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the consumer, color is p prf.ictical and easy guide in the selection 

 of good rioe fruit. The-:; chenicnl changes that pre essential to 

 the formstion of good color pre the chpnges thpt pre also re- 

 quired to bring fruit to maturity pnd to develop flavor, aroma 

 pnd pplPtahility. 



According to Pennsylvanip authorities, the cover crop 

 is a relipble indicator of v'hat the orchard v/ill be 10 yeprs 

 hence. Ten yeorc pfter the cover crop fpilc, the orchprd will 

 fpil. 



A man in Orlepns, In'^i^np is reported to hpve an ppple 

 tree that hps been so grnfted pnd budded that it now beprs 7I 

 different vprieties of "apples, ^) kinds of pears pnd 3 kinds of 

 crabapples. As pn expmole of concentrpted backyr^rd horticulture, 

 the owner of tMs tree, A. R. Troth, seems appai^ently, id'- ^^ 

 have estpblished som-^ k.ind of a record. 



"Did you ev r eat p perfectly ri^-ened 3occ pear?" in- 

 quires pr\ editorial in Bettor Fruit. "^Vlien it has reached' thot 

 delectpble stpge It looks like pn enlprged drop of russeted gold, 

 pnd is p ^Ipgon of nectar pnd a packet of pmbro.siP -'11 in one. 

 A few years back there wero' a, lot of Bosc pears raised in the 

 Nort>iwest. But they had to be picked hard green, ohipned, put 

 into cold storagt;, taken out nnc. nut onto the fruit stand in the 

 same condition. There thoy were sold to customers vrho tried to 

 eat them and were promptly disgusted and vowed never to buy ano- 

 ther, or tliey gradually shriveled up and "'ere still worse," 

 There is a lesson here for New England growers of Mcintosh apples. 

 No wonder neonle buy oranges if their first samrile of Mcintosh 

 is a green, rubbery, immature specimen, to say nothing of being 

 bruised and shopworn. 



The State riorticultural Society News of Now Jersey offers 

 this advice, "Competition in modern fru.it growing is too keen, 

 and will continue to be so, to make it profitable to r^roduce fruit 

 upon unfavorable sites. Apples will not be a success on land 

 which is so wet that plants such as sedges, bullrush, alders or 

 v/illovrs tend to gro^'^ naturally. Ev':'n if t]\ore is good surf-^^ce 

 drainage of water, the results win be linsatisf actory. Tlie air 

 above a wet soil is inore humid than above a well drained s'~'il. 

 This often means the difference bet"'^en difficult control of 

 dlsepses and comparatively easy control. Eliminate the serious^ 

 handicapped orchard. " 



W:ien dry weather stops fruit gro^-'th several days durir^ 

 the summer it is impossible to make up for lost time. The fruit 

 vjlll be smaller than normal no matter how favorable the condi- 

 tions after that. Irrigation is the only reliable Insurance 

 against losses from drou.:-"ht. 



The to'^al amount of rain falling on the earth's surface 

 day and night is reported to be 16,000,000 tons per second. Yet 

 the earth is not flooded because evaporation tends to Keep its 

 surface in balance. 



