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beekeepersvd.ll run their colonies for honey production this year instead of 

 renting them during the blossoming seasoii. He therefore suggests that fruit 

 growers order bees early for pollinating purposes. 



T he Box Situation 



An official in an Eastern box association writes: "The volume of 

 defense business is increasing daily, and if growers wait until June or July 

 to buy apple boxes they will probably have difficulty in obtaining sufficiertfc 

 quantities. YIe are of the opinion that concerns which have made apple boxes 

 in previous years will take care nf their regular box customers this year. 

 Vt'e doubt if any manufacturer v;ill be interested in taking on new accounts 

 but if growers will cooperate by placing orders at once , and taking delivery 

 from now until picking season at the convenience of the manufacturers, and 

 making satisfactory credit arrangements, we feel there will be no shortage." 

 (A list of concei-ns manufacturing box shook in this area is available.) 



Quoting from the March 16 Seasonal Fruit Notes by li. A. Rollins, 

 "The recent survey of 24 box manufacturers in southern New England shows 

 that 16 are interested in making apple boxes. From the replies it is very 

 evident that fruit grov/ers who need apple boxes for the 1942 crop should 

 order early if they expect to have delivery by harvest time. Most of the 

 box manufacturers prefer to furnish the boxes in shook to the fruit grov/er. 

 This may mean that you will have to nail your own boxes this year even though 

 you have not been accustomed to doing so. Show good judgment by ordering 

 your box shook now and try to obtain one keg of 4d cement coated nails for 

 each 1,000 box shook." 



Some enlightenment on the nail situation is found in this quotation 

 from a letter written I.Iarch 4 by an official in a large hard^vare supply con- 

 cern: "We have already received orders for nails for apple boxes for use 

 next fall and these will be shipped in order of receipt. As you probably 

 know, we are on a strict quota basis and we have no idea at this time how 

 many kegs of apple box nails we will have available or for hovj many orders. 

 Because our quotas are based on previous sales and because v;e are having 

 many calls which we formerly did not have, and in view of the scarcity of 

 nails, there isn't any question but what the supply will be inadequate. The 

 only advice that v;e can give you is to get the orders in at once. You no 

 ' doubt know that P-100 has been made available for farmers for repair of 

 machinery. Vie believe that this authority has not been passed along for 

 an operation item such as nails for apple boxes. But an A-10 under the 

 present conditions is not adequate because the factory is filled with orders 

 v;ith A-l-a priority, which take precedence," 



1942 Spray Charts 



By the time March Fruit Notes is delivered, the 1942 Apple and Peach 

 spray charts should be in the hands of your county agricultural agent for 

 distribution. The Apple spray charts are again available on both cards and 

 paper stock. The Peach spray charts are available on paper stock only. These 

 new charts were examined and discussed for the first time at the Tri-County 

 Meeting of fruit grov/ers held in Amherst on Monday, March 23. 



