fighting equipment and he really uses it as such, He keeps it filled with ^vater 

 at all times. He has a spray gun especially designed for fighting fires. The 

 sprayer is always ready for quick action; and if and vifhen a fire does break out 

 at his farm, he can have his sprayer on the job with little waste of time. 



RED APFLB CLU B - 1949 



The requirements for Red Apple Club membership in 1949 are as folloivs: 



Acreage . In orchards of 5 to 15 acres, the oviner may select for inspection 

 one block of at least 3 acres and he may designate one variety to be inspected . 

 The block must be one of well defined boundaries and not a section of a larger 

 block. In orchards of more than 15 acres , at least 20% _of the total acreage 

 will be included. The minimum sized orchard is _5 acres . 



Scor e , Grade, aiid Yield . The crop must (l) score at least 90/^ free from 

 insect and d isease blemishes , (2) grade at least 65/^ U.S, Fancy and (3j the yield 

 of all varieties must amount to at least 200 bushels per acre on trees less than 

 15_ years old , 300 bushels per acre on trees 15 to 20 years old and 400 bushels 

 per acre on trees 2_0 years old or "older, The"~t'otaT yield ivill be estimated at 

 time of sampling and this record~will be supplemented later by the ovmer's actual 

 count. 



Records . The cwner should keep a record of his spray and dust applications 

 including dates , materials , time involve d and such other information as will be 

 needed in determining the per bushel costs of pest controlo 



(The method of sampling the block in question and the details of sealing 

 and inspecting the sample will be described in a release shortly before harvest 

 t ime , ) 



_C_an You Use This Equipmen t ? One of our larger grovrers has 

 two pieces of surplus equipment: (l) a large capacity 

 sprayer in excellent condition with 400-gallon tnXik and 

 (2) a 500-gallon wooden tank to be used as a supply 'onit 

 for hauling vjater to the sprayer r Details on request. 



Mice , Grass and Trees . Mice are found in orchards in sp ite of the trees ^ 

 not because of them. They live mainly on grass and if a heavy grass cover 

 happens to coincide v/ith a tree trunk, the stage is set for a girdled 

 tree. But if the grass is scont;/, the mice will be elsev;here and the 

 tree will be in no danger of girdling. 



