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At a recent Farm and Home Week meeting of fruit grov/ers, W. E. 

 Piper of the Division of Markets, reported on apple crop conditions over 

 the country. He anticipates "a national crop about one-third less than 

 last year. The principal decrease is in the states east of the Mississippi. 

 The central v/estern area will have a crop about 75^ less than last year. 

 The Virginia crop will be reduced about 50;^. New York and Nev/ England have 

 about one-third less than last year. In the far v/est they will have fully 

 as many as last year and possibly a few moro. 



Stray Thoughts 



Hordes of gullies now remind us 



We should build our lands to stay, 

 And, departing", leave behind us 



Fields that have not wa.shed away; 

 When our boys assumo the mortgage 



On the land that's had our toil, 

 Tljey'll not have to ask the question 



"Here's the farm, but WHJiRE'S the SOIL?" 



"What are" the ten most important trees in the world?" Here is the 

 answer of H. E. Clepper of the Society of /imerican Foresters: date palm, 

 coconut palm, almond, apple, fig, mulberry, olive, lemon, cinchona, rubber. 

 {it is interesting to note that he includes the apple but omits the orange 

 and the bajiana. Vftiat's your choice?) 



The Boston Regional Produce Market opened its fourth season on Mi\y 

 9, 1938. During May 1938, the number of packages handled was 50% greater 

 than in May 1937; and in June 1938, the volume of produce was 74/^ larger than 

 in the corresponding month of 1937. The auction for the sale of fruits and 

 vegetables i» conducted on Monday, Thursday, and Friday of each week at 4 P.M. 

 The first auction v/as conducted on Thursday, July 14. 



A new type of peach tree bearing reddish colored leaves promises 

 to benefit the nurseryman and the peach grower. Using this tree as a stock 

 upon which to bud the desired variety, it is a simple matter to go along 

 the nursery rov; next season and dotedt by the color of the top the buds 

 which failed to take. If this stock proves satisfactory it should result 

 in fewer misnamed trees. 



W. D. Whitcomb reports a "peak" in the emergence of apple maggot 

 flies around July 12 with a somev/hat smaller number of flies emerging from 

 day to day during the rest of the month. His record of emergence this year 

 is in line with the recoraiaended spray schedule which advises an application 

 around July 10 followed by a second application around July 25. 



This is the season of good intentions in the matter of placing 

 strawberry runners. New plants are developing very rapidly which vi/ill mean 

 a matted row in the near future unless prompt steps are taken to space them 

 as suggested for strong growing varieties like Gatskill, Dorset and Fairfax. 

 Yields are likely to be disappointing unless plants are given plenty of space. 

 Othor varietias such as Howard 17 fare much better than these heavy feeding 

 varieties if allowed to grow in a matted row. 



