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6.0 nuch good to control ccf-b .",nd other pcctc vrhich '"for]: during the 

 month of Iln.y if t.'c rrc going to allo'7 the fruit to be ruined ony- 

 vir.y during the Gunner by cu^rculio rnd rpplc nr.ggot* In other v^ordc, 

 p. one or tivo r.prry progrrn ccenn to oo r. rrr.ctc of tine P.nd money. 

 Unices ^"^e hrvc the cquipncnt r.nd the pcrslntcncc to apply rt Icr.st 

 four ncll timed ciprrys it in doubtful if the effort is rrorthy to 

 be called r cpray progrpn. The regrettable thing re no gcc it, 

 is that so many anatcur fruit grovrorc arc inveigled into paying 

 sonoonc to go through the motions of applying a sprpy or tvo n'ith 

 so little chrnce of worthv;hilc results. The fcllovr v;ho brings his 

 sprayer around ^rhcn he gets ror.Ccj, squirts the tree nith a little 

 of this or that and kindles in the nind of the onnor a hope th^t 

 some of his fruit vrill be clean, ought to be mrd.o to cat the entire 

 insect riddled crop. 



St my Thoughts 



Recent experincnts shcv thrt loaf activity pftor hrrvest 

 tine is of vital importance in the next year's crop. Trees vrhich 

 lose their leaves early, or trees v/hoso lorvcs rrc b.-dly injured 

 by lorf hopper or red mite rre under a distinct hrndlcrp. 



It is a srfe guess thrt the rpple tree bcn.ring a Irrgc crop 

 of Inrge sized apples this serson did not suffer seriously from 

 lack of Mrtcv. Small size of fruit, brovrning of Icpvcs, and in the 

 crse of Baldrins, either a hc-^vy crrly drop or considerable bitter 

 pit, rrc almost unraistrkablc signs of a drought at a critical 

 serson. 



Several gro'-^ers hrvc expressed the viev; that a reduced cost 

 of hprve sting and gr.^dlng is one of the biggest compensations from 

 grovring r clcpn crop. It is a simple matter to grrdc rnd pack a 

 crop '"'hich runs 90 or 95/^^ free from prcvcntrblc blemishes. 



Far sighted grovjcrs rrc on the lookout for mulching mrtcr- 

 ial r/hcrevcr it may be found. Hay continues to be the most popular 

 material although strrw is often used to rdvantpgc and one grovrcr 

 is even using crrnberry vines. 



With literally hundred of apple gro'-'crs in Massachusetts 

 trying out promising ner opplc varieties, a plate c:diibit of Ken- 

 dall, Macoun rnd other newcomers from, around the state nay r'cll be 

 planned for the rnnupl meeting of fruit growers in V/orcester. 



Imagine picking 276 bushels of apples in a dpy .' That is 

 the record of a young nan in Maryland. He explains his feat by 

 saying thrt he "made every move count." 



In ccrtrin competing sections, gro'vors irrigate and firrht 

 frost every y-,rr. This, of course, adds to the cost of production 

 but it nlso insures a larger crop. In handicapped locations, Ne\v 

 England gro^-'crs rrc beginning to consider both of these operptions 

 in an attempt to insure large pnnual yields. 



