FRUIT IjOTES 

 Volume 6 Number 7 



July, 194a 



1!. H. Thies 

 Extension Horticulturist 



In This Issue: 



Fruit Crop Prospects 



Grass Roots and Tree Roots 



Some Recent Bulletins 



Some Facts About Lead Arsenate 



Do You Know? 



Kotes From New Hampshire Ileeting 



Notes on the Harvest Labor Situation 



Foliage Injury From Summer Use of D N 



Nail Supply to be Adequate 



Sugar for Home Canning 



Classification of Fruit Growers by Selective Service 



FR UIT CROP PROSPECTS 



A summary of fruit crop prospects reported by grower and shipper 

 representatives at a recent meeting in Vfeshington indicate an expected apple 

 production for 1942 of approximately 125,300,000 bushels for the country as a 

 v;hole. This is almost exactly the same as in 1941. The prospects in New 

 England and New Yorl: are about 20'/o better than last year. The Appalachian 

 region reports prospects very close to that of last year with the crop running 

 heavier to fall varieties. In the iJiddle lYest there are indications of fewer 

 summer apples and more of winter varieties. The total crop in that area will 

 probably be lOJo less than in 1941. In the Far \7est, sonevrhat fewei' Delicious 

 are expected but the Vi'inesap trees promise a larger crop than in 1941. The 

 total in that area should be about the sa:Ae as last year. California v;ill 



Issued by the Extension Service, V/illard A. Munson, Director, in furtherance 

 of Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, Massachusetts State College. United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



