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blocming next spring are very slim. And if it Joes bloora lightly there is 

 no assurance that the blossoms will have what it takes to set fruit. But 

 what of the tree in which scab has been partially c'lntrolled? It is our 

 guess that the set of fruit in 1947 nay be quite closely correlated with 

 the total manufacture of starch between now and late fall. If only a 

 quarter of the leaves are infected, the chances of a full crop in 1947 may 

 be reduced by SSJ^J, Nothing can take the place of large^ green leaves. If 

 their efficiency is lowered by any cause whatsoever, the current season's 

 crop and also the next season's crop will suffer. 



Those Reddish Yellow Shrubs , Has your attention been recently attracted to 

 an occasional stirub 'along the roadside showing typical autumn foliage? Then 

 you were probably looking at a c'iOkecherry infected with X-disease, a serious 

 disease of peaches. Any such shrubs near a present or prospective peach 

 orchard should be destroyed by applying a v.eGd killer such as Animate* 



DISTRIBUTION OF I.LASSACHUSETTS APPLES . 



Any time a half-dozen, or two dozen, apple growers get together talking 

 shop certain quf-tions alvv'ays come up. One is "How many Mcintosh do v;e grow 

 in relation to other varieties?" Another is "Wl^ere do our apples goj chain 

 stores, commission outlets, jobber-hcjidlers?" Still another is "How many are 

 sold direct either to consigners or retailers?" 



Just to get a little information on some of these points a postcard 

 survey v/as made by asking one hundred growers to cooperate. This group vms 

 selected as a representative crosssection of large ;aid small volume producers* 

 spotted all over the Stcte, including the so-called applo areas and the 

 isolated orchardist; those near l'.)cal markets and th')sc at a distance from 

 consumer areas; in brief, an attempt was made to have the one hundred 

 comprehensively representative of the industry. 



Fifty-six returned the card. Not all ansv/sred all questions. This group 

 reported total average pr "auction of 700,000 bu,, so they are fairly 

 representative; that's roughly one-third to one-quar'fpir of the State total. 



How does Mcintosh compare v/ith other varieties? 



Here it isj 62% Mc's vs. 53% all others combinod. 



No comment is made except to say that is a lot of Mcintosh, 



The next most interesting point might be that 37 grov/ers said they sold 

 13% of their crops direct to consuiners, and 32 growers sold 16^ direct to 

 retailers, C'-'wiparing report cards cuad totaling these tv;o gives a result that 

 these producers dealt directly with consuiaer outlets on 25% of their volume. 

 Possibly this should be expected in a densely populated area such as 

 Massachusetts but the figure is interesting; perhaps surprising. As many 

 apples sold direct, one way or tho other, as were sold on consigiuient to 

 C'snmission houses. The other 7b% went to two outlets; 50^i to jobber-handlers 

 and SSjjJ to coi.oission houses. 



