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Many growers did not complete pruning--"busy packing apples and too much 

 nasty weather." Pruning will continue into growing season making smaller and 

 smaller cuts as the season progresses. More and more "snip pruning" is being 

 done especially on Red Delicious and on pears. 



Grass killer chemicals applied under the tree are being tried by more 

 and more growers. Results look promising. 



Annual Fruit Day and N.Y.N. E. Apple Institute Meeting at University of 

 Connecticut June 25th. 



Several Connecticut Growers are planning to attend the Massachusetts Fruit 

 Tour July 17 and 18. 



New Jersey Growers will tour Connecticut orchards by bus in early July. 



A. C. Bobb 



Vermont Apple Crop Outlook Good 



As of the last week in May, the 1958 Vermont apple crop prospects are 

 for the heaviest crop since 1955. Almost all Mcintosh blocks in all sections 

 carried a heavy bloom. Cortland, Red Delicious and Northern Spy bloom was from 

 good to heavy. Unseasonably cool pre-bloom temperatures delayed Mac full bloom 

 until the 19th and 20th in the Shoreham area and the 26th and 27th in Grand 

 Isle which is about average or a day or so late. Periods of cloudy, windy and 

 cool conditions, plus a very humid day on the 19th, are factors which limited 

 bee flight compared to the 1955 season. Late April frosts caused some bud kill- 

 ing to Delicious and Greenings, especially on lower branches, in Addison and 

 Rutland County orchards. Clusters are seldom observed in which more than 

 two blossoms have been killed. 



The severest pre-bloom scab condition in several years has caused heavy 

 scab on unsprayed trees, but commercial growers have done an excellent job so 

 far. Most air-dusted or sprayed orchards had four scab control applications 

 by full pink time. 



This year's Vermont crop is expected to be above the 1951-57 average. 



---C. Lyman Calahan 

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THE VERMILION STRAVJBERRY 



Recently, Vermilion plants with a severe case of what appeared to be June 

 Yellows were observed in two fields in Middleboro. Specimens were sent to Dr. 

 McGrew at Beltsville, Md., to make sure that a virus was not involved. He con- 

 firmed the diagnosis — June Yellov^s. He stated also that they have not found any 

 stock of Vermilion plants which are free of both virus and June Yellows. Unless 

 a stock free of both can be found, the future life of Vermilion as a variety 

 probably will be short. 



