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On the basis of these results, it seems tha.t the percentage of 

 clay in the soil is a good indicator of the soil's response to Urging i--- 

 sofar as tlie availability -of phosphorus is concerned. Hiese investigations 

 help to expl3.in v/hy cover crops show a favorable response to lining in cer- 

 tain soils containing a fair percentage of clay* 



Do Yo u Know 



Th:it apples increase in size :.iore rapidly ,iust before h^.rvest 

 than at any other time? (R. A. Van L'etsr; 



That one Liclutosh flo-./or may produce nore than lOOjOOO pollen 

 grains? Also, tliat one honey bee can carry vt least that many? (R=A.Van i;etor/ 



That one of the small cold storage room.s at the State College is 

 being made gas-tight by C= I. Gunness of the Department of iLngineeringj to 

 try out gas storage for liclntosh and other varieties? Gom.e around next June 

 and v;e vdll treat you to some prime Mcintosh, if it Horks out 3.s we expect 

 it vdllo (J. K= Shaw) 



Tliat there are about 30,000,000 fa;"d.lies in the United States of 

 Y/hich about 1,000 ,000 are in llassachusetts? 



Tliat the average buyer of fruit is muc-i more interested in ^';alitx 

 than in gsog_r_apli2£? ^'^ i^'-S-tter how much vire may stress the supposed superiority 

 of a locally gro\Tn product it must measure up to a high str.ndaro .of quality 

 if it is to attra.ct attentiono 



Tliat as many as 16 different sized "bushel" boxes or crates of 

 apples have been observed in a single exnibit? '.7. R. Cole reports t!iat 

 number at a Farm Show in one of the northeastern states « 



Tlaat there are still a f&u apple orchards of coiiffnercial size in 

 L'lassachusetts vri.th as manj' as 25 varieties? The writer has visited tv;o 

 such orchards this fall to unscramble variety names. Harvest tim.e is the 

 idea.! season to reconsider the v/crthwhiler.ess of each variety and to m^ark 

 individual trees for top grafting or for pruning at the ground level o 



Tliat as iaany as 250,000 stomatas or "breathing pores" are found 

 per square inch on the lower surface of apple leaves? Most plant leaves, 

 including vegetables and grasses, have stoiaates on both the upper a.nd lov/er 

 surfaces. A fully grov/n corn plant may have EOOjOOO^OOO of those minute 

 openings while/ single pumpkin leaf may have 50,000,000. 



Scjp.e pbj5_er\^ation_s_ on A'Tjle .Ijgxj^etjnig 



The follo".7ing suggestions are gleaned from a series of 16 pointed 

 coimuents recently made by G. '.V. '..'estcott, ZiZtension Economist. 



(l) If apples are not high enough in grade to warrant an attractiyjB 

 package, they should be moved in bulk.. There is no sound economic excuse for 

 an unclean, unattractive package. (2) Tliere is a definite tendency toward 



