September 8, 1943 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



W. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Co ntents 



Some Suggestions for Handling Inexperienced Apple Pickers 



Nursery Inspection - 1943 



Do You Know? 



"Hormone'' Spraying and Duisting for Lessening Preharvsst Drop 



Magnesium Deficiency 



Outbreak of Spotted Tentiform Leafrainer 



Present Status of Apple Leaf -curling iiidge 



Orchard Spraying Experiments Nov; Under ITay in Axaiaerst and Vfelthara 



Sidelights on tiie 1942 Harvest 



SOjvIE SUGGESTIONS FOR liAIJDLING IIJEXPERIEITCED APPLE PICKERS 



At least 2,000 apple pickers will be needed in the IJashoba area this 

 season, in addition to those to be recruited locally, At least a third of these 

 individuals will be picking apples for the first time. It will therefore be 

 highly desirable tiat time be taken at the start to instruct these new workers 

 in the easiest and best way of removing apples from a tree. Let's not assume 

 that the newcomer knows just how vre want the apples handled. 



In the rush of getting the apple crop picked in a few days, many grow- 

 ers are in so much of a hurry that they give the new picker a basket and ladder, 

 and tell hLm to "go to it." IVhere apple pickers are paid by tho bushel, there 

 is a strong urge to got off just as many bushels as possible in a day without 



Issued by the Extension S'.rvice in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and, June 30, 

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

 Department of Agriculture, and Goimty Extension Services cooperating. 



