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RUIT 



OTES 



Noveraber 27, 1944 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



W. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Some Trends in the Fruit business 



Talo of Two Orchards 



Pomological paragraphs 



Do You Know? 



Factors in Fruit Grmwing, Controllable or Otherwise 



Visit to the Eastern Regional Research Laboratory 



SQIiE TREIJDS IN THE FRUIT BUSINESS 



The successful operation of a fruit farm requires long time planning. 

 One CEUinot get in or out of the fruit business as easily as in the case of 

 vegetables, poultry, or dairy. On a strawberry farm, 13 months elapse be- 

 tv^een time of planting and harvest. And if the soil needs improvement an 

 additional year is required. In the apple business, the grower must think 

 in terms of ten years, at least. Careful planning is needed now, in order 

 to improve our competitive status in the post-war years. Older orchards 

 and croyvding filler trees must be removed and new blocks established. 



Even though no apple trees were to be planted during the next ten 

 years the total yield would not necessarily be reduced (assuming good care 

 of present trees), although the cost of production would increase as the 

 trees grow older, and a poorer grade of fruit would result. We must keep 



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

 1914, V/illard A. Munson, Director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



