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tho operator is pble to sec the center of the fruit ps it passes 

 on r belt bet'-'een t^-'o f luoroscopcc. This permits the inspection 

 of 22,500 oranges per hour, rnd the imperfect fruits pre discarded 

 by the touch of a lever. 



To the bei"ildering array of names assigned to nc^-'ly created 

 fruits, at lepst one nursery catalog further confuses the issue by 

 listing the fairly '"ell kno^'Ti vr.riety of ppple, Lodi, under p brand 

 ne'" npme, Early G-olden. G-ro'''crs pnd rcseprch '"'orkers throughout 

 the Epst pre voicing their objections to this prpctice. 



L. L. Davis of So. Dakotp, Stpte College Crautions the grc^ers 

 of thpt stpte to fertilize heavily pnd plov under cover crops sys- 

 terapticplly in order to maintp in the humus content of the soil '"here 

 clean cultivption is prpcticed. He cplls attention to the fact thpt 

 the American Indipns '"'ere forced to leave certpin areas ^''hen the 

 orgpnic mptter of their soils, under a sub-tropicpl sun, became 

 exhpusted. 



Talking to p group of L'lichigpn ivrc'ers, W. P. Mptthe^s of 

 Ohio said, "Motorists bu.y fruit '-hen returning to the city; there- 

 fore, locate roadside stands on the right hand side of the ropds 

 leading to the city. Use floodlights to attract evening homegoing 

 buyers. " 



Wisconsin puthorities are suggesting the need for mulching 

 strawberries before the first heavy freeze in the fall. Experiments 

 have shorn that the common ailment of strarberry plants, Black Root 

 or Black Cro^n, is due to a, freezing of the roots and cro'"ns in the 

 fall v'hen the temperature drops to 12 to 20° F. Plants are appar- 

 ently much more tender in late fall than they are in mid-''"'inter. 



Oregon Ext. Bui. ^S5, by Zeller a.nd McWl:orter, points out 

 the value of "streamlining" bark vounds in a, tree. In carving out 

 the bark around an injured area., such as a. canker or frost crack, 

 the upper and lo'-er ends of the r'ound should be brought to a point. 

 Wounds left in this condition '"'ere found to heal perfectly in 3 

 yep rs. 



Realizing the difficulties involved in developing a "leader 

 type" of tree, J. L. Mecartney of Pennsylvania. State College offers 

 this suggestion, "It is important that the apple tree be so pruned 

 that the "leader" rill be on the vind'-'ard side. Variation from t'lis 

 practice in v^indy locations r'ill result in failure to develop a 

 leader tree . " 



