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the tips. YIe had plonty of such weather this year. 



A report fron the Arkansas Experiment Station indicates that large 



amounts of plant food are essential to the proper development of pistils in 



the strawberry. The development of the berry is entirely dependent upon the 



performance caf these pistils v/hich form the hairy covering of the little mound 



in the center of each strawberry flower. This may explain why strawberries 



on poor land produce so many "nubbins" and possibly one reason for wet weather 



causing them, since heavy rains leach available plant foods from the soil and 



may cause a temporary shortage at a critical time. Wet weather also limits 



the activities of be^js and interferes with pollination. ^ , ,r „, j. 



^ - — R. A- Van Meter 



CHOKECIiEIlRlLS ?c X-DISEASE 



If you haven't already killed tiie chokecherries around your peach or- 

 chard, this should bo done right avray, to protect it from X-disease. If all 

 chokecherries are killed for a distance of 200 feet from a peach orcbard, the 

 protection is good; but 300 f'^'ot is bett«^r. 



The best way to kill chokecherrios is by spraying with a chemical weed 

 killer. There are "'wo t;/pes on the market (see Fruit Notes for June, 1942). 

 Remember these weed killers are not selective. They kill all green vegetation 

 sprayed, so keep the spray off anything you want to save. The leaves of 

 sprayed cherries will die in a few days, but don't mow or cut them until late 

 fall or early spring. Givu the chemical plenty of time to penetrate to the 

 roots and kill the whole plant. 



The following brief outline will help in distinguishing ohokecherries 

 from the two other closely related and similar species: 



