1.0 You Krov; 



That from the iimltea cviaehce we have, the 

 origiridi x/lclntosh tree Dore apples v.hich were ol a unii'orra rea, and 

 not ^tripea nor splhtshea. 



That a large number ol native v;ila grasses are being 

 testeu by U. S. -f. a. workers i'or use as cover crops anu lor eros- 

 ion control? iibout 20 native grasses are now unuer test at the 

 i:Dtate College Tor possible use as orchard cover crojjs. 



Tnat most ol' the cultivatea i'ruits oi te:. operate re- 

 gions belong to a single botanical I'amily or plants, tne Rose 

 ■bamily ? Incluaea are apple, pear, ^uince, plum, cherry, pe-^.ch, 

 apricot, ctrav>;berry , raspberry, blackberry, ana aewberry. ijrov.'ing 

 'Adlu in the Connecticut Valley tnere are representatives ol more 

 than 100 plant I'amilies. 



That soils in a humia region like New Englanu tena to 

 become more aciu each year? The change in aciaity is more r^pia in 

 a porous soil where more leacning or basic laaterials occurs. 



That the otamp Plan, accoraing to nev;spaper announcement 

 is scheuulea to sturt in the City o! £oston within a lev; u^^ys? This 

 program "vvill tena to increase the movement of apples in that area, 

 since apples are among the surplus coiT^joaities aesignatea -oj the 

 secretary of Agriculture. 



That there is a ueflnite relation between nuiaoer ana 

 vigor of leaves on a strawberry plant in the ft;ll, anu tne numoer 

 ana size of oerries it will proauce the follov.dng spring? In gen- 

 eral, the greater the leaf area, the more berries a plant will pro- 

 auce . 



That as early as 18£4, V,Tn. Thurlow of vv* . Newbury is re- 

 portea to have harvestea 1,000 barrels of apples in a single season"; 

 In 184u, George Thurlow received a prize ior growing i.0,000 apple 

 trees on an acre of lana. ihat same year Allen i^oage oi' iiamilton 

 saiu, "The apples oi issex County may oe at. wiaely celeoratea as 

 tne oranges of navana." 



ihat nearly 100 years ago £. 6. Rogeis ana <j , i' . -^^llen 

 of balem were carrying on similar experiments in the aevelopment 

 of hybria grapes witnin a stone's tnrow of eacn other, wholly un- 

 known to each other? ^ small stock of Rogers' best hybrias were 

 offerea lor sale in 1859 at v4. per vine or 12 vines for '■^'■^0 . 



That Confucius aia not say "Man who .jUt big apples on 

 top make big money"? 



Valley Growers Visit i-^onnect icut 



ribout oj fruit gro'vers from rianipaen ana nc^mpshire 

 Counties visitea lour Connecticut orcharus August 15. Tne tour was 

 arrangea through tne eooperdion of n, a. hollins, Extension norti- 



