Mednesday Even-jng - Banquet 



Banquet Speaker: William Luce, Yakima, Washington 



Thursday, January 9 



9:30 Panel: Organizing the Harvest Operation Using Bulk Boxes 

 Moderator - C.A. Langer, University of New Hampshire 



10:10 The Red Mite Problem 



James L. Brann, Jr., Cornell, University 



10:40 Estate Planning 

 George Ecker 



11:10 Panel: Orchard Equipment Innovations and Time Savers 

 Moderator - C. Lyman Calahan, University of Vermont 



Thursday Afternoon 



1:30 Extending the Harvest Season with Alar 



Franklin W. Southwick, University of Massachusetts 



1:50 - 3:00 Topics on Marketing and Labor 

 Speakers to be Announced 



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POMOLOGICAL PARAGRAPH 



Herbicides in stone fi^uit plantings: During the fall of 1967, we 

 applied 4% granular dichlobenil at the recommended dosage with a 

 hand-operated mechanical spreader under our plum, peach and cherry 

 trees at the Horticultural Research Center. Phytotoxi ci ty symp- 

 toms this summer were very prevalent on plum leaves. Several cher- 

 ry trees also exhibited these symptoms, but they were almost non- 

 existent on peach leaves. Symptoms are tip burn and marginal yel- 

 lowing of leaves. 



We have concluded that the margin of safety between optimum 

 results and phytotoxici ty is too small to risk the use of a hand- 

 operated mechanical spreader for distribution of dichlobenil under 

 plum and cherry trees. 



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