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As a result of a recent request in Fruit Uotes a number of growers 

 have responded with aii oiTer of scions for use in the variety orchard at the 

 State Golleje. But several of the uorthj^ old tiners are still r.dssine. If 

 you ho-ve a tree of any of these vejrieties or if you know of soi.ieone else 

 froir. v/iiom scions r.iay be obtained, you will ;.;erfori.i a service by dro;;.-in:2; a 

 postcard to the writer. Several of these varieties were forri.erly included 

 in our planting but the hurricane has reduced the nunber considerably. 

 These varieties are anonr; the riissing; Auturin Strawberry, Bailey Sweet, 

 Bottle Greening, fethead, Congress, Dudley, Fall Harvey, Fall Jennetting, 

 Gideon, Golden Pippin, Hightop Sv/eet , Holden, Jacob Sweet, Lyscor.: (l.]g.tthev/s' 

 Stripe), i.'inister, IJodhead (Jev/ett), Ralls, Rolfe, Oliver (Senator), Sops of 

 V/ine, V/ashington Royal, V/inter St. LavA'ence. 



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Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassiun are the elements raost often 

 lacking for plant growth in soils in the United States. Other just as neces- 

 sary mineral elements are usually present in sufficient quantities to ade- 

 quately supply the needs of growing crops, including fruit trees. However, 

 it is interesting to note that a lack of one or r.iore of the so-called minor 

 elements produces consequences of real ecouor.iic significance in some fruit 

 sections. Some of the lesser knovm deficiency symptoms and rer.edial appli- 

 cations are as follows; leaf mottling and rosette of peach, citrus and 

 other fruits in California, apple trees in V/ashington, pecan trees in the 

 South - Sine J chlorosis and rosette of peach trees in South ^-ifrica and 

 die-back of citrus in Florida - copper^ chlorosis of citrus in California 

 and Florida - manganese ^ chlorosis of many plaircs in r»any parts of the 

 country on high calcium soils - iron; internal cork, rosette and die-back 

 of apples in many sections - boron. There are undoubtedly other exaraples. 

 It is consoling to realize that for fruit trees on inherently good and well- 

 handled I.Iassachusetts soils, nitrogen is usually the only limiting factor. 

 Under a heav^'- mulch system, even the usual nitrogen applications become less 

 necessary. L^ Southvdck 



S ugges tions for the G_ood^ _of_ t]!®. .AZl1§.. Jil^.V.^J'^J'i 



Of possible interest to I.assachusetts fruit growers are the remarks 

 of Senator Harry ¥. Byrd, who spoke last December 6 at a meeting of the Vir- 

 ginia State Horticultural Society at Roanoke, Virginia. Senator Bird is one 

 of the largest orchardists in the country. Spealcing of what can be done to 

 improve our fruit situation, he m^ide these suggestions; 



(l) "A Virginia and a national cai.ipaign to cut dovm undesirable 

 and unprofitable apple varieties." (2) "Sliminate unprofitable marginal 

 orchards bjf a voluntary negotiation with the owner, and financed by some 

 method of assessm.ent on all apple producers." (3) "Agreements not to sell 

 cull and inferior apples in competition v/ith packed fruit." (4) "Promote 

 an apple juice, sold fresh and pressed from fresh apples by a machine just 

 invented." (5) "A general advertising ca:?.paign em.phasizing the health 

 giving qualities of the apple > an educational cainpaign to teach the consumer 



