Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



BULLETIN No. 226 JANUARY, 1926 



RESEARCH SERVICE 



TO THE 



MASSACHUSETTS APPLE INDUSTRY 



PROGRESS REPORTS 



This bulletin contains ten papers summarizing the more practical aspects 



some of the experimental work of the Station that is of interest to 



1 it growers. More complete reports of some of this work may appear 



la jr in separate publications. The subjects reported upon are as follows: 



The Apple Situation Lorian P. Jefferson and Hubert W. Yount 



The Value for Massachusetts of Some of the Newer 



Varieties of Apples J. K. Shaw 



Diseases of Fruit in Massachusetts in 1925 William Doran 



Orchard Insect Pests of 1925 A. I. Bourne 



Pruning Young Apple Trees J. K. Shaw 



Effect of Stock on Scion J. S. Bailey 



Progress of Nursery Tree Inspection J. K. Shaw 



The Codling Moth in Massachusetts A. I. Bourne 



Tests of Lime-Sulfur Solution and Some of Its 



Substitutes against San Jose Scale A. I. Bourne 



Some Results from Spraying with Scalecide A. I. Bourne 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 



AMHERST, MASS. 



