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September red raspberry, this variety was outstanding for its early summer 

 crop this year - as early as Sunrise with larger, better berries and fully as good 

 production, Ofcourse, September is also the best fall cropper for this area, 



Taylor red raspberry, Tliree successive plantings of Taylor have been 

 killed by virus disease within about five years after planting in our trials. However, 

 in isolated spots there are some fine plantings of this variety in the hills of 

 Franklin and ViTorcester counties. Experience here and in other parts of the state in- 

 dicates that only under conditions of good isolation and fairly high altitude, is thi^ 

 variety likely to be worth planting, 



Tweed red raspberry. This is an early variety from Canada » Earliness is 

 its only virtue ; its fruit is distinctly inferior to September and Gatineau in size, ^ 

 flavor and attractiveness » 



Antietam red raspberry. This is a recent introduction from Maryland which 

 ripens in early mid-season, has fairly good color and size and is rather firmo How- 

 ever, the berries are rather irreguiar and are very inferior in flavor. It has no 

 place in Massachusetts where better varieties can be groim, 



— A, P, French 



lill-XS^-Lose Some_Trees_To Mice_This Year? _^ _„ 



The amount of serious damage to fruit trees by orchard mice this coming winter 

 is going to depend on the action you take during the next two months. It has been 

 demonstrated time and time again that an orchard mouse control program pays off. 

 Occasionally a fruit grower will neglect to eliminate his mouse population in one 

 season and will suffer no damages. He may then feel that maybe these mice are not as 

 dangerous as they are made out to be. As a result he may drop his baiting program 

 the following year also. So what happens? Unless he is endowed with a greater-than- 

 average supply of good fortune, more than you and I, he is hit and hit hard by the 

 little rodents. 



This same logic can be applied to a slipshod, inefficient, baiting programo 

 If he gets away with it once, he is tempted to do it again and again. Until, dioring 

 one fine February thaw, he is confronted with rows of glistening, barkless tree trunks. 

 Does this happen in your orchard operation? 



Our recommendations for orchard mouse control this year are not radically dif- 

 ferent than last year. Hand-baiting is still the best control method for the smaller 

 orchards. This means the placing of poisoned bait directly in natural mouse runways 

 only. If properly done, hand-baiting is very effective and better results cannot be 

 achieved by any other method known to this date. 



For larger orchards, the orchard mouse trail builder machine is recommended. 

 The big advantages of this mechanized operation are in time and labor savings. Re- 

 sults should approximate that of hand-baiting in the same area. Another advantage 

 in some instances is that less reliable or experienced help may be employed with the 



