FRUIT LIOTZIS - March, 1940 



W. H. Thies 

 Extension Hoi'ticulturist 



Fr..rm and Home V/eok Fruit Meetln r;s 



Thursday raid Fridf<.y, July 25 to 26, arc the dates selected 

 Tor the 1940 Farm and Home ^;/eck fruit meetin(^s in Anilior&t. For 

 the first time in a number of years the meetings are to he held 

 on Thursday and Friday instead of Tuesday and Wednesday . This 

 change has been made in order to avoid a conflict v.'itli the Farm 

 and Home Vfeek meetin[:,s in Connecticut. Details 01 the program 

 are nov; being worked out. In addition to another interesting 

 speaking program, an o:-hibit depicting the histor:' of spraying 

 equipment v/ill be on display. 



Chang es in the 194-0 Apple Spray bchedu le 



The 194-0 Apple Spray Chart, available from each County 

 Extension Office or from the State College, contains no radical 

 changes. In addition to a nev; color scheme (pink instead of 

 brov.n) nev; emphasis is being placed upon wet'cable sulfur in the 

 earlier applications. Hot that apple scab is any easier to con- 

 trol than it used to be, but because of improved equipment and 

 better timing of spray applications, more grovers are able to 

 rely upon a v/ettable sulfur for sorb control, using lime sulfur 

 only in an emergency. Note 2 in the 1940 Apple Spray Chart sums 

 up the situation. The new spray chprt also outlines detailed 

 control m.easures for two m.inor pests, bud moth and leaf roller, 

 v;hich seem to be on the increase in certain orchards. liotes 4 

 and 5 suggest how thfe as pests are best controlled. 



Bees for Pollination Proj-^ct 



A joint project betv;een beekeepers and fruit growers in 

 Massachvisetts has again been arranged by the two associations 

 for the purpose 01 facilitating the rental of strong colonies 

 of bees for orchard pollination. The specif icctions for a colony 

 for pollination purposes agreed upon b^ both beekeepers and fruit 

 growers is as follows: ''A nori.ial over-v/intered colony consisting 

 of not less than six frcnes of bees with brood in a ten frame 

 hive." The interests of both- beekeepers and fruit growers have 

 been carefully considered in •^he arrangements as nov" dravm up. 

 April 10 has been set as the closing date for the agreement be- 

 tween beekeeper and agent of the M.F.G.A. For full details, 

 growers are invited to com.municate with \Y. R. Cole^ Secretary of 

 the M.F.G.A. in Amiierst. 



Issued by the Extension Service, V/illard A. Munson, director, 

 in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and June 30, 191/;, Massachusetts 

 State College, United States Department of Agriculture, and 

 County ^.."".tension Services cooperating. 



