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Rosy Aphis. An unusually haavy infestation of rosy aphis observed 

 at a recent orchard meeting raised the question, what can we do about it? 

 One grower reported a similar condition three years ago and stated that he 

 had completely cleaned it up since that time by spraying at the dormant stage 

 with one of the DN materials. At this season a thorough application of nico- 

 tine plus two pounds of soap flakes will help to prevent some of the aphids 

 from migrating to the fruit clusters. At the same time the grower should 

 resolve to apply DN next spring. 



Apple Curculi o. At a recent twilight meeting in Granville we de- 

 cided to capture a curculio beetle for certain members of the group, not 

 acquainted with that pest, to examine. Thinking that a heavily loaded plum 

 tre=; v;ould yield a specimen of plum curculio, we jarred such a tree only to 

 capture one lone beetle and an apple curculio at that. 



Roadside Stands . One enterprising fruit grower is considering the 

 establishment of a fruit store in a filling station which is not being used 

 at the present time. Located as it is at the outskirts of a city, such a move 

 will help to bring products of the farm within reach of pedestrians. If tires 

 and gasoline are not available for driving to a roadside stand in the country 

 why not bring the stand within walking distance of the consumer? 



Newly Planted Trees . There seems to be a big difference in the 

 amount of growth made thus far by newly set apple trees. Some have grown 

 a foot or more; others are barely holding their own. A reminder at this 

 season that fruit trees should be made to grow vigorously from the start, 

 may be in order. If certain trees are lagging, it is not too late to give 

 them an application of nitrate of soda or to mulch heavily. A thorough job 

 of eliminating competing grass and weeds will help, but a replenishment of 

 the nitrates washed out of the soil by recent ra.ins may help even more. 



A Penny For Your Thoughts 



No, you are to furnish both the penny (post card), and the thoughts. 

 Having invested in a post card you are invited to send along any thought you 

 may have concerning items to be discussed in Fruit Notes. VIe'll agree to 

 assemble some timely comments on the first five cards which come in, for pub- 

 lication in the July issue which will be "in the works" by July 5. 



American Indian Not So Dumb 



In a recent issue of The Soil Auger, A. B. Beaumont quotes the follow- 

 ing from The Kansas Stockmanj "An Oklahoma editor published two pictures, one 

 of a dilapidated house and the other of an eroded field and invited his r^^ad- 

 ers to take part in a 'You Write the Story' contest. Here is the prize-winning 

 letter, written by an Indian.- 



'Both pictures show white man crazy. Make big tepee. Plow hill. 

 Water wash; wind blow dirt. Grass gone, land gone, door gone, window gone, 

 buck gone, squaw too. Papoose gone. No pig, no corn, no cow, no hay, no 

 pony. Indian no plow land. Keep grass. Buffalo eat. Indian eat buffalo. 

 Hide make tepee, make moccasin. Indian no make terrace, no build dam, no 

 give damn. All time eat. No hunt job, no hitchhike, no ask relief. No 

 shoot pig. Great Spirit make grass. Indian no waste anything. Indian no 

 work. V/hite man heap loco. '" 



