Twil ifht Me9 ti n,e;s 



Once more the season of "orchard clinics" has arrived in liassachu- 

 setts. At least 40 of ihese twij.ight sessions are being scheduled durin^^ the 

 spra^/ing season for the purpose of looking over a good orchard and considering 

 anything of tinely interest, with particular emphasis on fruit pest control. 

 At each meeting the present stage of apple scab is reviev/ed and pertinent items 

 in the spray schedule are taken up. New developments in spraying equipment 

 aaid technique are also considered, and where facilities periTiit, are demonstrat- 

 ed. 



The schedule of meetings in tv/o counties is as follows s 



Mid_dl_e_sox 



I.Iay 14 John Rice, L'larlboro. 



" 21 Harry D. 3rov/n, Billerica 



" 28 V/illiam Wright, V/estford. 



June 4 John Harks, Pepperell. 



" 11 Robert Linghar.i, Littleton. 



" IS Chester Barnes, Bedford. 



" 25 John Eadie, Dracut 

 Br_istol 



Llay 13 C» Galdv/ell, IJorth Attleboro, 



" 27 John Hodgkinson, Swaiisea 



June 10 D» W. Nason, Morton 



" 24 Frederick Ashley, Acushnet 



July 8 A.:es Estate, North East on 



Details of raeetinj^s in 7/orcestor, Esse::, and other counties will be announced 

 later . 



Se_lect ion, Care, a nd Planting of i'urser./ GjQwy-, Fruity Tr ees 



This is che title of a new Geneva, New York, Circular (^^138) by 

 H. B. Tukey, Grov/ers interested in knowing what is behind the trees offered 

 for sale by the nursery should read this interesting publication. Here will 

 be found a discussion of co;va-.;on nursery practices of interest to growers, 

 grades and quality of nursery stock, bearing age trees, truenoss to naiae, 

 patented planes, v/inier injured stock, bargain stock , types of nurserymen, 

 rootstocks, handling ihe stock prior to planting, subsequent care, root form- 

 ation, penetration and spread of roots, and the secret of obtaining vigorous 

 shoot and foliage development. 



The European Red IlLt e_ Situation 



Scarcity of red mdte eggs in many orchards has resulted in a 

 rather general omission of the delayed dormant spray. In only a few cases 

 has a heavy infestation been observed. Probabli'' not more than a third of 

 the commercial orchards ha.ve received aji oil spray this spring. The European, 

 and other spider r.iites, according to V/» D. V/l:iitcomb, are generally described 

 as feeding by "v/ounding .he surface of the leaf and lapping the sap v/hich 

 emerges from the wound." They can feed on liquids only. By means of small, 

 sharp appendages they pierce the cells of the leaf, although they do not have 

 a hollow beak, such as apliids, through which tI:o sap can be pumped. Bronzing 

 of leaves in mldsuriimer results frov.i the cell injury ..-.cntionod above. 



