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nation and to extend the harvesting and marketing season. V^at varieties 

 shall v/e pl-mt? No definite answer can be given, Cortlaiid is second in 

 importance; the Baldwin is apparently going out. One of the nost proinising 

 replacements is the canparatively new variety, Davey (Dc~venport 25), It is 

 equal to BalcTJin in all respects except that it Vv'ilts unless stored in rather 

 high humidity. The tree is iiardior, more productive and crops at an earlier 

 age, VHisthor it will do well u:,ior a v.ide rjinge of conditions is not yot 

 knov.ii. If trees were available it v;ould be v/orth cji extended trial. Golden 

 Delicious should overccsme the projudice against yellow r.pples but our season 

 is a little tOD sh >rt and cool to alle-.v best development, md an imm;'.ture 

 Golden Delicious is 'practically worthless. It should be planted only v/here 

 early maturity may be expected, Rome Beauty nov/ interests some grOT/ers, 

 It is a cheap apple. It soils at a ratlicr l.r:f price but it can be growr., at 

 a lovi'sr cost. As with other vc-rioties, one of the red forms such as Gallia 

 is probably better thcji the true R?me, The red sp'jrts, v/hon available, are 

 steadily replacing the old, less well colored varieties. Varieties earlier 

 than Liclntosh should be planted only in small proportion, Vfhen iiclntosh 

 com'js into mr.rkot, earlier varieties are at a disadvantage, V/e may soaa 

 have too many Early Mcintosh, 



To sui.'^ up - no great expansion of the apple business is v/arranted 

 but our 3lder orchards must be replaced if production is to be maintained. 

 Only the best sites and soils should be used; only the most profitable 

 varieties sh'uld be planted and by the best grov;ers. The apple business 

 requires gr^i.t knoivledge and skill and the begir^ier should proceed cautiously, 



J, K. Shaw 



Nursery Inspection in 1946 , All the nurseries examined in 1945 have 

 been vis it el in 1946, -Iso a few examined in earlier years. In addition, 

 several nurseries in Alabtxia and Tennessee v/ero included this year. In fact, 

 we have had more requests for inspectiDn then C"uld be met. Our problem in 

 the ir;r.iediate future v/ill be t'J find qualified men to do tlxe work. A request 

 to the Poiiiology Department, Mass, State College, v;ill bring a list of inspected 

 nurseries. There are 28 nurseries in this list, J, K, Sha\v 



GROUND TRI]>-J:iENTS JiS AN AID IN JiPFLE SCAB CONTROL. 



In a vi:oll written bulletin under the above title by D. H, Palmiter of the 

 Geneva, Nev/ Y:^rk Agricultural Experiment Station the use of certain materials 

 on the orchard flo ;r is summarized as follows: "Apple scab control experiments 

 indicate that the canount of primary incjulum (spores '^f Venturia inaequalis in 

 over-wintered apple leaves) in a yuar favorable for disease development may de- 

 termine the success or failure of the scab control program. Orchards in which 

 loss than 5 per cent of the old leaves contained spores '..t,ro v/oll protected 

 from apple scab infection with from five to seven applications of Vi'e"jtable sul- 

 fur. Similar orchard's with more abundant inoculum required extra fungicidal 

 applications and higher concentrations of sulfur for equal disease contrwl.Nine 



