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August 30, 1946 



Prepared by the Fruit Pr^gran Comnittce 

 of the Extension Service 



W» H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist 



Contents 



Dooryard Dwarf Apple Trees 



Do You Kn w? 



Fruit Cracking 



High Honor for Massachusetts Fruit Gr wer 



Rjdont Control in Storage and Orchard 



Cannery Grades 



The "Drop" Question 



DOORYARD BflARF APPLE TREES 



Few coiT:aercial fruit gr.wers have planted dwarf apple trees but 

 there is a great deaand fron asiateurs. Nurscryaen are selling nsiny such 

 trees at what seens to the fruit grov/er to be very high prices, I;Dst ->f these 

 buyers expect a truly dwarf tree which will never be more than 6 or 8 feet 

 high. Many of then are going to be disappointed. Nurserymen are not suf- 

 ficiently discriminating in their use of dwarfing stocks. The only stock 

 now in use that v/ill produce a 6-8 foot tree is Mailing IX. There are either 

 Mailing stocks which have a dv/arfing effect but not to the sane degree as 

 Mailing IX, They are all right if one has r jOiw enough for then but they need 

 a spacing of 20-30 feet according to variety and stock. Other than Mailing 

 stocks have little or no dwarfing influence* 



Fruit growers are often called on for advice by their town friends. 

 If these folks v/ont truly dwarf apple tross, they should insist on getting 



Issued by the Extension Service in furtherance of Acts of May o and Jvxne 30 » 

 I91U, Willard A, Munsnn, Director, Massachusetts State College, United States 

 Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services cooperating. 



