FRUIT NOTES - November, 1941 



W. H. Tliies 

 Extension Horticulturist 



Fall Care of the Small Fruits Planting 



"' Late fall is considered to be an ideal tlnie to set out red rasp- 

 berry plants. Plants so set are ready to start growing earlier in the 

 spring than spring set plants. The only possible objection to fall plant- 

 ing would be in case of a winter with unusually light snowfall which night 

 cause sone of the plants to heave. This can be avoided if a forkful of 

 mulch is throTA.m over each plant. 



It is about tir,ie to mulch that stravirberry bed for the winter. 

 Don't wait until the ground has frozen or considerable winter injury may 

 be done to the crovms. According to reports from Illinois, one of the 

 principal causes of "he plants" which produce no fruit, is Y;intcr killing 

 of the fruit buds in the croivn. A. P. French 



Profits From Cultivated Fluoberries 



A nev; crop. Fab ul ou's prices. Get rich qu.ick. Or is it? Y.Qiat 

 do blueberry growers think? In riev/ Jersey they feel that they must get 

 20 cents per quart to break even. At times the price received by the grower 

 has been close to this figure. In Michigan they feel that they must get 

 30 cents per quart to "make a little." And they are worrying about the 

 price getting too lov/. They have even r:iade arrangements with canners to 

 take part of the crop if the price does get too low. 



In liassachusetts three prominent cranberry and blueberry growers 

 stated recently that they have made more money per acre on blueberries than 

 on cranberries. Considering the valvie of the cranberry crop, this is a 

 startling statement, J. S. Bailey 



Quince Rvist on Apples 



liost "of~the "cedar rust" damage to apple fruits this year T,vas 

 caused by quince rust. In some seasons, losses from apple rust are greater 

 than those from quince rust. This year, not only was^there a scarcity of 

 cedar-apples or galls of the apple rust disease on the cedar trees, but 

 spores v/ere unusually late in reaching maturity because of the dry weather 

 prior to the apple blossom period. By the time apple rust spores were ma- 

 ture, the young apples and many of the leaves had passed beyond the stis- 

 ceptible stage • 



Quince rust behaved differently. Being perennial in the branches 

 of red cedars .and junipers, it was abundant as usual. Horeovor, its spore 

 development in those branch cankers appeared not to be delayed so greatly 

 as in the case of apple rust spores on the cedar galls. As a result, there 

 was an abundance of mature quince rust spores in some parts of the state 

 during the applo blossom period, the most susceptible stage of the fruits 

 to either rust disease. The susceptible period extends from a veiy few 



