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New Ras pberry Seedling . A few years ago a raspberry plant, apparent- 

 ly a seedling, grev; up in the flovi/er garden on the farm of Arthur Lundgren, 

 in Orange. It was transplanted, and as new canes grew, the planting was ox- 

 tended until now it covers an area about 30 feet square. This nevi unnamed 

 variety looks promising. The fruit is large, of fairly good quality, and 

 thus far the foliage shows no signs of mosaic. 



Planting Strawberries on Run Out Land . On a Hampden County farm 

 a particular field of excellent soil "type shows evidence of continued crop 

 removal v/ith little, if anything, put back. Fifty years or more of "mining" 

 has left this field in an impoverished condition. None of the ordinary 

 grasses are in evidence and the scanty weed grov;th consists mainly of acid 

 tolerant plan'ts. The previous owner had continued to plow and cultivate 

 until it may have been necessary to "prime the hayrake with last year's hay" 

 in order to gather up the scanty crop. The present owner would like to es- 

 tablish a strawberry planting of half an acre or so next year, if possible. 

 To do so successfully v/ill mean strenuous efforts, to say the least. Brief- 

 ly, these things v/ill be needed: 2 tons of lime per acre, a heavy applica- 

 tion of manure, or of a complete fertilizer, and a cover crop sown immediate- 

 ly to provide as much organic matter as possible. Even then, the chances of 

 providing a soil good enough for strawberries next spring are very remote. 

 It v/ill be easier to get the land in shape for planting in 1946, 



Sunburned Apples . In a Northboro orchard, quite a number of apples, 

 amounting to perhaps 1% on some trees, show distinct sunburn. There is 

 reason to believe that spray materials may be a factor. The trees have 

 been well sprayed with a wettable sulfur, and in mid-summer an application 

 of DN was made for red mite control. On the side of the apple exposed to 

 the sun the skin has turned almost black. A combination of sulfur, DN, and 

 strong sunlight may be the answer. 



Fewer Tentiform Leaf Miners . The heavy outbreak of spotted tenti- 

 form leaf miner in eastern Massachusetts, so evident in certain orchards in 

 1945, seems to be on the wane. One orchard where this pest was very preva- 

 lent last year shows very few miners this summer. Vif. D. Y/hitcomb hae found 

 at least one parasite working on this insect and is of the opinion that the 

 leaf miner may disappear from an orchard after about three years, 



Gypsy Moth in a Woods Orchard . In a Connecticut Valley orchard, 

 immediately adjacent to pine trees, we have seen one of the worst outbreaks 

 of gypsy moths in years. For protection against this pest, it seems highly 

 desirable to "bring an orchard out of the woods." 



A Poor Combination . A combination of circumstances in one part of 

 an orchard in the llashoba area indicates at least three things in need of 

 serious attention. Those particular trees, on the average, look exceedingly 

 sick. In fact, some of them are practically dead. The reasons are winter 

 injury and mouse injury, induced by the follovnng system of management: A 

 hear;/ application of poultry manure vms apparently placed around the trees, 

 about tv;o years ago, in late summer. As a result, the trees grew too late 

 for their own good and suffered from viinter injury. The poultry manure also 

 caused a heavy growth of grass around the trees and that in turn encouraged 



