[SS MILDRED HOWARD 

 (TENSION SEPVICS 

 )UTH COLLEGE 



April 24, 1943 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Coramittee 

 3 42 .of "the Extension Service 



W. 11. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Radio Spray Service 



One Reason for Poor Shaped Trees 



Do You Know? 



Box Ceilings 



New Strawberry Varieties 



Fruits in North Africft 



Girdled Trees 



Here's an Idea 



The Place of Small Fruits in the Home Garden Program 



RADIO SPRAY SERVICE 



Following is the schedule for the broadcasting of fruit pest control 

 information to be released by the Extension Service in the departments of 

 Botany, Entomology and Pomology, The message released Monday afternoon will 

 be broadcast on Tuesday and repeated V/ednesday, while the message released on 

 \Tednesday afternoon will be broadcast on Thursday and repeated on Friday. 

 V/henever occasions justify, nev; messages will be telephoned or wired to the 

 stations for Wednesdays and Fridays to replace the repeat-announcements. 



In compiling each message, the Extension Service will have access to 

 confidential weather information directly from the East Boston Airport Station 

 of the U.S. ITeather Bureau, for use only in agricultural operational advices. 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of l.lay 8 and June 30, 

 1914, l/illard A. Munson, director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



