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 POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPHS 



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Why : Why is the lettering so large on the "open" sign and so small 

 on the "closed" sign at many roadside stands? Why do stands adver- 

 tise "sweet corn" or "fresh strawberries" in the middle of January? 

 Why do stands and cider mills take great pride in neatness only 

 during the season that they are open? Why do some stands fail to 

 display price signs? 



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Clean Tree Bases ; Elimination of grass cover around the tree base 

 helps to prevent mouse damage and in the case of peach trees, fac- 

 ilitates better spray coverage for peach borer control. A practi- 

 cal way to eliminate the grass cover around the base of trees is to 

 apply sand or gravel around the base of the trees, and to annually 

 apply herbicides to this area. 



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Bl ackbird Control : John E. Seubert, Animal Depredation Division, 

 Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland stated at a 

 conference on blackbird depredation that th.e value of scare tech- 

 niques for bird control are increased if something occasionally 

 happens to a bird. When the flock does not respond to non-lethal 

 scare devices, the occasional shooting of a bird or treating the 

 population with a chemical frightening-agent will help prevent 



birds from learning that fakes are being used Proceedings North 



American Conference on Blackbird Depredation in Agriculture , Ohio 

 State Cooperative Extension Service Publication. 



