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Dr. Joseph Goodale owner of a large orchard in Ipswich is another active 

 member of our. "80 Club". Dr. Goodale spends a part of each day in his orchard 

 and has a keen interest in pest development and control as well as other orchard 

 problems. 



Perhaps our older growers may have a foresight into the future. At any rate 

 they are certainly helping to lead us forward. 



Other orchards are taking definite steps to replace some of their older 

 plantings. Archer Pierce, manager of Brooksby Orchards, Peabody, has just bull- 

 dozed seven acres of forest land adjacent to a two year old apple orchard. Apple 

 trees will be planted on this new site next year. 



Edward Kehoe and Yninthrop Stacey, joint o-wners and operators of Merrihead 

 Orchards, Merrimack, have cleared a four acre site and laid out a diversion 

 terrace. This orchard will be planted with Peach trees next spring. 



Harold Vi'alker, President of the Essex County Fruit Growers Association, 

 made good use of his bulldozer last winter when he removed a number of diagonal 

 rows to alleviate crowded trees in his large orchards in Lynnfield, 



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COia/lENTS ON THE APPLE SCAB SITUATION 



It seems strange why there should be so much apple scab following such a 

 dry spring and summer. There vrere very few widespread or regional storms during 

 the spring season that brought prolonged wetting periods. However, the records 

 do indicate numerous sectional wet periods right on the border line in duration 

 for primary scab infection as well as for secondary spread later on. Some of the 

 wettings that favored infection in one part of the state were too short in 

 duration to allow infection in other sections. 



Orchard examinations during May and Jxme indicate clearly that practically 

 all sections of the state experienced one or two infection periods before bloom; 

 some areas, at least one or tvro during the early cover spray period. The 

 principal reasons for appearance of scab are the same as in any other year: 

 failure either to time the protective sprays ahead of or during the wet periods, 

 or to obtain thorough coverage. Early maturity of scab ascospores last spring 

 and the moderate to heavj'- supply of primary inoculum contributed materially to 

 the development of scab before, during, and shortly after bloom wherever 

 protection was not adequate during the wet periods. 



Considerably more infection of fruit spur leaves and sepals occurred at 

 pre-pink (April 13-lU and 18-19) and at pink (May 2-3 in high elevation orchards) 

 than growers generally at the time suspected, or even realized until some time 

 after the spots showed up. These scab spots were ideal sources for secondary 

 spread during the infection periods on May 19-21, 22-23, 2U-25 and 30-31. 



In certain orchards the only scab now in evidence includes an occasional 

 primary fruit spot together with some active or burned-out spur-leaf spots. 

 Further primary infection as well as secondary spread was more or less 



