experiments as p whole wore discouraging. Workers elsewhere have 

 experienced similar failure of these substances to aid root Ini- 

 tiation and growth In those economically Important deciduous types 

 that have always resisted propagation by cuttings. Hence, for 

 the present at least, trees such as apple and pear will continue 

 to be propagated in the nurseries by the usual methods of buddlr ^ 

 and root-grafting. Of course it is possible tha.t further develop- 

 ments may demonstrate the feasibility of propagation by cuttings 

 of apples, pears and others but Just now we can say that root- 

 hormones are not of practical value here. 



Lawrence Southwlck 



Borax and Internal Cork 



Last spring several tests of Borax as a, preventative of 

 Internal cork were made in orchard in various parts of the state, 

 also several trees were ti'eated at the College. Trees that suf- 

 fered from the disease in 193^ '"ere used, leaving some trees 

 untreated. Borax vt^b applied in the spray, on the surface of 

 the ground, and inserted to a depth of a foot or more in crowbar 

 holes and dissolved in water by means of a specially constructed 

 Injector. One gro"'er reported applying borax at the rate of 100 

 lbs. per acre. No injury to the trees has appeared in any case 

 and no Internal cork has shown up In either treated or untreated 

 trees. Probably the abundant rainfall is the reason. When the 

 next dry summer comt?s along we may expect to see the disease 

 again. We await that season to learn more of the effectiveness 



of Borax. t v a-u 



J . K , Shaw 



Storage Suggestions f r om Ne''' Hampshir e 



Tech. Bui. #b7 from the Ne^" Hampshire Experiment Station 

 gives much Information about the storage of apoles. Prompt stor- 

 age of Mcintosh at 32° is desirable if the longest possible stor- 

 age life is the objective. At lo'"er temperature brown core is 

 apt to apnear. Delayed storage may give higher quality at the 

 expense of storage life. Baldwin shows less wast ".go : when store-" 

 at 30°. Cortland should be picked when the ground color begins 

 to take on a slight yellow tinge. If picked too early they show 

 scald, if too late internal breakdo'-Ti may appear. Maggot larvae 

 are killed by one month storage at 30° "to 32°. Many of tjie ob- 

 servations are in harmony with experience at this Station. The 

 bulletin contains much information valuable to our growers. 



J . K . Shaw 

 A New Idea in Fr uit Stor age 



The gas storage of fruits is being slowly perfected. 

 Davis and Blair, '^'orking in Onta.rio, have concluded that Mcintosh 

 developed bro^^m core or "core-flush" more readily when stored at 

 32° than when kept at 36° or k-O'^ . At the higher temperature, 

 however, the storage life of the fruit ^"p.s shortened unless the 

 normal COg content of the air wr!.B increased. Mcintosh apples 

 stored at ^0° F. under a CO2 concentration of 1.^% and wrapped 

 in oiled paper repeatedly ke'pt with the minimum of spoilage and 

 with less shrinkage and loss of flavor and crlspness than when 

 kept at 32°. They report that Mcintosh taken from their gas 

 storage as late as March I5 were as good as Mcintosh normally 



