple trees come a long vray from 

 receiving the amount of water indicated above. Another author, 

 apparently a little more conservative, has estimated that a mature 

 30 year old apple tree requires about i+500 gals, of v;ater during 

 the season. Figured on the basis of a five month growing season, 

 this amounts to about J,0 gallons per day. And even that is a, lot 

 of water. 



G-iving Apples a Sun Bath 



As we visit orchards at harvest time we are a little bit 

 disturbed by the practice of so many grovrers who allow apples to 

 stand in the orchard exposed to the sun for 2 or 3 3.ayc! or more. 

 That this treatment improves the color of the apples on the top 

 of the box cannot be disputed. And if only drop apples intended 

 for immediate consumption were treated that way, there might be 

 little objection. But if the apples are to be stored for any 

 length of time after they are removed from the orchard, the quicker 

 they can be moved into storage, the better. A day of exposure to 

 the vrarm September sun may easily affect the storage life of the 

 apple by as much as two vrccks. Furthermore, an apple exposed to 

 the sun after picking takes on an abnormal appearance, or as some- 

 one has expressed it, "a half baked appearrncc" which any good 

 judge of apples should detect at once. Cool, clear, sunny days 

 in fall will work wonders In developing an attractive color in 

 apples on the tree. Man's efforts to do the same thing after the 

 apples are picked e^re genornlly less successful. 



One or Tv/o Sprays a Waste of Time 



Many samples of mag jot infested fruit have reached the 

 State College this fall a.long with a question something like this, 

 "Please tell me what is wrong vrith these apples. V/e had the trees 

 sprayed, but most of the apples are like the sample." In a fev/ 

 cases we have aslced the sender for further information about his 

 spray program only to find that the fruit received one or two 

 sprays, including a spray at the calyx period. In the good old 

 days it is claimed that "perfect" fruit could bo obtained by spray- 

 ing once or twice, but times apparently h:'ve changed. Without at- 

 tempting to explain v/hy we have such a horde of ambitious pests 

 during June and July, wre submit this simple notion. It doesn't 



