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A SPRAYING RECORD 



Hoosier HorticulturQ, issued monthly by the Indiana Horticultural 



Society, reports that Mr. Glen Jones of Mt. Sterling, Illinois personally 



applied 268,000 gallons of spray material on his orchard in 1943. His only 



assistant was the tractor driver . He used a sprayer with a 400 gallon tank 



and did all the spraying from a ttwer. ^ .,.,•, 



f J b — L, Southwiok 



HEARD IN I.IAINE 



At the annual meeting of the Maine Pomological Society the question 

 came up concerning what variety to plant to prolong the Mcintosh season. Many 

 Maine growers are interested in a hardy winter apple to take the place of the 

 once widely planted Baldwin. Some hardy varieties produced in the Middle West 

 and some unnamed seedlings from the breeding work in Maine and elsewhere may 

 find a place. Bat one of the most interesting comments to come out of the 

 discussion was made by County Agent Lovejoy who operates a sizeable orchard 

 venture of his own. He argued that instead of seeking a brand new variety 

 for the late market, Maine growers should first test extensively a variety 

 that has already proven itself. This variety is Golden Delicious. Mr. Love- 

 joy contends, on the basis of his own experience, that the Golden Delicious 

 can be grown successfully and profitably in Maine. Furthermore, a man who 

 has marketed many Maine apples in New York was present and he stated that 

 Maine grown Golden Delicious have topped the New York market. He felt strong- 

 ly that the market can absorb a greatly expanded production of well-grown 

 Golden Delicious apples and urged that grovrers who have the right soil and 

 growing conditions might well increase their plantings of this variety. 



— L, Southwick 



APPLE AND PEAR UTILIZATION 



The Crop Reporting Board of the U.S.D.A., Bureau of Agricultural 

 Economics, reports that during the period 1934 to 1942 about two-thirds of 

 the country's commercial apple crop v;as sold as fresh fruit. Considering 

 the 1942 crop, 78,246,000 bushels were sold as fresh fruit; 6,541,000 bush- 

 els were used in farm households; and 35,102,000 bushels 'were manufactured 

 into products as follows: canned apples - 11,426,000 bushels; dried apples - 

 7,376,000 bushels; vinegar, cider, apple juice and other products - 16,300,000 

 bushels. 



New York, Pennsylvania and Washington are the most important states 

 in the canning of apples, accounting for 57 percent of the apples canned in 

 1942, About 90 percent of the nation's production of dried apples comes from 

 California, 1/Yashington, and New York. The three leading states in the man- 

 ufacture of vinegar, cider and apple juice are New York, Pennsylvania and 

 Virginia. 



Of the 1942 pear crop, 15,584,000 bushels were sold for fresh use; 

 10,797,000 bushels were canned; 3,244,000 bushels went for farm household use; 

 and 627,000 bushels were dried. 



— L Southwick 



