it fertilizer, rodent control, and op- factors in detail, so_at this time. l`
portunity for early apples in South- primary elnphasis wlll be placed V \
western Kentucky, pointing out the upon those which lead to the ex- V i
high returns of early ripening fruit cess crop. *
and the shorter fight necessary Under normal conditions, most t l
. against codling moth. peach varieties produce more buds I
Dr. P. O. Ritcher discussed the than are necessary for a crop. Thls t
fruiiyjnggct situation Of 1944 and excess is carried through to full {
warned that actual results in in- bloom whenever the frult bud kill- ·
sect control were usually in pro- mg hZ1S b€€¤ light- Whcn UW {Tull 1
portion to the actual effort and bud set has been heavy, winter s '
wisdom used in applying cgntrgl killing. up to as much as 50 per- _
rneasures cent of the buds, may not be very
W_ Dt Arnistreng discussed the evident at bloom. Then again, an
1944 and 1945 spray service nre_ exceptionally heavy bloom, \\ll(‘ll r
gram aaa are 1944 results wltll COHGIUOOS ND De1hD¤¤DD ··D<1
rerniate spraying fer tne eentrei fertilization are unfavorable, may .
Of duinee rust and cedar annie rust not result in as heavy a set of ffllll _
on apples. The rarlaara sprays gave ee A hshter erep ef Dude The eee l
excellent control of these two dis- result ef rr hcavr bud scr er J heeu  `
eases that are often bothersome in b1OOm· he-’e~Ve1» Cannot eeehv De V
Orchards having wiid red eedar foretold untll the three natural
trees near by. The material is drepe are prerry well OV°r· At the ,
available only in small quantities end of the thrrdl ee ·ru.“C_drOp· mr .
in 1945·b“““‘°*°lr‘*SSh°*‘1d ee emele §§BXi§r°i? 3.‘;"‘§r;i, ‘§&£Bs§£;“E5£li  V
lréggoruiigigartviilgcréassed ragrae gltagsemto deal with that particular  tt
Erlgvgge gggg dgzggtsci/Eigrr` rlglaiici t_ After a leareful revliewlpftthe rela- _
tucky, Mr. B. L. Karcher, Jefferson- was lpf tri Wrrrl , lit tiemrnrr tr"' V
town, and Mr. O. Piper of Clinton, gacrry O th 6 .1*E* fd? tm ae 8 ION
Kentucky, three of Kentuckys Out- b€t_W<}€¤ $$5126 Qttiui tag, nbunr
eteiediee feet erewere eee here- s§€a3st2§“a€i£§‘ riliias A‘§a§§{‘
cu turists. ’ . . `
T Me Heemee YeDD· Pedeeeh Kee- “¥‘“ll§Er§Ef“”i"§B3 S2?££Es UE? SEC
tucky, was re-elected president, Mr. pmx .- y- ’ D ._ p · e
· · . . at matullty IS a safe tlce load. Wlth
William Fegenbush, Loulsvllle, Ky., · _ , ,
this number as a base, the grouer
and Dr. D. W. Doran, Mayfield, were · 1 . .
. . can determine the excess crop he has
also re-elected vice presidents. Mr. t - - ~ - · - , .
o deal with ln thlnnlng oy counting,  _
Wendell Van Hoose was elected the Qachas On 3 t teal tree
E/icg president in the place of his p yp `
at er, t e late Hon. Fred C. Van · ·  E
Hoose; Mr, W. W. Margin, L€xing_ Bloom Tl1lllHl}lg.v€fSUS Later t
ton, Ky., was re—elected secretary- Th¤DD¤Dg  *
treasurer- On account of the shortage of labor  f
’j during the last two or three sea-  _,
PRODUCING AND HAND- ?§i‘§la;€"€;€r§§iai°.‘;§“ll§§“S:§?;;r;;  
LING THE PEACH CROP costs. Experimental attemptsd have _
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M- J· DORSEY llgrgdlmmlry trhgegcrrtrallgrrl lnrrrigh Ltrllllr  S
Department of Horticulture ning method, or by cutting the ex-  _
University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. §}‘iS$J€I`0P dd0WD NW3 Utcbcxwur gl X
e une rop lS GVl en y varlo s -
Judgment is required on the part limb-tapping devices. Either of  1
of the peach grower to properly these methods can be used to reduce
handle some of the variables which the excess crop load, but under g
occur in harvesting the peach crop. northern conditions, especially when ,
We are familiar with most of the the bloom period is early, most »
extremes encountered. There are growers would probably be reluctant -
variables ln the bud set, ln the to thm as early as bloom. However.
winter killing of the buds, in the while blooln thinning shows great
quantity of fruit buds removed in promise not only in reducing costs, {_
pruning, in the set at bloom, and in but also in enabling the grower to "
the drops, to mention a few. It take full advantage of an early rc-
_ would take pages to treat all of the moval of the crop excess, we need ‘
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