Volume 6 



In This Issuo: 



FRUIT NOTES 



number 11 



November, 1942 



Vf. H. Thies 

 Extension Horticulturist 



Novembor Tasks on a Fruit Farm 



Do You Know? 



Cold Storage Holdings of Apples in Massachusetts 



Motion picture Films Available from M. S. C. 



Maintaining Tree Vigor in Spite of Nitrogen Shortage 



Variation in Toxicity of Lead Arsenate Sprays 



Save Tires and Trucks 



Copper in Agriculture 



Apples and the Viar Food Program 



Somo Nov; Rulings Pertaining to Fruits 



The Food Outlook for 1943 



The Vf'orc ester Lleeting 



N OVEI.IBER TilSK S ON A FRUIT F/iRM 



A v/ork calendar is an important item on any well managed farm. 

 Certain tasks must be done this month instead of next. Here are some timely 

 tasks for November: (1) Check on storage conditions. (2) Distribute mouse 

 bait; re-bait if necesisary. (3) Take care of the sprayer. (4) Mulch straw- 

 berries. Let's make sure, first of all, that the apple crop is protected against 

 low temperatures we are certain to get during the next month. Ldt ' s also 

 check on the storage humidity, v/etting the floor and walls if necessary to 

 prevent shrivelling. Having spent several months grov;ing a fine crop of ap- 

 ples, we ought not to neglect such important storage factors as temperature 



Issued by the Extension Service, Willard A. Llunson, Director, in furtherance 

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

 Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services cooperating. 



