April 30, 1946 



Prepared by the Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



W. H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Some ObEervations on European Fruit Growing 



DDT in Oriental Fruit Moth Control 



Good Crop Still in Prospect Despite Frosts 



Progress in Fruit Marketing 



Some Interesting Facts about Apples 



A Study of Apple Scab in New York State 



Poultry Manure and Apple Scab Control 



The Farm Labor Situation 



SQtIE OBSERVATIONS ON EUROPEAN FRUIT GROfflMG 



During the eight months recently spent with the army as a civilian 

 instructor at the Biarritz American University, I had opportunity to observe 

 some of the practices of fruit growers in southwestern France. V/ithin a 

 radius of 75 miles north and east of Biarritz there is little other than home 

 orchard trees and the ever present small vineyard for local wine production. 

 Open grown trees, usually in sod, are typically very high headed, little 

 pruned and make slavr growth. The fruit from such trees is used chiefly for 

 cider although some of the best (about a U.S. Utility Grade) will be found 

 on the retail market as mixed lots. In the Gironde Valley running from 

 Toulouse to Bordeaux, fruit growing is one of the major typos of farming. 



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

 1914, Willard A. Munson, Director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, and County Extension Services cooperating. 



