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Ohio The Response of the Peach to Different Cultxiral Prac - 



tices, suid Rates of Nitrogen Fertilization as Indicated by 

 Growth, Yield, Quality of Fruit, and Mineral Conrpositlon 

 of the Foliage . To learn (1) systems of cultxire hest 

 adapted to establishment of peach orchards on old orchard 

 sites; (2) effect of mulch upon nutritional status of tree 

 with particular reference to fruit quality; (3) relation 

 of nutrient content of foliage to quantity and quality of 

 fruit produced; aod, (k) practical) 11 Ity of rapid methods 

 of determining soluble nutrient content of leaf tissue as 

 guide for fertilizer recommendations for peach, 

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Pa, Cultviral Practices and Fertilization of Tree Fruits , 



D, hfontmorency Sour Cherry Fertilizer and Soil Management 

 Study, To determine influence of two systems of soil manage- 

 ment and vstrious fertilizer applications in Improving yield 

 in a commercial planting of sovir cherries, 

 Hort., Agron, 909-D 



Pa. Cultural Practices and Fertilization of Tree Fruits , 



F« The Relationship Between Sveet Cherries on Different 

 Rootstocks Under Two Different CiLLtural Systems . To deter- 

 mine sxxrvlval. and productivity of two sweet cherry varieties 

 on commercial Mazzard and Mahaleb rootstocks grown under 

 two systems of soil management, Ladlno clover sod and cul- 

 tivation followed by ryegrass, 

 Hort,, Agron, 909-F 



Pa, The Effects of Differential Fertilization on the Per - 



formance and Foliar Composition of Sour Cherry Trees . Learn 

 probable correlation between folisu: composition and perform- 

 ance of sour cherry trees subjected to differential fertiliza- 

 tion with three levels of N, P, and K applied in all possible 

 combinations . 

 Hort. 1267 



R. I, Cultviral and Fertilization Practices for Tree Fruits . 



To (1) determine value of miilch materials in c\altvire of tree 

 fruits when compared with clean cultivation and sod; (2) 

 study use of supplementary N with sod and miilch; and, (3) 

 Investigate foliar fertilization as a substitute for, or 

 supplement to, ground fertilizer applications. 

 Hort. 503 



S. C. ChemicfiLl Thinning of Peaches . To (l) determine concen- 

 tration and time of application of 3-Cl-IPC on young fmit of 

 the peach to obtain commercial thinning; and, (2) test various 

 chemicals and formulations of chemlcaQ-s (growth regulators) 

 to learn their xisefulness as fruit thinning agents, 

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