Controlled Atmosphere Storage - This type of storage seems to be gaining acceptance. 



■".Je now have capacity for about 1^0,000 bushels of 

 Mcintosh in Massachusetts o It will not surprise 

 us to see our capacity rise to 100^000 bushels or 

 more within the next 2-»3 years if results obtained 

 from present rooms are favorable a New York State 

 now has a capacity for more than 500,000 bushels. 

 . All rooms operating in this state have been run 



very well. It now appears that rooms can be made 

 sufficiently gas tight without the use of sheet 

 metal, Vfe are anxious to provide any assistance 

 we can to those interested in constructing such 

 rooms, 



■sHHfF ,Vif , Southwick 



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YOUNG TREES IN AN OLD ORCHARD - When a young tree is planted T/here an old one is 

 taken out, growth is frequently disappointing. At one time it was thought that 

 a mature tree left something toxic in the soil. But that ideahas been very largely 

 discarded. The scanty groiirth of the young tree is explained in this way: (l) Certain 

 elements may have been depleted leaving a lack of balance in the soilo (2) The 

 organisms vhich bring about decay of the dead roots require nitrogen ard therefore 

 compete with the young tree, (3) If other mature trees with mdely ranging root 

 systems remain standing nearby, they also offer serious competitiono (U) Use of 

 sulfur in s cab control over a period of years lowers the pH to a level unfavorable 

 for the growth of the young tree. After removing an old tree a soil improvement 

 program is frequently essential. This involves more than a mere surface applicaticn 

 of lime and a complete fertilizerc These materials incorporated into the soil, 

 plus a rank grov/th of cover crop will help to restore the depleted soil to its former 

 condition, A year spent in growing fertilized cover crops will be time well spente 

 If manure is available it can be used to good advantage o The soil must be handled 

 in such a viay that the young tree makes good growth from the starto If 'vre allov/ a 

 young tree to loaf along, making one year's growth in three, we lose both time aad 

 money, 



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Orchards Old ard New - According to J, R, Magness 

 of the USDA, no commercial apple producing area 

 has ever made a reputation for its product from 

 old orchards. He estimates that not more than k% 

 of the national commercial apple crop is produced 

 in orchards more than kO years old. To stabilize 

 commercial production and to maintain orchards in 

 a more profitable age group, it is essential that 

 new plantings be made each year and old plantings 

 discarded, 



(This statement appeared in the December 1937 

 issue of FRUIT NOTES, It is just as true today 

 as then,-^!),) 



