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accept°d and Is well known on the larger marketc. (3) Largely 

 "becauBB of this, smaller packages are co:riing to be penalized 

 more than the lesser amount of apples in them would warrant. 

 A 193^ apple crop arxiounting to 70 P^^r cent of last 

 year was estimated in the states represented at the above meet- 

 ing, which included the Northeast as far south as Virginia and 

 west to include New York State. The Virginia crop is estimated 

 at 50 per cent of last year. r_ ;^_ Van Meter 



Items fr om Here and Ther e 



The behavior of apple insects th.is spring is in keeping 

 v.rith pn unseasonably warm April and early May. On May 9, ^^- £•• 

 Wliitcomb of V/altham jarred 16 curculio beetles from H- trees. Th 

 number was obtained from the same trees in 1937 f^n May 21. On 

 May 11 of last week he obtained only ,? beetles, v.^hich re-elects 

 a few days of cooler ^"eather. Several heavy infestations of red 

 mite have been observed in early May, another evidence of the 

 early warm weather. In one Worcester County orcliard as ma.ny as 

 6 leaf ho]:)per nymphs per leaf were observed on May 11. 



A severe case of ivinter heaving of strawberry plants 

 was observed last vreek. in Auburn. A heavy soil, lightly mulched 

 last fall and a vrinter of light snow which permitted deep freez- 

 ing, offers an explanation. Some of the plants can be lifted an 

 inch or two, and an examination of the roots shovrs much breakage. 



The Pf'/'t I"intitute of America has -^^ublished an interect- 

 ing leaflet entitled "Ko^-" to Plant a.nd G-row Treses." The leaflet 

 is "'ell illustrated >ird shows some rather strii:ing results i»'hero 

 peat is used with ne-'ly set trees. Some work along this line is 

 being conducted by New York Experiment Station at G-enevp.. 



Two interesting British publications have just been 

 received, "Boron in Agriculture" and "A Revie^" of Developments 

 in the Applications of Boron in Agriculture and Horticulture." 

 The effect of boron on both apples and vegetable croDs is dis- 

 cussed. These publications contain a very complete list of 

 references. Any reader of Fruit Notes who is interested in 

 revle^"'ing the field of boron experimentation is invited to send 

 a post card to the \vriter indica.ting the particular phase of the 

 subject in which he is intei'ested. 



The last issue of "Maine Fruit Notes" prepared by 

 A. K. Crardner and 0. L. Wyman of the University of Maine contains 

 a discussion of the following subjects: April 28 is Spray Day, 

 905^ Clean Apple Club (1937), Early Sprays Important for Insect 

 Pest Control, Don't Forget the Borers, and County Field Notes. 



An acre inch of water a.raounts to about 113.4- tons. 

 About l.S inches of rain fell in Amherst during the last rainy 

 period. This vrould go a long way tov^arc's supplying an apple crop 

 if all of it were available when the trees need it. The difficul- 

 ty with a sandy or gravelly soil is its low water holding capacity. 



