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Apple Prices. In a 1937 price study including some 20 varieties of apples in 

 a New York county, it was found that on the basis of total sales the highest 

 priced important variety was Northern Spy. However, vdth the factors of grade, 

 size and time of sale equalized, Mcintosh brought the greatest returns followed 

 closely by Delicious, Golden Delicious and Northern Spy. It is interesting to 

 note the relatively poor shov\/ing of such well known sorts as Bald\iri.n, Rhode 

 Island Greening, Cortland, Vi/ealthy, and Jonathan. It is problematical just hov/ 

 closely these Nev; York results wouM agrea v/ith sales of Massachusetts apples. 



Cold Storage Lockers. With the increasod interest in cold storage lockurs in 

 various suctions of the country for meats, fowl and buttar, there has arisen the 

 question of the suitability of such lockors for storing frozen fruits and vogot- 

 ables. Most of the experimental work to date has be^n done by and for coramorcial 

 interests. Accurate information as it applies to the individual cold storage 

 locker will probably be forthcoming as iixporimont Station projects get underway. 



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G etting Tre e s off to a Good Start . This is the title of a recent article in the 

 Rural Now Yorker by H. B. fukey of the Geneva Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 He says, "The slowness of nev;ly planted trees to start the first year they are 

 set in the orchard has becomt; a problem of increasing concern to orch-rdists in 

 Nev,; York State. Such tr^es often make weak grovrth the first season, not to m n- 

 tion the poor stand of some classes of trees, as the sweet cherry. Add to this 

 the modern demand for early fruit production from a young orchard and the problem 

 looms as one of the import..nt onus facing the fruit industry today. Yet all 

 grovi/crs do not agree on the reason for the difficulties. Some -attempt to pass 

 the blame back upon the nurseryman while others feel that the fault lies l;^rgely 

 'With the planter himself." 



Origin of Poac h C ankbrs . As a moans of determining vAere peach cankers start 

 a total of 1418 cankors have recently been studied by plant pathologisis ut 

 Geneva, New York. The Cu.nkers in quustion wero caused by two rather common fungi 

 not including the fungus causing brown rot. The source of cankers v/as as follows, 

 pruning wounds (41 .S/o) > fruit pedicels (22.8/i), die back of terminals (14.6^), 

 dead buds {9 .Z^i) , lenticels on bark (6.1^4), mechanical injuries (2.7/o), winter 

 injuries ( 1.2/0 » leaf scars (l.l/o), others (.8/i). 



Protec tion of Tree Wounds. Speaking before a group of tree Vi^ardens in Amhi^rst , 

 R. p. Marshall of the Division of Forest Pathology, U.S.D.A., voiced a need for 

 moro experimental work on the effectiveness of various wound dressings. In gen- 

 eral, Bordeaux paste or Bordeaux paint is quite satisfactory although some people 

 object to the color. Asphalt preparations may provide a waterproof film over the 

 wound vd.th blisters underneath due to oozing from the wood. A wound dressing 

 which proves satisfactory in one locality may not be ideal a few miles away. The 

 work of insects is sometimes an upsetting factor. He expressed a firm opinion 

 that tree vigor is closely associated v;ith the healing of wounds and that such 

 things as fertilization, water supply and protection of the foliage go hand in 

 hand with the callousing ovor of pruning wounds and other scars. 



Vtet er Culture Method Kno vm Centuries Ago. The growing of useful plants in water 

 cultures is not as new as most people are led to believe. According to California 

 Circular 347 by Hoagland and Arnon, a man named V/oodward grevi/ spearmint in several 

 kinds of water* rain, river, and conduit vrater to which he in one case added gar- 

 den mold, as early as 1699. 



