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193^ Apple Crop . Tho M. E. applo crop will approximate 7,100,000 

 bu. vrhich iG 2^% lecD than the 1937 crop and W% Icc!:) than the 

 10-yr. average (192 7-193°) > according to the September 1 octi- 

 raate. The LIaGt:!achU!3ett c crop lo estimated at 2,222,000 bu . com- 

 peared v'ith 3,^65,000 lact year. The U. S. crop ic now ectimatod 

 at 22,127,000 bu. while the I937 crop wac IIS, '301,000 bu. 



Peach Leave p . Peach treec are cubject to a large number of ail- 

 ments "'hich manifect themcelvea in a be\7ildering array of leaf 

 nymptonn. The lict includes several virus diseases ns v'oH as 

 diseases of bacterial and fungutj origin, spray injury and mineral 

 deficiencies. Typicil symptoms of one ailment nay be masked by 

 another, as for example "X-Disoase" and arseniCcil injury. l.Iore 

 light on the diagnosis of peach ailments is being shed by the 

 \7ork of T.7cinberger and Cullinan vX Boltsville, I.Id. Peach trees 

 are being grov;n in sand cultures supplied ^rith nutrient solutions 

 lacking respectively, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, 

 etc. Trees supplied \7ith a complete solution made very satisfac- 

 tory growth and developed fine color. The Iron-minus treen 

 dropped their younger leave c first, as contrasted v:ith older 

 leaves first in the Llagnecium-minus trees. Both showed cnloroci"". 

 (loss of green color). Trees deficient in manganese graducally 

 assumed a dull, yellowish-green color. A lack of boron produced 

 rppid and severe effects, in which dark green, water-soaked spots 

 and exuding sap appe.'xrod on the grov/ing tips and the roots were 

 poorly developed. 



Red Mite _in Michigan. A nev; dev(3lopnent in red mite control in 

 Michigan is the use of bill poster's paste as n late sumir.er Gpra;y , 

 Q,uoting from the Traverse City Record-Eagle, "The ne^Tost warning 

 of Professor Ray Kutson of the entomology department of Michigan 

 State College is against the red spider which threatens to do- 

 folinte enough fruit trees to cause tremendous loss in quality 

 and size of fruit ns well as tree vitality. Orchard ovmers who 

 have used, a lime- sulphur spray within the last two weeks can use 

 bill poster's paste for control of the red mites. This mnterial 

 differs from flour and vrater pocte as bill poster's paste is 

 cooked undcir pressure." 



Beac h Plum s on Nn.ntuc]:e t. The beach plum crop on tho Isl'^nd of 

 Nantucket has \)e.Gr\ sonev-h^'^t of n. disappointment this year. The 

 bushes bloomed profusely lar,t siiring but tho set of fruit was 

 very light. On some sections of the Island the crop was not 

 v'orth picking. Unf ■•^vorable temperatures at blossoming time are 

 believed to be partially responsible. Weather at that time v:as 

 reported to be too cole for bee activity. The crop of beach 

 plums in s'-ime parts of the tovTE of Sandwich, Truro, and Province- 

 tov.'n vras much heavier. Several hundred bushels of beach plums 

 v/ere gathered on Cape Cod this season. 



1932 Cranberry Crop . The Massachusetts Cranberry Crop this year 

 is expected to total 370,000 barrels, compared with 56^=^,000 bar- 

 rels in 1937) ^^^ 3259/2500 barrels the ten year average' for 1927- 

 I93S. The crop forecast for the United States this season is 

 529,600 compared with 277,300 in 1937. 



