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As a matter of fact, this is the way now varieties are produced and if they 

 did not vary from tho set;d th&ru would bo no iraprovement in brooding." 



Orchard Score Card Discusstad by Prosident Rice . at tho August mooting of 

 Associated Fruit Grov^ors in Natick, Prusidont John i]. Rico of tho M.F.G.A. 

 discussed th^ question of succussful fruit culture. Ono of the gisn^rally 

 accuptod ulastic p^rcontixgos in fruit culture givos a rating of 30 points 

 '-ach for orchard care and raarkuting while 10 points each are assigned to 

 locution, soil, variuties, and harvesting. On this basis President Rice be- 

 lieves that a percentage of at least 80 is necessary for success, as follows i 

 Care, 35 points, marketing, 33 points, and 3 points each for the other items 

 mentioned above. If these latter items rate as lov; as 3 points, marketing 

 and care must receive spucial i,ttention. If you rate below 80/o, President RiCcs 

 soos no possibility of mooting oxponsos. 



Is It To Be a Cull Market ? Tho following p^.ragraph is quoted from Soptombur 

 Virginia Fruit. "If there are too many good und bad apples for tho demi.nd 

 this year, which are you going to sell first? Think this over carefully. 

 Some grovi/ers should go out behind tho Darn and have cl frank talk with them- 

 selves. The ansv^er only requires good common horse sense, but it requires 

 just chat. If the industry starts selling CULLS first it is likely to bo a 

 cull market throughout the season. Why not fcod 20 per cent of your lowest 

 grades to the hogs and start tno souson off by soiling your b^-ttsr apples on 

 a hoalthior ra_rkot." 



An Jjixporiment on Loc.d Rotunt io n in Rats . In the July issue of tho Journal 

 of Nutrition there uppeurs an -..rticle by Shiolds, Mitchell and Ruth of the 

 University of Illinois on "The effect of apple constituents on the retention 

 in growing rats of lead containod in spray residues." This stutiment is found 

 under Conclusions, "Thero exists in the apple a substance or substances cap- 

 able of depressing considerably the absirailubility of load. Under the con- 

 ditions of this exporimont tho deprussion averaged 37/o. Ouite probably this 

 doprcssi^n in assimil^bility (retention in tho body) relates to absorption 

 from tho intestinal tract only, and may bo brought about by the pectic con- 

 stituents of tho apple." 



A Storage ^est with Apples Shovifing Internal Cork . Some storage men are uf 

 the opinion that apples showing internal curk improve in storage. To test 

 this opinion, 10 bushels of corky apples aro being usod at the State College 

 to moasuru this change if it exists, and to settle tho issuo ona way or an- 

 other. Part of tho apples have boon cut soon after harvest to determine the 

 amount of cork present. A second lot was placed in common storage and a third 

 lot in cold storage to be cut and examined later. A test is also being mado 

 of the content and quality of cider from o&rky apples. 



A Promising M o w Material in Codling Moth Control . Several Massachusetts 

 apple growers hc^ve reported riitlior serious damage fiom codling moth. As 

 many as 10/i of the apples showed "stings" in some orchards. In view of 

 this situation the results of a test conducted by A. I. Bourne with a com- 

 paratively new material, are of much interest. In a Worcester County orchard 

 one application resulted in a ^'^ infestation, two applications, 1.8/., while 

 the regular lead arsen^^tu application showed 12.6/3 and untreated trees 15/o. 

 These tests vdll be continued in 1940. 



