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pose of replacing glycerine used in processing tobacco. Tests at Michigan 

 State College demonstrate the practicability of using dairy equipment in con- 

 densing .apple juice. The dairy industry is becoming interested in apple syrup 

 because this material can be substituted for sugar in the manufacture of ice 

 creams and sherbets. One gallon of apple juice or cider can be condensed to 

 1 1/3 pounds of apple syrup. 



That methods for extracting and preserving the juices of small fruits 

 for beverage purposes have been developed at the New York State Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Geneva? Strawberries, raspberries, dev;berries, blackberries and elder- 

 berries have been used in the studies and satisfactory products obtained, par- 

 ticularly v.'here tlie different juices have been blended with apple juice. 

 Because the small fruits generally come on v;ith a rush, making it difficult 

 to handle the fresh fruits to best advantage, the possibilities of extracting 

 juice from frozen fruits have been explored. With attention to certain details, 

 frozen small fruits have proved to be an even more satisfactory source of juice 

 than the fresh fruits. 



That water core is likely to be more prevalent in the fruit of trees 

 bearing a light crop? An examination of the fruit of 7 Duchess troeo at Urbana, 

 111. by T/T. A. Ruth has revealed these facts: (1) On all the trees, v/ell colored 

 apples and those v;ith red tinted flesh tended to show more v/ater core. (2) 

 There was no correlation betv/een size of fruit and water core. (3) Apparently 

 a high leaf-apple ratio favored the development of water core but various other 

 factors were also involved. 



That softv/ood cuttings of beach plums taken in mid-June liave been 

 rooted successfully when treated with a root inducing substance? V;. L. Doran 

 and J. S. Bailey, using a rooting medium consisting of a mixture of 2 parts 

 of sand to 1 part of peat moss, obtained 67% rooting on 4-inch cuttings of 

 short new shoots or laterals treated v/ith indolebutyric acid. The basal ends 

 were emersed for 4 hours prior to planting, and rooting v/as obtained in 25 days. 



That the utilization of commercial fertilizers in Nev/ England last 

 year amounted to about A% of the total used in the United States? New England 

 consumption amounted to 390,327 tons while that in the United States amounted 

 to 10,005,238 tons. Massachusetts used 81,876 tons, or a little more than 

 half as much as Maine where 153,442 tons were used. 



That the brilliant red color showing in the foliage of chokecherries 

 for several weeks is due to X-disease, an incurable ailment of peach trees? 

 Any grower planning to set peach trees next spring should first consider the 

 d&struction of all chokecherries within at least 200 yards. 



That Hood River Valley fruit grov^ers are asking their employees to take 

 lOfo of their pay in v/ar bonds? 



That each time a IS-inch gun is fired, 120 pounds of nitrogen goes back 

 into the air from which it originally came? 



