__ Vol. 2 APRIL, 1943 No. 3
 
il I KENTUCKY FRUIT NOTES
 A W. D, Anivrsrnowc, Horticulturist, Editor
  WIARTIME FRUIT E E
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 .) II'l€ IIIOSI serious problems OUT gI`O\V- Ben Davis V V V S M
ij. ers have ever experienced. With B1ackT“rig '`"` V V V S M
 . shortages existing or expected in la- Dchciouss “``` V M_V R S M
  bor, spray materials, machinery, fer- G DEliCiOoS;`I`M_V V R_S S M
· tilizers and containers it will be more Ghmes " S V S_R M_V V
; important than ever to know exactly Jonathahéi `''`'`' R V R V M_R
· what needs to be done and to do it King David ```'` M V R M M
_ in the best manner possible. Fruit Mclmosh " V V V S M
growing is generally classified as one Maiden   S_M V V V M
of the most complicated business en- Polly Eadeé S V R V M
terprises. in or out of agriculture. Paducah "M M R S M
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for the fruit grower to know his own Wealthy ________ 5 R-$ R V M
problems. lf he has apple varieties wgoosab ____,_,_ v R R 5 M .
that are very subject to bitter rot. he Y_ Transparent S R R V V
should know which ones they are so YOyk* __________,_ M R R S M
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?8\°J{ bitter rot is and the best control meas- .....
d 05 uresl for it. Growers with a serious Spraying _It has been proved Over
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mglcc :§)§a§uI;%;'mg lt` fel tO take Comm] in most cases. Repair parts, ordered
1 IC ' well in advance may be obtained;
° cnt good care will be needed to keep the g
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Cl`°l’· I S¤$¢€PUbilltY 01‘ l‘€SiSt¤¤0€ to dis- 194Zi)11ilg]eds?  use ihem wisely and
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¤t1`0l thm? P1`0bl€m$· WO publish b€‘]0W H spray programs needed; then do a
, the list of apple varieties and their sus- good job of spraying.
3¤ld~ C?ptlbim>’ OV YOSISTZWCC to RDDIG $€8b- In all spraving, the right mixture.
d. bitter rot, blotch. hre blight and San pl-opolqy tiyhcd and wgll applied
JOSC scale. Ot` course, it is generally usually gots good 1·oSo]tS_ The pl-im- `
IUIOYVTI IITHI SOIUC V&ll`iGII(‘S 2`tl`C fTlOl`C cd Spray pyggygypg and the Spray I`
Sublcct IO blu"` mt Whcn th'? trees service letters will help in all three of
l not are thick and are in zi low, moist lo- thcsg pomtg
mph canon In spraying trees, first spray the in-
>’ HQI In the following table, S—slight1y side from near the trunk. This COVGYS
APU] $USC€l>tible. M-Moderately, V-—very, the inside cheek of the fruit that is
  gg and R—1`€SiStant. often left untouched when trees are
its to
on. BULLETIN OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATION, LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
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