-5- 



The value of the crop may average |200,000. The rabbiteye blueberry (V. vir- 

 gatum) is native in southern Georgia and Alabama and in northern Florida. 

 Commercial fields totaling about 3,500 acres are operated in these and other 

 southern states. 



All of these species are true blueberries as distinguished from 

 huckleberries which have 10 large hard seeds. Blueberries have many very 

 small, soft seeds, L. Southv/ick 



How Far V/ill Apple Scab Spores Travel? 



The following report helps to explain the appearance of apple scab 

 on the leaves of newly planted trees where no scab was present the previous 

 season, and the partial failure of "orchard floor" spraying. D. H. Palmiter 

 of the New York State Research Laboratory in the Hudson Valley, says that in 

 1940 at the time of the first scab spray in the Hudson Valley (delayed dormant) 

 scab spores were not far enough advanced in the old leaves on the ground to 

 justify a fungicide, and no spraying v;as done at the time for protection 

 against apple scab. In Western New York, on the other hand, scab spores 

 v/ere mature at the corresponding stage of tree development. A general rain 

 storm occurred over the state at that time ivith a strong wind blowing east- 

 ward. Later in the season a general light primary infection of scab shovred 

 up in the Hudson Valley that could be assigned to that particular v;et period, 

 in spite of the fact that scab spores \vere not yet mature in the Hudson Val- 

 ley when the rain occurred. It was concluded that the infection resulted 

 from spores blovm from the 'jYestem part of the State over a distance of more 

 than 100 miles. 0. C. Boyd 



Ap plication of S oap for Red ilite Cont rol 



Recent tests have shown that soap (hard, fishoil, or flakes) at a 

 dosage furnishing the equivalent of 4 pounds of dry soap to 100 gallons has 

 shown promise against red mite but also appears to be toxic to some of the 

 red mite predators. If the agitator is disconnected when the spray is being 

 prepared, the danger of formation of troublesome foam or s\ids v;ill be lessened. 



A. I. Bourne 



Apple Crate s^ "A" - "B" - "C" . 



V'.'. E. Piper of the Division of Markets has recently released a sum- 

 mary covering the apple box situation in the Northeast. For purposes of easy 

 identification the three most discussed crates may be designated by the letters 

 A, B, and C, the dimensions of which are as follows: 



A Regular 1 l/5 bushel - 17" x 14" x 11" 



B 1 1/8 bushel - refrigerator car size - 16" x 13 5/8" x 11 l/S" 



C 1 l/8 bushel - 17" x 13" x 11" 



Mr. Piper finds that most apple growers exhibit a decided preference 

 for the 1 l/S bushel crate of the refrigerator car size (B^ crate). As to what 

 will be actually used, hov/ever, the preponderai-ice of opinion leans rather 

 definitely to the 1 l/5 bushel (A crate). The difference between what is 

 preferred and what will be used lies in the fact that a great many growers 

 want to use the 1 l/S size, but feel that it is useless to tie up with it as 

 long as they vrould be in competition with the larger 1 l/5 size. This might 

 be best expressed in tlie words of a large Massachusetts shipper, who says, 

 "I believe in sticking to the A crate until it is outlav/ed the same as the 

 14 qt. bucket. Gtlicr states arc using bulge packs with plenty of weight for 

 competition." 



