gag?  J one of our hardiest peaches._ It is a ahead of Red Bird is Dixired, the
mars bit soft and tender for shipping and new early yellow elingstone intro-
,0Od is not a full frecstone. It IS sug— duced in 1945 by the U. S. Depart-
’ami gested for trial where a hardy peach ment of Agriculture. This is a firm-
mrty is needed for home and local market fleshed peach of medium size, Dix-
buds use in the colder interior sections of tretil htrees are grogzving in Kentucky
tv t . the s a e. >u_ ave not yet ruite here._ It is
fini? Coming about three and one-half being W¤¥·¤d ¤¤ the lfovember issue of
t up hearing, and thc t-nct thnt tt docs ltentucky Fruit l\_otes. Undoubtedly,
Ssom not resist frosts at blossom time. A $0*TlO Of these will become of 1m·
nav`, firm fleshed peach ripening about l?Oll¤0<`0 to K€¤tl1Cky peach grow-
tom;. two days later than Golden Jubilee Cf? Tf€O§ have bO€¤ $€€¤Y€O for
Sith ts Tt.wgt,m_ Thth hunch ts tn-mnt., tiract plantings andreports will be
with better colored, has borne heavier at md 'O__flOm U_m€ to Um€· _
mdu Princeton. is a better canning peach iVdU€llU$ m_ 0*9 DYOSOUT- \'3i`1§?'€Y
white and the fruit hangs longer than Pldmtng at Prmcemn that are being
I and . Gntctnn Jubllcc and tt ts gcntirallhr discarded because of their softness,
mths) gaining favor. Early'Halehaven and 1¤¤lf h?fdm€$$» _5mall $1ZOi DOO?
Stone Fairs Beauty. semi-cling of high qual'l¥i_dl5caSO mluryi Ol`.b?cauS€
Event tluahltty. are showing some promise   gégggnb§;;€TJJ§;1€I§ti);r?;
uckvt or is same season. _ ~ {_
i ra - A tai- days diidtd of Golden ida- jtl}{1k¤d¤gtO¤¤<3lsé §=¤rly!}jgSs· g¤jtd
July lee or about four weeks ahead of _tbaT°‘ Hapgbi S°i)°ra’C_ Oni te '
if the Elberta is Redhaven. a firm fleshed t C1, att Cal QQ; utf? IO? nec ar`
favor . freestone of high color. A number mc` ‘m Ompars C €Iry`p um"
rther of trees are in production in Ken-
tthis tuek)'. Chiefly with variety testing STOP SCALE INJURY
’ and cooperators. and it is well liked. The DR. P. O. RITCHER
e, at. variety has to be thinned early, and with thc San JOSQ scale On the in,
few heavily and because of its early col- Ctnttsn in Knntnchv Orchards many
doing <>ri¤g there is a t¤¤d¤·¤¤>’ to rick it gi—dtt·ei—s need to take drastic action
on. too soon. Dixigem. introduced in non. it they at-C to prevent an in_
iaven ` 1945 by th'? U· S· D°l)al`ml°m of creasing amount of injury to their
s is a Ag¤¤¤1t¤·`s_¤¤¤l now Plimlcd but peach and apple orchards in 1947.
xcept not YM fmlled in K€muCkY· is of Some growers in the summer of
than - the same season as Redhaven and 1946 alarmed by dying branches V
sport i s°m° thmk It will bs 1m`gC"· and `the large number of crawlers,
ee in A hardy. white freestone of this applied summer oil sprays. These
rs of Same season is Raritan Rose, did some good, but if scale is to be
iction which many in Kentucky think is a kept in check thorough dormant
ship better peach than the older Cum- spraying is also needed.
than §J€l’lH¤Cl which ripcns a few days Where scale is gbundant the dori
ood Hier than Raritan Rose. inant spray shoul consist o an oi
bibly . Just a few days after. or almost emulsion containing 3 percent actual
ween ` with Red Bird in ripening, is Erly petroleum oil. This same strength
will Red Fre. This peach seems adapted material will also kill European red
rmer- ` 0Ver the entire southeastern section mite eggs which are apt to be pres-
gofth of the United States. It is not always cnt on apple trees if DDT was used `
just - 8 true frecstone and is slightly in the spray schedule last year.
imon- D0¤8lized in quality; however, it is Growers needing protection from c
en is f81‘ better than Red Bird and so far rosy aphis should use an oil con-
seems has not had the brown rot or blos- taining one of the dinitro com-
_b€i·tn ‘ som blight that hits Red Bird so pounds. s
tucky . heavily. For these reasons many are On peaches the same percent of
. enthusiastic about it as a variety to oil is needed. To control leaf curl the
nada, ~ l`€PlHCe Red Bird_ and its use on a oil should be combined with 4-4-100
nd is Small trial basis is suggested. Bordeaux mixture. Liquid lime Sul-
, Cflming just after Mayflower and fur. 1212 gallons per 100 gallons of
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