PSS.PJ^3R.^. ^SLA^I'lA'^TP.^.F'y^iP.P'f.^.' Cn Jojuiary 1, IS 3 5 there v;ere about 

 lOOjOOOjOOO a_j^^le tress ox" ail a.-^os in the U. S. This is less than l/2 

 the nu;;:ber reported in ISIO ai.d about 14;^ lees than the nu:;iber re;,:orted 

 in 1930. Because of a decided increase ir. j'ield i^er beai^in^ tree in con;- 

 :;iercial orchards production has declined only 3,o since 1920 while tree 

 nu'iibers have declined 28/o. Iluch of this decline has tahen i^lace in farn 

 orchards. 



p_etai_le_d_ Cost_s_ of^ R_en!0vin£^ aa\ A detailed record is available 



of the cosos involved in removing 9 acres of 37-year-old apple orchcLi-d in 

 Bedford, Ind. After the trees v/ers removed the land -.va-s lined, fertilized, 

 rcseeded and replanted. Any grower interested in the cost of each item 

 involved in thesia various operations i.iay obtain the detar^ls by dropping 

 a card to xho -/rriter. The cost per acre of tree ronoval a:.":ounted to about 

 ^26.00. 



Aj^l£„ Sujj_o_r_st it i_on_s • Throughout the '.7orld the apple loor.is lar?;G in supersti- 

 tion. In Serbia if a .lalden accepts an api lo froii her lover she is engaged. 

 Superstitious Greeks bolicve tlic.t if the bride ruid bridcgrco:,! eat e.n apple 

 together it vidll insure hari.;ony in r^arriago. Throughout the v/orld it is be- 

 lieved that a bride can toll the future by cutting an apple. If the seoc's 

 are an even nu:,iber she v.lll be ha;^.yy, if odd, unlucl'i''. The Zulu, who isn't 

 lai/iiliar with the apple, che-.vs a yiece of wood i:: the belief that this vri.ll 

 soften the heart of the \/o:.''.an he uairts to v/od. Possibly that's where the 

 eating of a Ben Davis origins.ted. 



Pej^ jUd_s_Jfjxui^ J|ipe__e_s_ j^^^^ A :.ii;cture of graiiulated peat and soil 



around the roots of young trees has resulted in bettor gro\rth the first season 

 on a heavy soil at Geneva, New Yorh. Both root and top growth of nev/ly plant- 

 ed trees v/ere improved a.ccording to H. B. Tuhey and his associates at the 

 Geneva Agricultural ^Hxperirient Station. It is thought that the increased 

 grov/th niay be due to better contact of roots with the soil i:.ijr.ediately after 

 planting, improved aeration in early season favoring rapid root devolopaent , 

 easier penetration of rainfall to area occupied by the roots, and easier 

 penetration, of roots into the poat-soil idxtur^." 



£l®X Jl^!°_"_®J?.'"A^. A^y.®A.,'^X^^-..\^ Continuous clear vision in spraying 



is accomplished by a new patented device described in "Better Jruit." A 

 10-yard roll of traiispareno , v/ater-proof material is guided and supported 

 by the sa-ie flanges which hold the visor. 'iTnenever the material beco^.ies 

 smudged, the ov.'erator -'ulls it to the riht, de-jressss a cli:: and tears off 







he srudged sart , thus restor.'.n, cljor vision instantly 



Inj3r_ejis_e_ in_ Te::_as^ A22l.e_ C_onsj^^^^ The effect of advertising of apyles 



in Texas is rather strihin^^ly illustrated by the following figures; During 

 the period of 1928-1935 when no advertising v/as carried on, a total of 1532 

 cars were sold in the state. Fro.. 1936-1938, the first two years of adver- 

 tising, 1812 cars were sold. In 1938, the t/iird yeai' of advertising, sales 

 a::iounted to 1850 cars. 



li^yi.!J^'£?.. Pf. P}yl'^?--'SLy^S?i!^S'L' ^ -^^''' heating principle will be tested ov:t at 

 a field laboratory in Riverside, California, this v/inter. In a new typo of 



