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GlPm NOTES 



During the past fev; months, specialists from the University, and cider pro- 

 cessors from the Industry, have been working on sanitation requirements for cider 

 mills. Their purpose is to guide cider mill ovmers and operators in sanitation, and 

 to set up a voluntary inspection system for certifying cider mills. The program will 

 be administered by the Massachusette fruit growers AssocttiSon* 



Highlights of the code emphasize three points j inaect control, use of deter- 

 gent-sanitizers in clean-up, and the proper filling of clean, labeled containers 

 with good, svreet cider made from clean, sound apples* 



Insect eontrol - the warm fall daye attract many insects, yet if screens are 

 used, the mill is kept free* In addition, timely clesaiup and handling of pomace re- 

 duces the number of insects greatly* Don't let your customers be bothered by flies 

 ~ you vfant repeat sales. DetergeBtHsanitizers — these were designed to speed 

 cleanup and to leave the building and equipaasnt in a clean, sanitary condition* They 

 have 'oeen proved in dairies and other food plants* Use them to save tiae and labor* 



Containers, labels and cider — by bottling a good, svreet cider in clean, 

 labeled containers, you encourage repeat sales* Let all three help advertise your 

 product* 



~~K«A»H^e8 



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POTTY'S PLEA. 



My name is Dotty Apple clothed in red from sun and rain 



I have tried to be so careful my complexion to retain* 



To be sure, it's not been easy dodging mites aiui cure and scab 



And I might have failed entirely, 'cept for products from the lab 



Such as DDT and Dieldrin, Ferbam and iiethoxychlor 



Sprayed upon my tender skin once each week or more. 



Thru it all I've corae unbleiuished, I'm appealing as can be 



Ilovf, I'm really very vforried; I must be parted from the treet 



It'a not the parting I bemoan* For nature decrees it so; 



It's how that parting \Till be done that makes me feel so lov/* 



I kno\(r that in the future ray lot in life will be 



To have some happy person make an apple core of me* 



By every right and reason I should stay my very bent 



Until I make that person glad he chose me from the rest, 



NcAT, this can never be you see'ttnless you do your part 



And as I'm taken from the tree, Please i lir. Foreman have a heart, 



—0,C, Roberts 



Here's An Idea — A combination drainage and irrigation system has been 

 installed in one part of the Fitzgerald orchard in Leominster. In spring 

 it will serve to carry off the excess water and in a dry season it can 

 "be used for irrigation purposes. Who says, "There is nothing new under 

 the sunT" 



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