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Ch okecherries Shovj A utimn Coloririf; in Jul y, One doesn't ha^e to wait until 

 a -tumn to see reddiTh leaves along the roadside. As early as July the 

 leaves of chokecherries Infected \;ith X-Disease sho-j a distinctly reddish 

 coloration. As a red flag denotes dan.ger, so these red''ish leaves send 

 forth a v;arnin{; to vrould-be peach growers in the vicinity. It is a v/aste 

 of tine and irioney to set peach trees v/here such an environment exists. If 

 a peach orchar.d is already utider v/ay, all chokecherries v.'itiiin 200 yards 

 should be sprayed v'ith Anmate in July, 1948. 



L'iouse Guards Koed A ttention This .^'all. Hire guards serve 

 a useful purpose~d\rr'ing the' early life of an orchard, pro- 

 vided they are set lov; enough to prevent nice from getting 

 underneath. But tree trunlcs increase in diaiiieter v/hile the 

 guards reuain as they v/ere originally. Too often the grower 

 goes along from year to year with a fo.lso sense of security. 

 An 18- inch piece of l/4-inch mesh wire can scarcely protect 

 a tree vrith a trunlt diameter of 7 inches because the dia- 

 meter of the prote'^.tive band is less than 6 inches. Some- 

 times the guard exerts a throttliyig effect. At other times 

 it develops easy points of entrance for the ever v;atchful 

 moxvse, A v.'atchful grower can avoid both of tiaese conditions. 



A Bumper St rawberry Yield . Host strav/bcrry growers are content if they 

 harvest one quart of ben-'ies per original "mother" plant. On that basis, 

 an acre requiring approximately 5000 plants mifrht be expected to yield, 

 about ths-t number of quarts of berries the follovfing season. Last Gumi.ier 

 a home planting of about l/lO acre involving 500 plants on the property of 

 Co'onty Agricultural Agent Stanley L. Burt in Sunderland yielded 1118 quarts, 

 or more than 2 quarts per plant. Can anyone "top" this? 



Tour of By^P rodu.cts Plan ts, Before this issue 

 of Fruit TTbTes is receivodT" noticos of an in- 

 teresting tour to be held in late October v;ill 

 be mailed to members of the II.F.G.A. by Secretary 

 Vi. R. Cole, An opportiijiity will be offered to 

 see modern equipment in operation in Ayer, Little- 

 ton, and "iVestford, It looks like a verj v/orth 

 v;hile tour. 



The Odd Variety Season. Every day brings to the University speciraens of 

 apples for identification. An apple of the Ewalt variety, an old forgotten 

 apple, arrived I'ron two different individuals oq aucoossive 4ays, 



