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In figuring vrtiether upgrading fruit vriLll pay, a grower must consider for his 

 farm the most likely combinations of production, grades, cost ani prices. The array 

 of combinations in the table serves as a guide. The sane method will apply to larger 

 farms « 



«.«. R, 0, Aines and 

 B, D, Crossmon 



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CHICIQ7EED CONTROL IN STRAVJBERRIES 



The time is fast approaching when the strawberry grower must battle again his 

 perennial and persistent enemy, chickweed* Until recently there v^as only one remedy, 

 a hoe and "elbov/ grease", and this is a most time-consuming and costly one. The in- 

 troduction of chemical vreed killers has brought the possibility of doing a very effec- 

 tive job of chickweed control at a very reasonable cost, 



Chloro IPC has proved to be very effective against chickweed when used at the 

 rate of two pounds of actual Chloro IPC per acre when the chickweed is small. An r.p- 

 plication made the first week in October has been qvd.te successful. At that time the 

 chickweed is usually small enough to be readily killed and the strawberry plants are 

 mature enough so that two pounds per acre won't injure them. If the weed spraying is 

 delayed into November, more Chloro IPC will be required to do an equally good job. 

 The stra?irberries, if dormant, \Yill sometimes stand three or four pounds per acre but 

 foiir pounds is getting to a point where injury may occur. 



If the spraying viae not done in early October, a combination of two pounds of 

 Chloro IPC and one pound Dinitro weed killer per acre after the strawberry plants 

 have become fully dormant appears to be more effective and safer than increasing the 

 amount of Chloro IPC, Such an application v/ould have to go on about mid-November or 

 later, 



Chloro IPC is usually formulated so that there are four pounds of the toxicant 

 per gallon. Hence, tv/o quarts would give the required tvra pounds for an acre. For 

 small areas one ounce of the liquid per 680 square feet or one teaspoonful per 200 

 square feet eqvials two pounds per acre, The amount of water used is not important. 

 Use only enough to spread the weed killer evenly over the area to be covered, Y/here 

 a Dinitro is added to the Chloro IPC, the amount to use will depend on the number of 

 pounds of actual DN per gallon. If the formula contains one pound of DK per gallon, 

 two ounces v/ill be required for 680 square feet to give one pound per acre, Likev/ise, 

 one teaspoonful will be required for 100 square feet. If the Dinitro fonnuition con- 

 tains three poiinds per gallon, use one-third the above amountj if five pounds ps r 

 gallon, use one-fifth, 



_^ J. S, Bailey 



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Ilore Apples, Fewer Pears in Europe . The European apple crop is expected 

 to total 265 million bushels, the largest production on record. In :.J^>3 

 the crop vras around 22? million bushels. The VJ^h estimate for Europe 

 is more than double the pre-YiTar average of 126 million bushels. The 

 195U pear crop, exclusive of cider pears, may total 78 million bushels. 

 This is 11^ less than in 1953 and the lowest production in the last 

 three years. 



