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May 24, 1943 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



VJ". H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Curculio Emerging from Hibernation 



Apple Scab Situation 



Do You Know? 



Apple Blossoms 



Price Ceilings for Apples 



Farm Labor Problem Being Solved 



List of Emergency Farm Labor Assistants in Mass. 



New Method of Preserving Fruits 



VJinter Killing of Raspberries 



Controlled Atmosphere Storage 



Fungicide and Insecticide Situation 



CURCULIO EMERGING FROM HIBERIJATION 



As this issue of Fruit Notes is being prepared, the following mes- 

 sage comes from YL D. VThitcomb of Ifaltham: "Fifteen (15) curculio beetles 

 were jarred from the trees Friday morning. May 21. This is the first col- 

 lection this year and represents about 2% of the expected total number. 

 If warmer v/eather occurs in the next fe\v days, the calyx spray with lead 

 arsenate v;ill be very helpful in controlling this pest, Curculio collec- 

 tions vj-ill be made Monday, Vfednesday, and Friday mornings for about one 

 month. Cankervrorms are quite abundant in some places and are beginning 

 heavj' feeding on unsprayed apple and shade trees," 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and June SO, 

 1914, vmiard A. Munson, director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



