oome N.jteo on Apple Prospects In the Various otates 



In the latest issue oT "iTuit ana X'Jut Crop Prospects," 

 reieaoSu by tlie u' . j. Lepartment oi Agricuxture on May 17, ;e I'ina 

 these statements concerning apple prospects: 



"Winter anu early spring Irsezes causeu little carnage 

 to appie trees ana buas. It is too eany for aefinite inaicatii.ins 

 as to prc^auction prospects^ but t,he present outiook is I'avorabie in 

 nearly an commercial sections ol the country, uonuitions in Ne-y 

 Engiana have been relatively I'avorabie to uate, but many or the 



treeo injurea auring the nurric^ne of t^eptember, i9o-i, have not 

 iuj-iy recoverea. In Pennoy-Lvania prospects are favorable but many 



orcnar^s v;nich nau relatively large crops in ito^ are expecteu to 



proauce lighter crops this season. Prospects are favorable in i^el - 



a vare ana Marylanu . In Virginia blosooming; ./ao unuouaiiy late. 



tsxoom v/as fairiy heavy except on forks in orcharas '.vhicn prouuceu 



a large crop of that variety last seas.jn. v.eather has not been par- 



ticuiarj-V favorabj.e for pjl^-inatlon put proi^pects are generally 

 better than average. 



In the eentrai otates the late spring has retarueu ae- 

 velopment of fruit buus, tliough prospects are favorable in most of 

 these states. In Illinois bloom anu conaition of trees point to 

 gooa prospects for summer apples, ana fair to goou crops of Jonathan, 

 L»elicious, anu other fall anu winter varieties. In Michigan , cool 



.veather.Kept buus aonjiant longer than usuai, ana it is too early 

 lor muications. relative to crop prospects. April freezes reaucea 

 prospects materially m -i-ennessee ' anu injureu fruit buas to some ex- 

 tent m ^venLucky . ihe outlook is favorable in North Carolina ana 

 Georgia. In .^i-rkansas late varieties v/ere not injurea by the April 

 cola wave, but crimes, 'iransparents , ana oonathans recelvea some 

 injury. 



In the Vv'estei'n ...tateo prouuction prospects are favorable 

 In Wasningt jn the bloom v;as uniformly heavy in both the ^venatcnee 

 ana YaKima aistricts. Most appie aistricts haa some rainl'aii aur- 

 ing. tne blossom periou byt it is not 'pej.ievea that pollination was 

 oeriousxy affect ea. Irrigation supplies are expecteu to oe ampie. 

 Prospects in Oregon are for a somewnat more favoraole crop than in 

 xSo9, especially in the noou River Vaixey -vhere prouuction Vv'as re- 

 latively small last year. In the -''ij-lamette Vaiaey tne set appears 

 to be rather j-ight. Growing conuitions were favorable in oaiifornia 



auring ■n.|)rii, but it is too early to estimate the size of the pros- 

 pective crop. In Gclorauo fruit bu^o 'ere uamagea some.vnat in xocai 



areao by the freeze of "prii lO, but in tne important Western Slope 

 area, tne outlook is promising. Iruit buus -A'-ere ^racticaxiy all 

 kixiea in the Freemont County section. Present prospects are favor- 

 abi.e in laaho where the outiook is relatively better for Winesap 

 ianu -L-elioious than for rtome ana Jonathan. Prospects are i'avorabie 

 in Montana ana otah. " 



Growers will Cooperate in lesting iNlew Mcintosh i^rop Preventative 



A list of Massachusetts growers who intenu to try out 



th? ne material, napthalene acetic aciu, or^one a the other prom- 

 ising compounus, as a means of prev;;nting Mcintosh arop, is being 



lassemblea in oraer that timely suggestions may be ofi'ere..u. itight 



gro'vers have thus far signifieu their intention of making such a 



jtest. Any others who pian to ao so are inviteu to arop a postcaru 



to 0, K. oha'w of the Pomology -department, 'vho wixi senu out some 



