FRUIT MOTES - October 19^2 



P01..QL0GIST ON FOREIGN ASSIGMMENT FOR F.A.O . 



Vifilbur H. Thies, Extension Horticulturist (Pomology), has been granted a leave 

 of absence to serve on a horticultural mission in Yugoslavia, Director James '<ii. 

 Dayton has announced, Mr. Thies' services were requested by the Food and 

 Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for a 12-months period. He left by 

 plane for Europe, with a stopover for briefing at FAO headquarters in Rome, 



His specific duties in Yugoslavia will be to advise on the kinds and varieties 

 of fruits which may be profitably grown in the regions naturally suitable for fruit 

 growing, and to assist in increasing the production of such fruits in different 

 regions. He also will supervise site selection, varieties, cultural practices, 

 control of insects and disease, and local expert training, 



— H, Sidney Vaughan 



CHANGES IN POMOLOGY STAFF 



The above announcement from the Extension Service will not be nevis to many 

 iassachusetts fruit growers, but it does explain why the nature of FRUIT NOTES is 

 likely to be somewhat different for the next few months. No one of us can do the 

 kind of job that he has done, but collectively the members of the Pomology Staff 

 with the continued assistance of our associates will attempt to provide the readers 

 of FRUIT NOTES with timely Pomological articles during his absence. SJndlarly an 

 Extension program is being planned viith research and instruction members of our 

 staff carrying the ball during the next twelve months. 



Professor John S. Bailey as many of you know will in the next few months move 

 to the Cranberry Station at East VJareham. He will not however be working on 

 Cranberries. His job vd.ll be as it has been mostly in the last few years, to do 

 the bulk of our small fruit research. The greatest concentration of strawberry 

 and cultivated blueberry planting is located in that part of the state on soil 

 types quite different than those at Aml-ierst. Tlierefore \ve expect his research work 

 that will be done in that area will be of greater value to the majority of the 

 small fruit industry than it has in the past. Vfe shall still continue some small 

 fruit research at Amherst, 



Professor Oliver C. Roberts is on leave of absence until February 1953 to 

 visit as much of the fruit industry of the country, particularly the west coast, 

 as possible during that period. His itinerary also includes stops at many of the 

 leading fruit experiment stations in the country. You will hear more of his trip 

 from time to time, 



— A. P. French 



Extension Service TV Program 



"DOVN TO EARTH" 



llVhat — Interpreting to the television viewers various phases of 

 Massachusetts agriculture, homemaking and youth activities 



Where— VreZ-TV Channel h 



Y/ho — Farmers, homeraakers, U-H Club members along with Extension Workers 

 When— Each Thursday— 9:30 - 10:00 A.ii, 



