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Ye llow L eav es App ear in Many Apple Orchards 



Lack of rain is making itsolf felt in many apple orchards in 

 Massachusetts where the smaller leaves which developed early in the season 

 are turning yellow particularly on trees of the Baldwin and Rhode Island 

 Greening varieties. This is just what vie should expect in view of the se- 

 vere shortage of water in the soil. As mentioned elsewhere in this issue, 

 we experienced a shortage of more than eight inches of rainfall in Amherst 

 from January 1 until June 1. Other sections of the state appear to be 

 equally dry. It may be well to remind ourselves again that a large fruit 

 tree may require as much as 4500 gallons of water during the season. To 

 supply the daily need v:hen air temperatures are high and the loss of moisture 

 from the leaves is excessive, the roots must have access to an unfailing 

 supply. Yl'iere tree roots extend to a depth of eight or ten feet there should 

 be no yellowing of leaves. But if the entire supply of moisture must be ob- 

 tained from a layer of soil two or three feot deep, it is easy to imagine 

 the tremendous competition which goes on between the various leaves on the 

 tree. This competition may result in a dropping of many of the fruits as 

 well as a shedding of some of the leaves, 



Heavy Peach Crop is Forecast 



The United Stat'es peach crop will total about 66,000,000 bushels 

 according to the latest forecast as compared vdth 54,000,000 bushels in 1940. 

 Lry weather caused some decline in peach prospects in the southern states 

 during May, 



Representatives from about a dozen peach producing states net in 

 Columbus, Ohio, June 18, to consider r;ays and means of handling the large 

 crop. Home canning of peacnes is one of the items stressed at that meeting. 

 The group represented all important pcacli producing areas, which incidentally 

 does not include Nnw England. The group requested all branches of the dis- 

 tributing trade and all state and federal agencies including those dealing 

 Y:ith nutrition and home economics, defense and marketing, to support a na- 

 tion-wide cairipaign to stress more home canning of peaches, find also urged 

 the continuance cf sales efforts in the northern states similar to the peach 

 campaign which was developed in the South. 



A Fovi Recent Bulletins 



^"CuTr'x.ppl'es for Dairy Cows," Bui. 326, Va. Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 Elacksburg, "Soil Lrosion in Maine and Its Control," Ext. Bui. 2tid , Univ, 

 of i'iaine, Orcno. "Repairing and Jidjusting llowing ■■iachines ," Ext. Bui. 291, 

 Univ. of ijaine, Orono, "The Connecticut Apple Industry," Ext. Dul . 306; 

 Univ. of Conn., Storrs. "The Apple Orchard in New -iaiBpshire," Ext. Bui. 59, 

 Univ. of IT. II., Durham. "The Biology and Control cf the Round-headed Apple- 

 tree Borer," Bui. 688, Agric. Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y. "The Oriental Fruit 

 Lloth in Missoyiri," Exp. Gta. Bui. 424, Univ. Of Missouri, Columbia. "Con- 

 trol of the Apple Maggot," Circ. 145, Conn, Agri. Exp. Sta., New- Haven. 

 "Soil Reaction (pH) Preferences of Plants," Special Bui 306, ?,Iich. Exp, 

 Sta., East Lansing, "A Small Practical Vinegar Generator," Circ. Bui. 174, 

 Mich. State College Exp. Sta., East Lansing. "Orchard Irrigation, " U. S, 

 D. A,, Farmers' Bui, No, 1518. "Irrigation Problems in Citrus Orchards," 

 U. S, D. .... Farmers' Bui. Ac. 1876, 



