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Growers are finding it very expensive t ) produce apples on the tall trees 

 and almost impossible to get them picked with inexperienced labor. Some 

 growers, in recent years, have lowered the tops of their tall trees by 

 rather drastic pruning. Others are planning to do something about it this 

 winter. To avoid v/inter injury, large cuts should be made in late T//inter 

 after the danger of extremely low temperatures has passed. Unless cuts are 

 made so that the main limbs will be partially shaded, sunscald on the tops 

 of the branches may cause serious injury. If the tops are pruned heavily, 

 the rest of the tree should have only a light pruning. Plan your pruning 

 program navi before you forget how difficult it was to pick those apples 

 from tall trees." 



LIST OF SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN FRUIT NOTES DURING 1945 - Page No . in () 



Apple Insects, May (1) June (2) Sept. (5) (6) 



Apple Scab May (2) 



Bees Feb. (8) Mar. (4) June (5) 



Boysenberries Nov. (4) 



Containers Feb. (8) Mar. (6) (7) (8) Apr, (6) June (4) 



Contour Planting Feb, (5) 



Cost of Production Mar. (4) 



Do You ?Cnow Jan. (5) Feb. (3) Apr. (3) May (3) June (3) July (4) Sept, (3) 



Oct, (3) Nov. (3) Dec. (5) 

 Fertilizers Jan, (1) (6) Feb. (6) June (7) 



Foods and Food Production Mar. (l) (8) Apr. (8) June (6) July (9) Oct. (6) 

 Fruit Preservation May (7) 

 Fruit Statistics Apr, (6) June (l) 

 Grapes Feb. (2) Nov. (2) 



Harvest Sprays and Dusts July (8) Sept, (5) 

 Harvesting Feb, (5) Apr, (7) Sept, (8) 

 Labor May (5) June (2) July (2) Sept. (l) 

 Magnesium Deficiency Jan. (6) July (7) Sept. (5) Nov. (5) 

 Marketing Jan. (5) June (9) Nov. (1) 

 Mice Apr. (7) Oct. (l) 

 Movies Nov. (4) 



Nursery Stock Mar. (3) July (7) Sept, (2) 



Orchard Management June (5) (8) (10) July (5) (6) Oct. (5) Dec. (7) (b) 

 Peaches Jan. (2) Feb. (7) Dec. (1) (3) 

 Price Ceilings May (4) Oct. (8) (10) Nov, (6) 

 Pruning Apr. (2) Dec. (3) 

 Raspberries May (8) 

 Russeting Feb. (5) 

 Spraying and Spray Materials Jan. (6) Mar. (5) (6) Apr, (l) (8) May (9) 



June (8) Sept, (7) Dec. (6) 

 Storage May (9) 



Strawberries Apr. (6) Oct. (2) 

 Taxation Feb. (lO) 

 T/inter Injury Feb. (l) Mar. (2) 



A sign in a Connecticut Valley retail store window carries this 

 message: FANCY U. S. NO, 1 SELECTED MACINTOSH APPLES. The only things wrong 

 with this statement are (1) if the apples are U. S, No. 1 they can't be Fancy , 

 (2) if of either grade they would naturally be Selected , (3) the apples &pZ 

 pear to be ungraded, and (4) the Variety name is misspelled. (The printing, 

 at least, is good). 



