October 31, 1944 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



Yl. H. Thios, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Anchorage of Apple Trees on Clonal Stocks 



Bud Sports of Mcintosh 



Controlling Rats and Mice with Methyl Bromide 



TThen are Apples Ripe? 



Hand Pollination in Orchards 



Spraying and Dusting by Airplane 



Notes on Bitter Pit 



Brush Pushers 



V/ound Dressings on Apple Trees 



San Jose Scale Shows Startling Increase 



Meadow Mouse Situation in Massachusetts Orchards 



AlTOHORACfE OF APPLE TREES ON CLONAL STOCKS 



Vfe have always feared that a tendency to break off or blow down might 

 be a weakness of trees on clonal stocks, when exposed to strong winds. The 

 recent hurricane showed that this fear had some foundation so far as certain 

 stocks are concerned. In a six-year-old orchard, the following percentages 

 of trees of various varieties on the stocks indicated were broken off, or 

 more or less tipped by the vj-indj 



i Mai line IX - 21^ 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and June 30, 

 1914,. Vfillard A. Munson, Director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



