Ihat the Oriental fruit moth first appeared in California in 1942? 

 Every state in the Union, except North Dakota, now has this pest or is bor- 

 dered by another state which is infested^ 



That quinces may be protected against Oriental fruit moth by bagging? 

 Tihere only a few fruits are involved, this method of enclosing each individ- 

 ual fruit in a paper bag insures freedom from attack by this troublesome 

 insect. 



PEACH CROP PROSPECTS AT THE COLLEGE . The prospect for a crop in the Col- 

 lege peach orchard looks much brighter than it did a week ago. During the 

 past few warm days the little peaohee have started to swell, giving an in- 

 dication that some blossoms have survived the frost and poor pollinating 

 weather. Examination after the frost revealed that l/S to 1/2 the blossoms 

 had been actually killed. However, the ovaries of uninjured blossoms failed 

 to swell so that it looked as if fertilization had failod to take place. It 

 is now evident that in many oases failure to swell was due to the cold weath- 

 er. Of course, it will not be possible to make any accurate crop prediction 

 until after the June drop, but prgsent indications are for a fair to good 

 crop on many trees and some crop on most trees, 



— J. S. Bailey 



THE BUJEBERRY CROP AT THE COLLEGE . During the winter of 1944-45, there was 

 severe injury to the blueberry bushes but not as bad as during the winter of 

 1943-44, As a result of the winter injury, the crop was undoubtedly reduced 

 to a fourth of what it should have been. The April 23 frost also reduced 

 the crop slightly. All open blossoms and some nearly open were killed. For- 

 tunately, very few blossoms were open at the time so that the crop reduction 

 amounted to 5, or at most, 10 percent. It looks now as if the crop would be 

 about 1300 quarts, which is double last year's. 



— J. S. Bailey 



HERE'S AN IDEA. Assuming three things - (1) a crov/ded orchard, 

 from which the owner intended to remove the oxtra trees but de- 

 cided to leave them "one more year," (2) a crop destroyed by 

 frost, and (3) a little spare time resulting from a shortened 

 spray schedule, wo make this proposal j That every other diag- 

 onal row be removed now (before June 15) to give the remaining 

 trees the advantage of more light and mineral elements this 

 summer, thereby putting them in much better condition for the 

 1946 crop. 



