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That girdled peach trees are exceedingly difficult t" bridge graft? 

 Recent work of the South Haven, I'lich. Exp. Sta. shows that bridge grafting 

 peach trees with either peach or plu:n scions v.-as unsucc^issful , The peach 

 scions refused to "take", A reasonable percentage of the plun scions grew but 

 the tops above ther.i died later. 



That it is likely to be unprofitable to bridge graft girdled apple 

 trees which are under 2^- inches in diameter? Observations and grov.-th .Measure- 

 ments made in a Michigan 17-year old orchard v/here part "f the trees had been 

 bridge grafted and part of thei.; cut off and cleft grafted following girdling 

 v;aen about 2 to 2-|V inches in dianeter, indicates that cleft grafting is dis- 

 tinctly preferable for tre'.s that size or smaller. 



That slopes as steep as 55^0 in the Finger Lake District of Uev; York 

 have been used for vineyards? According to A, 3. Beauiaont, soiae of these 

 vineyards have been abandoned because of severe erosion. Practical neth'^ds of 

 erosion c-^ntrol are now being developed. 



That California leads all other states in nunber of fan.is under 

 three acres? 6,476 farns are in that class. 



That 60>b of the apples stored in New England February 1 were of the 

 Mcintosh variety, 25^ were of the Baldwin variety, 6% Delici'-'us, A% Northern 

 Spy, I'/o each of r, i. Greening and Rome Bfaauty, and 5^0 were of other varieties. 

 29% of all apples stored in the U. S. '^n that date viere -"f the Tine sap vari'>ty, 

 and ZA% were of the Delicious variety. 



That Bor-^n is proving successful in preventing cracking of cherries. 

 Used successfully for several years to prevent celery steiTi crack and si-nilar 

 difficulties, it v/as also used successfully this year to prevent cracking of 

 carrots. Boron appears to give elasticity to plant cell .aeiubranes and for 

 that reason tests are being made in prune and cherry orchards to prevent 

 cracking of these fruits. In one cherry orchard, the cracking was reduced to 

 a negligible aiaount where borax v/as used at 30 lbs. per cere. Prune cracking 

 was reduced fror.i 25$^ on untreated plots to 9/:, wh'jre boron was applied; 



Do You Read the Annual Report? 



The Annual Report of the Experiment Station is seen by few of our 

 fruit grov/ers. It is in bulletin fom and has increased in size from 54 to 

 108 pages in the last ten years. It contains brief statements concerning 

 practically all the research and ccitrol work of the Station. The report covers 

 the year ending Novonber 30 and is prepared shortly after that date. It is not 

 available in printed form much before :.iid-suM.ner. Anyone seeing this Report 

 for the first time v;ill be astonished at the aiaount and diversity of the re- 

 search work going on at the Experiment Station. The edition is limited but a 

 copy will be available to any citizen of the Coim.ionv/ealth. The paragraph on 

 llulching in this issue of Fruit L'otes is adapted from the report of the De- 

 partment of Pomology, J. K. Shaw 



Addressograph Balks; Fruit Notes Delayed 



January Fruit Notes was delivered late to the majority of our readers, 

 due in part to a broken addressograph. For nearly tvi'o weeks the issue waited 

 patiently on the floor for a minor repair part, a broken spring. V.'hen it be- 

 caiae apparent that the repairs would require still more time, arrangements v.-ere 

 made for doing the addressing by hand, a slow but sure method. Another example 

 of the need for ordering repair parts early, and for restraining one's temper 

 If they don't arrive pro.aptlv. ^ -f ' t. r 



