should be given to the growing of peaches or certain small fruits. On cer- 

 tain other fams, one of the small fruits nay provide a profitable supple- 

 mentary enterprise. (7) Nev/ developments. These include spraying or 

 flusting to control pre-harvest drop, blossom thinning with Elgetol, con- 

 trolled atmosphere storage, control of rodents in storage through the use 

 of methyl bromide, and such labor saving equipment as the brush pushor, 

 bulldozer for removing trees, stones, and for clearing land, and the one- 

 man power spraying outfit. 



TALE OF OTO ORCHARDS 



Two farri visits in recent weeks offer proof that good pest control 

 is possible even under the handicap of a low capacity sprayer, provided the 

 ovmer uses it instead of lamenting his hard luck. Imagine an orchard of 

 200 mature trees and only a barrel sprayer to apply the needed spray ma- 

 terials! Maybe the secret lay in the fact that the new orchard ovmer has 

 an energetic wife viho provided the motive povrer on the pump handle and 

 neither of then had been told that a barrel sprayer is a relatively in- 

 effective piece of equipment. The facts in tlie case are that this man 

 and his wife spent about three days, and laborious days at that, in applying 

 a single spray on the 200 trees. They sprayed five tines. Vflien harvest 

 tine came they had a crop of apples of v/hich any grov/er would be proud. 

 At the tine of our visit the lady who had operated the punp handle during 

 the suniner asked the question, "^Tl^at does apple scab look like?" Only after 

 an extended search were we able to find a llclntosh apple which shov/ed a 

 snail scab spot. These people have their ovm rev/ard for a season of hard 

 work in the form of a beautiful crop of apples which hae . already found a 

 ready narket at good prices. 



Orchard No. 2, composed mostly of Mcintosh trees, has for many 

 years shown altogether too much apple scab. The trees are fairly tall 

 and are making very vigorous growth. Last spring the ownor attended a 

 meeting of fruit growers where he picked up an idea. Soneone at the meet- 

 ing stressed the importance of spraying or dusting with sulfur during or 

 immediately before a rainy period. Previously he had supposed that sulfur 

 would only wash off during a rain and for that reason he might as well de- 

 lay spraying until after the rainy period had passed. This year he deter- 

 mined that he would try out a brand new system. And so instead of waiting 

 for fair v/eather he got out the old sprayer, a snail one at that, and used 

 it industriously every tine it rained- during the nonth of May. The results 

 were almost unbelievable. In spite of his tall, vigorous trees, apple 

 scab was conspicuous by its absence. For the first tine he had provided 

 a protective covering of sulfur when it was nost needed. 



CORRESTIOIJ: Attention is called to a nistake in the 

 October issue of Fruit Notes. On the 1st page under 

 the heading "Anchorage of Apple Trees on Clonal Stocks," 

 Mailing XII should read 0^^ instead of 21^^. In other 

 words, this stock showed no breakage during the recent 

 hurricane. 



