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on the trip he conlcl not properly npprpclrte the spirit of co- 

 operf-tion fnd helpfulness thnt prevailed at every stop. Every- 

 body v'ith whom ye cr^me in contact seemed epger to describe the 

 operptlon fnd function of their pDrticulpr orgpnlzntion in the 

 difitribution of fruit. As n result, th*-"' boys returned to Am- 

 herst loaded with informption pbout marketing which wpg renl 

 pnd prpcticpl. I am confident thpt many fruit gro"'ors would 

 profit from p. simil? r trip. 



0. G, Roberts 



Strpy Thought s 



The Irte Joseph Pulitzer, blind editor pnd o^"ner of the 

 Ne^" York V/orld, roa.med p11 over the ^-^orld pnd hpd every luxury 

 pt his command, but no matter where he vrent, he sr.w to it that 

 apples "'cre a part of his daily diet. They ^''cre tlie only dessert 

 he v'ould touch. Pul.itzer said he learned to like apples "'hen he 

 WPG a half-starved immigrant in St. Louis. 



In the November issue of Better Fruit, there appears an 

 interesting article by Celmer ? nd Ci'uess on "Some Experiments in 

 the Canning of Apnle Juice." The authors estimate the amount 

 canned in 193^ ^'^ 190,000,000 gpllons. The details concerning 

 canned juice of 5 varieties, G-raven stein, Stayman, Jonathan, 

 Wine sap, and Northern Spy, are givc^n. 



Nineteen varieties of peaches which are still propagated 

 to some extent are recommended for discard by a majority of the 

 Northeastern States. 



A fruit tree census of the State of Washington, just 

 completed, reveals about ^,100,000 apple trees of all ages, 

 1,500,000 pear trees and more than 1,000,000 prune and -plum trees. 

 Peach, cherry, apricot and nut trees tota.l nearly 2,000,000 trees. 

 The report shows the planting in 1933 ^'^ more peach trees than of 

 any other kind of fruit. More than a third of the pear trees are 

 less than 10 years old compnred v-ith about one fifth of the apple 

 trees in that age group. Previous to 193^, the Wine sap variety 

 of apple was the leader in number of trees. The Delicious and 

 its red sports now takes the lead. 



British Columbia apple gro"'ers win have the benefit of 

 an extensive advertising campaign in Manitoba this year, with 

 the decision of the British Columbia Tree Fruit Board to spend 

 $10,000 to stimulate sales in that market. 



A ne'" method of handling G-olden Delicious is being tried 

 by the Beebe Orchards in Wenatchee this year. Cardboard boxes 

 somewhat larger than the x^^ooden boxes formerly used take up the 

 bulge normally found in both top and bottom., thus avoiding many 

 ps.cking bruises. 



That the testing of orchard soils for acidity may be 

 Important, is indicated by the "tying uo" of phosphates in an 

 acid soil. 



