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L?Sr. JlsxlA^L Jir^Y^^AsA J%'.s?^^^^ January Better Fruit reports 



a comparatively s.:ia.ll area in the 3poI:aiie district v;hich has bocone badly 

 infested by pear psylla. Pear growers are wcvrned that unless control meas- 

 ures are pronptly undortaiien poar grov/ers all over the Ilorthwest v/ill have 

 a similar problem. The nost generally approved solution is to pull out the 

 affected trees. R. L. ■«7ebster5 entonolof-ist of the Vfeshington Station, sug- 

 gests that a strict quarantine on fruit, cuttinjs, etc. might confine it to 

 the area nov; affected. 



A.^P3^J:2.'^2±^J-}\J'}'^S'..r'PIylW.^^^.' The arsenate of lead required in grov/ing a 

 box of Fancy apples in the Chelan District of V/ashington costs 7 2/3 cents. 

 For every cai' of apples shipped out of Okanogan 306 lbs« ox lead arsenate 

 are used. For every Yakima car 272 lbs. are used and for every Wenatchee 

 car, 525 lbs. 



Kuman Guinea Pi/j Tests C_o_nc_lud_e_d . One of the strangest experiments in the 

 history of the apple industry has just 'jeen concluded by V/. H. ReinJaart, 

 chemist and public healtii service engineer in the V/enatchee District of V/ash- 

 ington. His job v/as to determine the amount of poison absorbed by fruit 

 industry workers in the process of breathing and hov/ much of it v/as throvm 

 off by the breathing mechanism. He stood in the sm.oke from burning spray 

 cartons to get air sai.iples, leaned over spray tanks vri-th growers as they 

 dumped in the powder, and v/ent into wojrehouses where spra'y i:iaterials are 

 handled. He determined the amount of the cheviiical inlaaled by the use of 

 a small motor v;hich pulls the air through an acid solution. Prior to his 

 investigations tv/o public health service physicians had carried on exhaus- 

 tive tests to determine how m.uch of lead and a.rsenate were absorbed by resi- 

 dents and workers in tlie apple belt through eating apples. Dr. Reinhart's 

 tests involved apple thinners, sprayers, pickers, haulers, dtu.ipers, sorters 

 and packers. 



MX®X'iiAii''iL.i<i'L^ils. Frjait__s . The annual report of the California Fruit 

 Grov/ers' ICxchsuige for the year ending October, 1339, shows that California 

 citrus producers paid an advertising assess;.ient of SjJ a box on oranges, lOp 

 on lemons, and 3^; on grapefruit. This adds up to a total advertising in- 

 vestment for the past fiscal year of more than 4)1,500,000. The Florida 

 Citrus Comr/iission hs.s a fruit advertising budget of nearly $1,000,000 to 

 promote the sale of citrus fruits from that state. These tv/o states to- 

 gether are spending in excels of $2,500,000 to keep Am.erican families eating 

 citrus fruits. Texas is also adding to that total through grapefruit ad- 

 vertising. 



^91']SyM^^ ihP.33]:.^^S>S- 3^1'-^^J^2^^' ^^ attractive sticker, measuring 2 by 

 3 inches, shov/ing a drav/ing of a baked apple and reading "Try our fine fla- 

 vored V/ashington bal:ed apples with rich cream" has been designed for at- 

 tachm-ent to menu cards. This new devise is distributed through restaurant 

 groups and is intended primarily to encoirage the sale of Rom.e Beauties and 

 wine saps . 



Ijore Fr uit_Jore cast . Larger average combined production of all tree fruits 

 in the U. S. is expected durir.g the next five years than during the past 

 five years. Significant increases vxe expected in grapefruit, oranges, 

 lemons, and moderate i:icr eases are expected in peaches, peai's and cherries. 

 Grape production vri.ll increase slightly but apple and prune production is 

 expected to continue dovmward at a moderate rate. No significant changes 

 are expected in the production of otlier tree fruits. 



