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August 31, 1945 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



W. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Soil Conservation in the Orchard 



A Record Short Apple Crop 



Dichloro - Diphenyl - Trichlorethane 



Oyster Shell Scale a Problem in Maine Apple Orchards 



Apple Market Reports 



Kill the Peach Borers 



PCW Apple Picking Project 



Inactivating Apple Scab 



SOIL COHSERVATIOW IN THE ORCHARD 



"It seems to me that some areas are ideally adapted to the 

 contour orchard, while other sites are totally unadapted," opines a leading 

 authority on orchard management, i^uite right. The fairly regular slope, 

 evBn if curved, lends itself to contour planting. The roly-poly, hummocky 

 topography, however, is not adapted to contour planting. It happens, however, 

 that the soil types of New England best suited for orchards have fairly reg- 

 ular slopes. The hummocky, irregular topography is more likely to occur in • 

 the soil types ill adapted to orcharding, such as Hinckley. 



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. 



