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July 30, 1946 



Proparod by tho Fruit Program Committee 

 of the Extension Service 



W» H« Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Some Nursery Observations 



1946 Apple Crop 



Premature Coloring of Early Mcintosh j^ples 



Why Easterly V/'inds 



Relation of 1946 Foliage to 1947 Crop 



Distribution of Massachusetts j^plcs 



Blossom Thinning Sprays 



SOME NURSERY OBSERVATIONS ; 



Heavy Increase in Nursery Stock * There is every indication that the 

 shortage of nursery stock virhich existed during the past few years will be 

 corrected in the near future, Everywliere we find nurseries increasing 

 their plantings within the limits of their available labor, including 



Issued by the Eixtension 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* 



