Mulching Peach Trees 



The practice of bringing mulch into orchards from outside is growing 

 amon^ Massachusetts apple grov/ers. There is every reason to believe that the 

 practice would be even more desirable for peacn orchards. Peaches do not succeed 

 in sod and cultivated peach orchards are just as likuly to suffer from soil ero- 

 sion as apple orchards. '.Vith new and bcttur varieties covering nearly the en- 

 tire poach season in sight, peach growing in Massachusetts for thu local market 

 should bo profitable. Plant the trei^s on high sites where air drainage is good 

 and mulch the trees if you can possibly Si^curu thij rauti^rial at a roasonabl^ cost. 



J. K. Shaw 



Discoloration of Apple Flesh 



Since tn^ Cortland varioty is gaining favor for sulad purposes, by- 

 cause it does not readily discolor aft^r being cut, the question has b<-en raised 

 as to whwthv^r or not th^-re may be oth^r variv^ties having this sairiu desirablo 

 characteristic. A single prelimin-»ry test of about '40 varieties indicates that 

 Lobo and Golden Delicious may be fully -.s frww from diiicolor-tion as is i^ortl^nd. 

 Delicious, Macoun, Kendall and lilton wi.ro ^11 blotter than Mcintosh in this res- 

 pect. Further tusts aru planned along tnis linu. j^. P. French 



A Borrowed i^Jditorial, "Thu Ikin Vyho ao l d Hot Dogs " (He might havw sold apples) . 

 From "Thu Case iii.^glu," orif-^inally printud in "Thu Kuporter." 



Thur.^ was a nan who lived by the side of the road and ne sold hot dogs. 

 He was hard of hearing.- so. he- had no radio. lie. iiad trouble with his eyes so he 

 read no newspapers. But he sold good hot dogs. He put signs u^ on the highv;ay, 

 telling how good they were. He stood on the side of the road and cried, "Buy a 

 hot dog, I.tister?" and people bought. He increased his meat and bun orde^"* He 

 bought a bigger stove to take care of his trade. He finally got his son home 

 from college to help him. 



But then something happened. His son said, "Father, haven't you been 

 listening to the radio? Haven't you been reading the newspapers? There's a big 

 depression on. The jiuropean situation is terrible. T*lhe domestic situation is 

 VkOrse, Everything's going to pot." V/hereupon the father thought, "Well, my 

 son's been to college, he reads the papers, and he listens to the radio, and he 

 ought to knovif." So the father cut dovm on his meat and bun orders, took down his 

 advertising signs, and no longer bothered to stand out on the nighv>fay to sell his 

 hot dogs. And his hot dog sales fell almost overnight. "You're right, son," the 

 f;ither said to the boy. "We -certainly are in the middle of a great depression." 



ITEMS FROM HiRi m^ TH^R£; 



F. S. C. G. Buys 250 Carloads of Applos . Fifty carloads of apples per week 

 have been allotted to Massachusetts during tne past five v;eeks us our share in 

 the federal apple ;,urchase program. Purchase Announcement rr^ issued by R. D. 

 Flato, in charge of thu F. b. G. C. headquarters in Concord, Iviass., contains oiis 

 tin^ily noticw, "It has been deamod expedient to limit eacn grower to a L'iaximum 

 of thruu varieties in any one shipment, and a minimum or ou packages for any one 

 shipment. Growers a.rc caution-;d to observe this rule carefully." Prices, grades. 



