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"Harvesting Sugp;e5tions for Orchard Foremen "^ - A oopy of this Special Cir- 

 ' cular 2I;5 inay be obtained at your County "Extension Office, It covers 5 

 things the foreman should shoYr the pickers, and 9 things he should tell 

 them* It will be tiiie well spent to go over these things with each neu 

 group, ;iost of the items are the sort of things an experienced picker 

 iTould do anyiTay* But a nevr picker needs to be rendnded and aliovm ho\7 he 

 can earn a good day's pay by doing things in a certain way. It v/-oulu take 

 a long time to discover all of these things by hii.iself , iiany will never 

 become good pickers unless some understanding foreman talces tiiiie to dem- 

 onstrate the easy way of getting unbruised apples into the box, A good 

 foreman is not only a good teacher but has an understanding of people, 

 A few minutes of instruction plus a friendly check-up now and then -.rill 

 help to get those Fancy apples from the tree to packing house or storage 

 vfith a minimum of bruising, 



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"Be A letter Apple Picker" - This is the name of another nevT publication of interest 

 during the apple iiarvest season. Your County Agricultural Agent has a supply. Just 

 ask for Special Circular 2k6t It stresses these 7 points: Set the ladder firmly. 

 Pick from bottom up, Talce hold of apple v/ithout squeezing. Lift ani turn to separ- 

 ate apple from spur. Place gently into picking container. Fill field boxes properly, 

 Folldvr instructions of your foreman. 



As we prepare for harvesting one of the cleanest apple crops in years ^ we should bear 

 these things in mind: They're your apples and should be handled as you want them 

 handled, I/iany apple pickers will be inexperienced insofar as your method is conoerned,, 

 lou owe it to him and to yourself to have everything about the picking operation under- 

 stood 6 Take tinie to instruct each picker at the outset. If an hour is required, pay 

 the picker accordingly. It may be a good investment. The way your apples are picked 

 and handled will depend to a large extent on how good a teacher you are and on your 

 Tfillingness to reward faithful effort, A fair hourly wage plus a bonus for those ;*io 

 st^y until the end of the harvest season has vrarked wonders in a fevf orchards. Per 

 bushel payment is OK for a good picker but not for one interested mainly in the day's 

 pay, particularly vf he re supervision is lacking o You can well afford to invest another 

 nickel a box in careful picking and haniling, if by so doing you can avoid bruising, 

 A reward to those who handle apples your way is vrorth considering. After all, they're 

 your apples and you may sacrifice a quarter a box if they are handled roughly, 



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Note On A Systemic Spray Material <• While we are not yet ready 

 to use systemic materials on bearing fruit trees, their use on 

 non-bearing trees offers promising possibilities. Under the 

 title "Systox Working Well" in a recent issue of the New York 

 State Newsletter there appears this statement, "The new systemi- 

 ic poison, Systox, seems to be doing a grand job in holding davai 

 green aphis vAierever it has been used. It also seems to be elimj- 

 inating the red iTiites, Many of the younger orchards v^here this 

 material has been used have made such excellent growth that the 

 contrast with aphis curled leaves on nearby unsprayed trees is 

 terrific." 



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