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Price Outlooki Although manufacturers of fungicides and insecticides 

 have not yet announced prices for the 1946 season, it is felt by some at 

 least that there is likely to be an increase in price for many of the stand- 

 ard materials over last year's figures. 



Recommendations for 1946s Information on the recommended use« of the 

 newer fungicTdes ^d~irisecticides in Massachusetts for 1946 will appear in 

 this publication from time to time during the winter months, as well as in 

 the revised printed pest control schedules. 



— 0. C Boyd and A. I. Bournd 



APPLS B LOOM IN liASSACH USETT S; 17 98-.1849 



(Me are indebted to Prof. R. L. McIIunn of the Dept. of Horticulture, 

 University of Illinois, for calling to our attention this interesting informa- 

 tion printed in an old Boston publication.) 



The blooming period of fruits is one of the records invariably taken 

 by workers who have charge of varietal test orchards. For the most part such 

 records do not date back more than fifty to sixty years. Scattered references 

 in the early proceedings of horticultural societies and early farm papers 

 yield some information, yet it is v;ith difficulty that the year to year per- 

 formance can be gotten for a given location. Just recently I came across an 

 article giving the blO'Oming dates of apples for the years 1798-1849 in Massa- 

 chusetts, so am presenting this data to you. The article, which appeared on 

 June 23, 1849 on page 213 of Volume 1, Number 14, of "The Nev/ England Farmei" 

 (published in Boston), a semi-monthly journal devoted to agriculture, horti- 

 culture, etc. is as follows; 



"Ilr. Editors Thinking that you may be pleased to lay before your readers 

 the follov^ing table, I forward it for insertion in the New England Farmer. It 

 contains the blossoming of apple-trees in Mansfield, Massachusetts for fifty- 

 tT-v'o years, from 1798 to 18'49, inclusives 



1798-May 13 



1799- " 19 



1800- " 



1801- " 



1802- " 

 1303- " 



1804- " 



1805- " 

 18«.6- " 



1807- " 



1808- " 



1809- " 



1810- " 



1811- " 

 1812-Jun© 2 

 lS13-May 25 

 1814- " 14 



17 

 17 

 26 

 22 

 22 

 14 

 27 

 27 

 18 

 25 

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