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should be fresh rather than old dried up leavings from the previous pressing or 

 two. Always when you are through, even though it may be late, give the mill a 

 good hosing down and plan to finish the cleaning in the morning. If you leave 

 it stand overnight, then your work is almost doubled in trying to make it a 

 clean, sanitary mill. Remember sweet cider can be used to attract customers to 

 your stand which in turn should aid in the sale of your other products. 



— Kirby Hayes 



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POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPHS 



Importance of Two-Spotted Mite Control 



In the Preharvest Drop Control test conducted this fall the importance of 

 keeping the two-spotted mites population within bounds was clearly emphasized. 

 Apple drop was heavy from the limbs carrying foliage injured by the two-spotted 

 mites. The low limbs where good spray coverage was difficult, without special 

 effort on part of the growers, were the ones usually carrying mite injured 

 foliage. In many cases, a high percentage of the dropped fruits picked-up under 

 the trees came from a relatively few limbs which carried foliage injured by the 

 two-spotted mites. 



Is Your Cider Sweet? 



In this issue of Fruit Notes appears an article by Kirby Hayes, Extension 

 Marketing Specialist, Food Technology, in which he stresses the importance of 

 selling sweet cider that will remain sweet until it is all gone. Too many cider 

 producers are not concerned enough about this fact. The writer knows of a 

 person who buys cider quite regularly from cider mills throughout the state and 

 has been disappointed too often in what he bought. Several times the cider that 

 looked good when purchased had to be poured down the sink. This does not build 

 repeat sales I No customer should be sold cider that has been displayed in the 

 sun or a wairm room for any period of time Even though cider has been refrigerated 

 the person offering cider for sale should sample it to be sure that it is still 

 sweet. 



W. J. Lord 



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COMBATTING ORCHARD MICE 



Orchard mouse control recommendations emanating from other parts of the 

 country seem to offer great promise and hope for a simple control measure. As 

 yet, we have not found these "Shangri-la" methods as meeting all the requirements 

 of a good control method. Our recommendation this year remains substantially 

 the same as last. The use of Endrin is not approved. 



Last year Doctor Lord and I made a field trip during which we found many 

 fruit growers making major mistakes in their application of a baiting program. 

 SOTie of these mistakes we discovered in the field were as follows: 



