FRUIT IJ T E S 

 Volume 6 Number 10 



October, 1942 



V,'. H. Thies 

 Extension liorticulturist 



In This Issue; 



lleiir Regulations Concerning Fertilizers 



Kevr England Apple Storage Situation 



Golden Delicious and Duchess on Hailing Stocks 



Ilagnesiuai Deficiency 



Possible Remedy for liagnesium Deficiency 



Some Strav/berry Observations 



Fermate, a Substitute for Sulfur 



Do you ICnow? 



Testing Orchard Soils for Acidity 



IfflV; REGULATIONS COII CERIJII IG FEPvTILIZERS_ 



The fruit grower v/ill be able to obtain only about tv;o-thirds the 

 amount of chemical nitrogen for 1943 that v;as bought last year. He will share 

 alike v.dth other types of fanners the- present curtailed supply of nitrogen now 

 available for strictly agricultural use. He may expect to obtain this curtailed 

 amount of nitrogen, hov/^jvor, either in a mixod grade or in the fonii of straight 

 mat'^rials likf; nitrate of soda or sulphato of ammonia, according to his practice. 



In order that farmers may receive a fair allotment, fertilizer dealers 

 have accepted the difficult responsibility of distributing supplies this coming 

 season chiefly on the basis of past usage by the customer. In other words, 

 records of past sul';s and acres fertilized will likely determine the amounts 

 you may obtain for the acreage of crop grown and fertilized this coming year. 

 Moreover, for the fruit grower wlio may have used mixed fertilizer in the past, 

 the most popular types such as 10-10-10, 7-7-7, or similar grades will not be 

 available tliis coming year. For his purpose, a 4-9-7 grade has been authorized 

 as the nearest substitute, r. -[w Donaldson 



Issued by the Extension Service, V/'illard A. Llunson, Director, in furtherance of 

 Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, Massachusetts State College, Unit'>d States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



