Modernizin g. Cultural practices continue to shov/ improvement in the producing 

 sections in the Danube Basin. F^r instance, in Bulgaria, government spocialieta 

 suptsrvise practically all pl-nting, pruning and spraying operations. They even 

 furnish fr^e of charge tno nticcssary spray materials and the spraying rauchinory* 

 In Yugoslavia, addition^j. cold stor^^go plants ..ro undtir construction. In Hun- 

 gary, new rugulations fur packing tho cxptscted l-.rgo crop ..ra b'^ing pr<^p^red. 

 (From Forwign Agricultural Scrvicu). L. bouthwick 



Sui nDur on ^chudule in Spite of Li^ to Sprin g. An example of a rotardud spring 

 Ciitcning up with its^^lf as a result of a fuw warm d^-ys is well illustr'-.t^jd in 

 a lUy 8 report of Fruit Insect D-iVulopmonts from Ith^-c^, N. Y. Thu report says, 

 "Maximum tump^r^.tures of 86 degruus F. on May 6 and 89 dugrues F. on May 7 have 

 workud vi^ondors as far as troe and insuct duvelopmunts art- concurnipd. What was 

 a 2 to 3 ;veeks behind-oChedulu-sti..son on I.^ay 5 is now (May 8) 'on tinio.'" 



High Color - noru Vitariin Q . In a recunt issuu of th« Rural New Yorker, 

 H. B. Tukuy makes this inturusting observation, "You have hu^rd th^.t thu best 

 apples are in tho tops of thu troos jad that tho bright-st red ajpl^s ..re the 

 best? Now it scums that scionco agrees and aays th .t the sunny side of an 

 apple cent. .ins more vitamin G than the shady side. Further, the puriphery or 

 cutur portion of the fruit has a greater vitairan content than the central por- 

 Lion. Perhaps th-^re is something to this idoL. of being 'sun-kissud' after all'." 



Rutention of L ea d in Rats . A detailed study of this question is reported in 

 the January number of the Jour, of Ind. Hyg. &. Tox. by Shields, MLtchell and 

 Ruth of the University of Illinois. Among other things, they find thut rapture 

 rats will not accuiiiuL.te le..d in their bodies at an appreciable rate until a 

 Cert;-.in critical concentration of lead in the foed is reached. This critical 

 cence-ntratien lies between 32 and 4a rdlligr^rns per killigram ef dry feod. 

 These investigators haVe ulse fed diets cent^^ining v^-riaus combinations of 

 apple powder --.nd le-.d arsenate. Benefici^J results frjn the feeding of apple 

 powder are reported. 



A Square D e al With ou t "^-luare Apples." a campaign is underway in the Wenatohee 

 district to do aviiay with "unnecessary a.nd unwarranted mashing of apples in the 

 packing shed." An attempt is bein^ made to prevent a higher and higher bulge 

 as the fruit leaves the packing house. The contention is made that there isn't 

 the slightest reason for putting t5 lbs. of apples into ^ box and then stamping 

 tnera with a 4u lb. stamp. Very often apples ^^re not of uniform firmness and 

 when they ..re squeezed together in the lidding presses, the harder ones make 

 virtually square apples out of the softer ones. 



Heavy Codlin g Moth In festa tion in the North west. Growers ^re already predicting 

 the heaviest codling moth infestt.tion ever known in Wenatchee and Okanogan or- 

 chards. This is based on e,.rly Season high temperatures cjid the unprecedented 

 number of moths caught in traps. Some growers are predicting 4 major broods 

 of v;orra3 to contend vdth. In the week from Mj.y 11 to May 17, in 12 traps in 

 the Sunnyslope district near Vtfunatchee, 8,891 moths were counted. Horticultur- 

 ists say this is the heaviest flight on record for such an early period. 



Pure VJater Bei ng Tried in Co d ling Mo th Control . Overhead sprinklers have been 

 installed in a V-*shington orchard to operate automatically during the night when 

 codling moths usually lay their oggs . In this experiment it is hoped that a 

 steady application of vector will keep the area free or reasonably free from moths. 



