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should be thoroughly v;et before use, partly decayed leaves from liardwood 

 trees, woodland turf or rotten wood from a decayed stump or log mixed with 

 the soil in the planting hole helps to acidify the soil and retains moisture. 

 More acidity can be developed by the application of sulfur or aluminum sul- 

 fate. During dry periods in the summer, it maybe necessary to water the 

 bushes . 



Commercial plantings of blueberries are generally set 5 x 8 or 

 6 X 10 feet. The planting distance depends on the fertility of the soil, 

 that is, how large the bushes will grow, and the cultivating tools to be 

 used. If cultivation is to be by a one-horse cultivator, rototiller or 

 some similar narrow equipment, 8 feet between rovrs is enough. Hov/ever, if 

 a large tractor and tractor equipment are to be used, 10 feet is none too 

 much. If the plants are to be mulched - rotted sav;dust, shavings, acid 

 peat, v/aste hay or straw are all good - and/space is at a premium they can 

 be set 7 feet bet\:een rows. 



Blueberry plants transplant best if they are moved with a ball of 

 earth. However, from nurseries in areas where Japanese beetles are present, 

 it may be necessary to ship i/ith bare roots. VjTien the plants are received, 

 they should be set as promptly as possible in holes a little larger than the 

 root ball, and the soil firmed vrell around the root ball. They are best set 

 a little deeper than they stood in the nursery. If the plants ai'e received 

 ivith bare roots, the roots should be c arefully spread out in the hole and 

 fine dirt sifted around them and thoroughly packed to eliminate air spaces. 

 Ile'ver put fertilizer in the planting holes. It is likely to burn the roots. 



— J. S. Bailev 



LITTLE KIICT'ni FACTS ABOUT APPLE SCAB 



Several growers have shovm an interest in the details of the apple 

 scab disease. Some of the following facts might serve a practical purpose. 

 However, they are intended for the most part as informative and interesting 

 information. 



Apple scab has been knovm since the early part of the nineteenth century. The 

 fungus that causes the disease was first described by Elias Fries in Sweden, 

 1819. The first authentic record of the disease in America v/as from Hew York 

 and Pennsylvania in 1834. 



The disease is world wide, occurring practically wherever the apple is grov-m. 

 Pear scab is caused by a distinct but closely related organism. The pear scab 

 fungus cannot attack apple or vice versa, 



A large share of the 80,000,000 lbs. of sulfur sold as fungicide is used against 

 apple scab. 



Cordley of Oregon in 1908 successfully used sulfur as lime sulfur for control 

 for the first time (per record). 



An estimated loss due to apple scab in Massachusetts for 1943 is 20^o and this 

 is an underestimation. New York State figures a loss not less than' t. 3, 000, 000 

 annually. Yearly loss in Australia is estimated at ^48. 50 an acre. 



