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1. V/BZ, Boston and VJB ZA, Springfield; 1030 



(a) The 6:00-7:00 A. LI. program: at 6:20 A.M. 

 and again at 6:50 A. 11. 



(b) The 1:10 P.li. prograra: at 1:10 P.I.I. 



2. Y/NAC , Boston (and Yankee lletvrark): at 6; 25 A.M. 



vmAC, Boston, Ilass. 1260 



l/AAB, VJ'orcester, Ilass. 1410 



1,1 



VffiAN, Providence, R.I. 790 



ViTICC, Bridgeport, Conn. 600 



vrcsn, Portland, Maine 970 



ViUra, Laconia, N. H. 1340 



3, VJEEI , Boston, The "Farmers Almanac of the Air"; 



at 6:15 A.M. 590 



4, V/IAY/ , Lawrence, Mass.; at 7 A.M. 680 



5, WTAG, li;orcester, Mass.; at 6;30 A.M. daily. 580 



This annual radio spray service for fruit grov.'ers v/ill begin Apri l 

 26. The first message will be broadcast on April 27. Copies of the same 

 messages v;ill be mailed to county agricultural agents, to certain ne-v;spaper 

 editors \/ho have requested them, to fruit specialists of other Ne\v England 

 states, and to a fen cooperator growers 'v/ho furnish the College at regular 

 intervals with specific information pertaining to tree and pest developments. 



The 1943 APPLE SPRAY CliARTS have been distributed. 

 If you failed to receive a copy contact your county 

 agricultural agent or the State College. 



Olffi REASON FOR P O OR SHAPED TREES 



An article under this heading appeared iia the April, 1936 issue 

 of Fruit Notes, l.e repeat what was said at that time, firmly believing that 

 a good framev.'ork is of much importance and that young trees should be induced 

 to make good growth from the start. "It is easy to maintain a good frame- 

 work in a tree v/hich is making strong annual growth. A vigorously grov/ing 

 grafted tree, for example, tends to grovr a leader type of frajnsvrork v;hile a 

 starved or stunted tree may, vihen stimulated, break out in some unexpected 

 quarter. Even in an ordinary v;inter when other trees suffer little or none 

 at all, there may be just enough injury to the Baldwin wood to make it less 

 efficient in conducting \/ater and other materials to the groviing points of 

 the previous season. As a result, water and mineral elements become shunted 

 into other channels where the path of conduction from the roots is shorter. 

 And after a season of good growth these sprouts continue to grow until they 

 themselves are wide-tracked in favor of still younger grovrths." 



A thought for today} "Do V^hat You Can of V-Tiat 

 You I'jiow You Ought to Do." 



