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Mclntosh Slogan Contest . A Steering Committee made up of George A. VanHorn, 

 Extension Radio Editor, Fred Cole, and W, R. Cole met recently and have 

 drawn up the following outline of procedure and operations. 



1. Enlist fifteen radio stations each to carry four two-minute 

 presentations on successive Thursdays, Sept. 21-28, October 

 !?-12; these to be supplied to the stations in the form of 

 recordings, all made in advance and at hand for use. 



2. Prepare and release four nevfspaper stories to be used on 

 successive Thursdays, Sept. 21-28, October 5-12. 



3. Enlist as complete as possible a list of Retail Distri- 

 butors to use small mats supplied by the Association, in 

 their week to v/eek advertising, for the four weeks, 

 September 21-October 12. 



U, Prepare, print, and distribute to all possible individuals, 

 firms and organizations, a circular or flier describing 

 the Contest, carrying information about the ilclntosh Apple, 

 and other pertinent material. 



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 SUCGESTIONS FOR PICXIIIG FRUIT 



In the July issue of Virginia Fruit, Fred R, Dreiling, Associate Extension 

 Horticulturist, has some suggestions on picking peaches. His advice is directed to 

 the grower, the foreman, and the picker respectively. To the grower his 

 recommendations are as follov/s: Provide safe equipment, create and maintain an 

 atmosphere that promotes good work, provide good supervision, provide plenty of 

 containers, and have a definite understanding as to when and hov; pickers are to bo 

 paid. 



Quoting directly from his advice to the foreman, he says, "You are the captain 

 of the picking crevT. You are an instructor. Nev; pickers need fundamental 

 instruction. Experienced pickers want your suggestions for doing a good job 

 easier." He urges foremen to demonstrate to pickers how to pick the fruit, hovr to 

 empty picking containers, how to place the fruit in picking containers, hov; to 

 handle a ladder, and how to fill the field boxes. He should also show the pickers 

 at what stage of ripeness fruit is to be picked, where to start picking, and what 

 to do when he has finished a tree. 



To the picker he emphasizes such things as how to twist the fruit from the tree, 

 the importance of placing the fruit in the container rather than dropping it, and 

 hovi to pick efficiently. 



All of these suggestions have the objective of getting the crop off of the 

 trees as carefully, efficiently, and economically as possible, 



A similar procedure is just as important in properly handling a Ilclntosh crop 

 in I'assachusetts as in handling a peach crop in Virginia, 



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