For highest quality peaches, fertilization studies indicate the soil nitrogen 

 level should be neither extremely high nor extrenely low. High nitrogen detracts 

 from color in the Elberta, Sullivan. Elberta, and Belle varieties but not in 

 Halehaven and Dixired. High nitrogen and noisture reduce sugar content and flavor, 

 and result in easier bruising. Tests so far indicate that nitrogen sprays, such as 

 urea, are of doubtful value on peaches. 



Virus diseases nav; causing highest losses to the peach crop are phony disease 

 in the Southeast, mosaic in the Southwest, Western X in the Northwest, and 

 Eastern X and yellovfs in the Northeast . Identification of the large leaf hopper as 

 the vector of phony peach disease is a definite advance in its control, says 

 Dr. Cullinan. All varieties in the Southeast appear susceptible to phony diseases 

 and losses fron this source are estinated between 60,000 and 100,000 trees annually. 

 Brown rot, vrhich now costs about 6 nillion dollars annually, would cost 10 tines 

 that amount if present sulfur sprays were not used. A possibility for reducing 

 losses even more lies in the development of a spray to eliminate raurxiies (rotted 

 peaches) vihere the fungus overwinters in the orchard. 



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Do You Have Enough Fire Insurance ? Replacement costs 

 of homes and other buildings have increased nearly 30% 

 in the past 5 years and have nearly doubled in the past 

 10 years. A .*.5,000 home built in 19iiO would cost '^9,9^<0 

 today. Storages, packing houses and other farm buildings 

 represent a similar increase in value. Insurance coverage 

 should take into accoxint the slumping value of the dollar. 

 Fire destroyed H?688,i|.60,000 in American property in 1950. 



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An Ingenious Pnming Gadget A pruning device lYhich enables one man to 

 do the work of two is described in a recent issue of the Wayne County 

 (N.Y.) far:.: AND WIT, NE17S. On the James Benevray farm in Ontario there 

 is a mechanical device, built by :;r. Beneway, which operates as follo-vvs: 

 It resembles a crane but is operated by means of controls placed on the 

 platform v/here Jin is vforking instead of by controls near the motor. 

 Hydraulic pressure is provided by the gasoline motor and the sane motor 

 provides compressed air to operate the povrer prunor. Jin stops his 

 outfit (jeep and trailer vfith crane) betvreen U trees and then prunes the 

 quarter of each tree nearest the machine, ./hen ready to move to a new 

 position he lets the crane lower him to the rear of the jeep, climbs in 

 and drives on to a new position. He is thus doing the \7ork of two men 

 and yet is not v/orking as hard as if he v;ere to climb around the tree 

 in the usual manner. Here is an example of Yankee ingenuity at its best. 



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