March 24, 1943 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 Of the llxtension Service 



VJ'. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Content^' 



The Fruit Grower and the Pood Production" Program 



Orchards Damaged by Severe Winter Vi'eather 



"Ready to Bear" Frv\it Plants 



Actual Figures from a Connecticut Fruit Grower 



Timely Notes on the Bee Situation 



Agricultural Insecticides for 1943 



Should Insecticides and Fungicides be Rationed? 



Critical Situation Regarding Vfood Fibre Shipping Containers 



Three Apple Boxes - Vjeste'm, Michigan, Eastern 



Apple Box Requirements in the N.Yt-N.E. Area 



Victory Gardens 



THE FRUIT GRCHTER Alfl) THE FOOD PRODUCTION PROGRAM 



Fruits are recognized as an essential part of our diet. In dried 

 form they are an important item of food for our armed forces abroad and for 

 our fighting allies. Fresh fruits, being less easily exported, contribute 

 in a similar way to our food needs here at home. Every good fruit grower 

 has reason to feel that he is making a contribution to the food production 

 program. This applies to the commercial fruit grower and to the producer 

 of fruits for home use as well, 



Whatever we grow of necessary foods, near the point of consumption, 

 releases transportation facilities for vital use elsewhere. A carload of 

 good apples grovm on a hillside farm v.rithin easy trucking distance of Boston, 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of Hay 8 and June 

 30, 1914, VJillard A. Ilunson, director, Massachusetts State College, United 

 States Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



