been brought in \rfiich show this phonoiaenon. One of theu had two- 

 fifths of the surface highly colored like Starking \/hlle the rest 

 of the apple v/as typical of a partially mature Delicious. The 

 other apple showed typical Starking color except for a small seg- 

 ment which was pure yellow. A. P. French 



That apple grovvers receive. 34'^ out of the retail dollar 

 spent for apples? Orange growers get 22^. These figures released 

 by the IJ. S. D. A. are accompanied by an explanation that the 

 grower's share of the retail dollar is affected by the differences 

 in the amount of marketing services rec^uired to get the individual 

 cominodities from the grov^er to the consumer. 



That water and most, if not all;* of the mineral elements 

 used by a v/oody plant such as ari apple tree flow upv^ard through 

 the sapwood, v/hile carbohydrate materials manufactured in the 

 leaves are moved through the inner bark? This helps to explain 

 why a tree girdled by .licemay live for months because of an ade- 

 quate water supply, although root growth fends to stop because the 

 channel through which the carbohydrates flow, is interrupted. 



That the State of Washington is growing better apples in 

 recent years? In 1922, according to a U. S. D. A. report, 25/^ of 

 the State crop was C grade. In 1933 the C grade pack had dropped 

 to 12$. 



That crushed pecan shells are now being used in the propa- 

 gation of horticultural plants? The shells are first run through 

 a feed grinder set on a wide adjustiaent leaving the larger pieces 

 perhaps one-half inch in dia:.ieter. Equal parts by volume of sand 

 and ground shells are mixed and used directly in the propagating 

 benches . 



That rubber tires on farm equipment may reduce rolling re- 

 sistance by as much as 4-6^'* This result v/c.s obtained in recent 

 experiments at Ames, lov/a, v;here .aachines were moved over plor/ed 

 fields , 



That the Connecticut Pomological Society celebrates a 

 half century of progress in fruit gro"«ving November 12-14, 194-^, ^t 

 Hartford, Connecticut? The program for this 50th Anniversary Meet- 

 ing is filled with interesting discussions. 



That the original Baldwin apple tree, v/hich grevv on the 

 old Baldwin Farm, Chestnut Street, V/ilmington, Mass., and of which 

 all present day EaldvrLn trees are direct vegetative descendants, 

 was blovm dov/n during the hurricane v/hich occurred September 23, 

 1815? 



That car card signs telling the merits of Massachusetts 

 Mcintosh apples are being displayed in 1176 trolley cars in the 



