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affected orchards and (2) by growing, trees in soils taken from non-orchard 

 sitesto which lead arsen&te was added in various d03ag,es. Other trees 

 ^rovm as in (2) except that no lead arsenate wag added, remained normal. 



0. C. Boyd 



Food for Thought in Selling Apples 



in an aadress~at the annual meeting of the Virginia State Horti- 

 cultural Society, V. E, Gardner of Llichigan State Golle^:e made this in- 

 teresting statement: "If the apples are a bit under colored, variable in 

 size and snape, if they show a good many bruises, in brief if tliey are 

 below par, they are left on tlie shelf and the oranges and grapefruit are 

 purchased. This is corroborated by the experience of chain store system 

 buyers and super-market operators. They say that Vifhen they have really 

 fancy, highly attractive apples to sell, not only do they sell them in 

 larger x'-olume than oranges and grapefruit, but they can and do sell them 

 at higher prices and the citrus fruits must be priced in proper relation 

 to them in order to b e moved. On the other hand, if the apples are below 

 par, it is the citrus fruits that set the selling pace and set the price 

 and the apples must be priced down in order to sell at all," L. Southwick 



Fr uit Production - 1942 



normal growing conditions in 1942 will probably result in a 

 smaller production of apples, peaches, pears, plums, and prunes, and a 

 larger output of apricots, cherries, grapes, strav/berries, oranges, grape- 

 fruit, and lemons than in 1941, according to the January issue of The 

 Ag ricul t ural Sit uation. L. Southwick 



Apple Varieties in Nova Scotia 



A recent survey of orchards in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia,. 

 including 30,368 acres, reveals that the heaviest planted single variety 

 is Stark. This is followed in order by V^agener, Baldv;in, Ben Davis, Golden 

 Russeti,'. King and Red King, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Gano, Ribston, 

 Mcintosh, Cox Orange, and Blenheim. Total Llcintosh trees numbered only 

 55,916 whereas there were 184,155 Stark trees. In recent plantings, Wag- 

 ener holds first place, followed in order ^Golden Russet, Llclntosh, red 

 sports of Delicious, Cortland, and Crimson Gravenstein. Some 40,000 trees 

 vj-ere removed by organized tractor pulling in 1940. About half of these 

 were 51 years of age or over, about a quarter 41-50 and a quarter 21-40. 

 By variety the heaviest pulling was in Baldwin, Nnnpariel, Gravenstein, 

 Stark and the odd varieties. The report of the Nova Scotia Apple Llarketing 

 Board for the 1939-40 crop season lists some 214 varieties of apples handled 

 during that season. L. Southwick 



Vfeather Conditions Uere and in England 



It is interesting to note tiTe considerable differences in rainfall 

 and sunshine in a fruit growing section of England and in Massachusetts. 

 The figures here given represent the normals or the average conditions over 

 a period of years' as observed at Amherst, Massachusetts, and at Kent, England. 



Precipitation in Inches Hours of Sunshine 

 April - September AJinual Annual 



Amherst 23,1 43.7 2353 



Kent 11.8 26.2 1480 



