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Vol. 1 June and July, 1939 No. 10
 
KENTUCKY FRUIT NOTES I I
W. D. Armstrong, Horticulturist, Editor I
Notice.—The June and July issues of this bulletin are being combined. -
The next regular issue will come out in August. i ·
FRUIT GROWERS AND THE the manner in which their crops ‘
, TRIPLE-A are classified under the program in i
V ROBERT S. REED, order that they may plant within j
, Siam AAA- ONCE their acerage allotments in 1939.  
_ The Farm Program offers prac- l·`irst of all the acreage on the farm
r tically every fruit grower in Ken- is divided into two main land uses; j ·
g tucky an opportunity to solve one cropland and non-cropland. Crop-
; of his most pressing problcins. land acreage includes that which is g
’ The problem we speak of is that devoted to depleting crops, non- { “
· which is common to all farmers; depleting crops and also idle acre- Q
l the maintenance of soil fei·tility. age in the regular rotation. The  
- The fruit grower in order to im- acreage devoted to strawberries is  
i prove the quality and increase his considered as depleting only when l "_
s yields must maintain and improve the berries are harvested for any  
- the fertility of his soil regard- purpose except when in a h_ome ly .
i less of whether he grows apples, garden. However, if the straw-   3
peaches. or berries. The Farm Pro- berries then become destroyed by   _
gram is not designed for the benefit water. frost, or do not bear for any   -
of any particular class or type of reason. and are not harvested in 3  
farmer. Its purpose is to improve 1939. the acreage occupied by the   .
farming conditions in general. The strawberries is then non-depleting. if ,. j
5 program provides for conservation Strawberry growers who have lost   g
l payments in order to encourage their crops this year may substitute    
3 farmers to take better care of th_eir an acreage of other depleting crops lf  
V land by seeding legumes, terracing, for their non-bearing strawberries  
· . using green manure crops, and without incurring any deduction  
I many other soil-building practices. for exceeding the general depleting lf}- t.‘·_ ,
· ` These practices are not foreign to acreage. Any acreage of new  
· the fruit grower for our better strawberries set in the spring of  
· _ orchardmen have learned long ago this yeai· will be considered as non- ,52.3
· that in order to stay in the fruit depleting.  
9 business they must maintain the (`ommereial orchards. that is  
F fertility of their soils. orchards from which most of the i  
F All farmers in the program for production is sold, are considered  
9 l9Zi9 have been informed regarding as occupying non-cropland. Culti-  
· the number of acres of depleting rated blackberries. dewberries. ·  
N Crops that may be grown on the raspberries. gooseberrics. and vine-  
- < farm in 1939. Payments on special yards ai·e also considered as  
t crops such as tobacco and wheat. occupying non-cropland.  
f are made to producers planting In 1939 a maxiinum payment  
’ within their 19339 allotments. which may be earned in connection  
F ‘ Fruit. growers are interested in with soil-building practices is com- `Q 
BULLETIN OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION  
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY  
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 i 1 puted for each farm. This pay- Many orchardmen prefer to ter- me
ment is available to produce1·s in race hillsides before setting out Sm,
adition to the amonnt earned fol- their trees. 0110 unit 02111 he earned ,,6,,
planting wjtiliu their Special Crop for each 200 linear feet of standard {Ou
allotments In establishing the te1·race with proper outlets con- we
_ maximum soil-building payment. Stl`““t°d· hm
_ · seventy cents is allowed for eaeh Fruit growers find green lll2llllll‘t· suc,
, · acre of cropland on the farm in crops ve1·y helpful in building fer- pm
excess of the acreage allotments gf tility rapidly. One unit is earned mt,
` commercial wheat, tobacco, and fo1· each acre on which a good stand tm-,
_ other special crops, Added to this of soybeans or cowpeas is plowed 8 it
I  amount is $2.00 for each acre of or disked under. Strawberry grow- » mm
` 1 Commercial orchards on the farm ers especially have found this pra··- fm
on January 1, 1939. A small allow- tice helpful. O1'Cll{ll‘(1 incn follow {Ou
~ ance is also added for farms with as a good practice a tcniporary jug
; considerable non-crop open pas- mulch secured by leaving a good yo]-
. ture. The number of dollars in the stand and a good growth of soy- It-M
maximum soil-building payment is beans, cowpeas, wheat or sweet I
A divided by $1.50 to determine the clove1· on the land. One u11it credit me
soil-building goal. The goal is is earned for each acre so han- _ Ng]
l' expressed in units which it will be dled in a bearing or non—bearing pm
necessary to carry out before orchard. fm
. October 31; 1939. _l¤ 0I`d€i` to 681*1 A special soil-building practit··· the;
_ the full Sombulldlug Pa.Ym€Ht· has been added to the schedule for sea;
1_ Many soil-building practices 1939 especially for orchardists was
. which may be carried out on the This practice earns one unit for Thi
farm fOr credit under the program the application of 1lOt less than the
. p are especially suitable for fruit two tons, air-dry weight, of straw oth
;, growers. or equivalent material per acre in for
    Certainly a fruit grower would °1`ChaYdS· abt
ii be interested in the provision Of course, there are many other . YUM
T E which offers him 47% triple super- practices which earn credit under HW
_   é ~ phosphate furnished as a grant of the program, such as the seeding of toll
gg aid. This fertilizer can be made grasses and legumes. reseeding l
_'   available to the producer if h_e will depleted pasture. and the use of Wea
_   Call at the county ohice and indi- ground limestone. tin;
,   cate his intention of using the _..__ ... l>€ but   ..__  
itions . nection with thinning, and they else as te feed nlal·el`la·l$ end  
inga ‘ may be defined about as follows: lllelslllle  
ns on e The first drop includes flowers in Time of T]Ll'7L7li?lg.—\Vlth the  
n the ~ which the pistil, for one reason or growth stages in mind then, it will  
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 i be seen that there is some necessity to divide after the fruit reached sib
, for placing the time of effective one-half to iive—eighths of an inch ab
thinning, Naturally, we would 11ot in diameter, and that enlargement SU
want to begin thinning before the from then on took place as a result P9
_ June drop. On the other l1_a11d, our of the stretching and enlarging of lll
— _ studies show that no treatment or cells, rather than 811 increase in Pe
combination of treatments will their number, \Vith the period ol` tll'
i €ll3bl€ tll€ ll`9€ to $lZ€ UP {lll €Xf?€$· cell division over so early, it is Qt
l sive Qverloagi beyond certain fairly apparent that some increase in size "‘_‘
€l€il¤1’€€ l11111lS- might be expected to follow a gill
` »‘  · Things to he Reekoiied Tvith tn reduction in the crop quite late in  
t - Thjnningtfwith this nineh of an the season. This point was tested qt;
, t introduction then, we may consider out llllder the collllltlolls of ll€ll"}` dit
, briefly some of the things to be 9`ollplllg by lellvlllg the _l*ll`t§°l: ni,
. I done in the euitnrai program Whieh fruits on the tree and pulling on gr
‘ urih have a hearing upon the size the smaller ones, paying less atten. Ca_
of fi.uit_ One of the first things tion to size. It was found that. ‘
‘ · to be reehoned with is the age of during the second growth period, it M
1 the tree- Xvouug trees are ineiined was easy to find some fruits inorc hi:
. to size up niost of the fruit thieyr set than twice the lvolinne ot others ti"
T. because they generally produce an Hllil llltll, by lflllllltf lllll ¥lll"lllll*lt!·‘ ni.
ahundanee of vigorous leaves. of the larger fruits on the tree and Ti
After. the nrst few hears, (irons, making the reductions primarily ui
I _ . however, and as the tree hegins to from the smaller ones, yield was frf
‘ reaeh the larger size of the inid_ 11ot eut materially. In this way b_
year, sonie attention has to be given thinning can be niade effective 'well 1;
i _ to regulating grou.th_ This hrings up toward the. final swell. llll~ to
‘ e » i. both nitrogen and pruning into kind of thinning seemed to be wi
  .   the picture as Suppleulenting the €Sp€C]3.lly €‘i¥€Cf1\'€ Wlfll   uu
 ij i   growth stimulus coming from culti- The C,·;;{(·a[ Pp,·t0(1_-T tt t tt p e hi,
‘   Valloll- Fl'0m_tll€ m€‘3$lll`€¤l€¤t$ come to a head then at picking at
  · _ ? ii'? llaV€ lll3(l€t lt BPPQEYS lllal ll€l`· time in a rather critical form. and on
  ¥_—     l UllZ€l` &PPll€all0ll$ alld Pllllllllg we have some rather difficult things we
Qi     § ll3V€ 3 Comparable Slllllllllls _llP0ll to reckon with which seem to point so
·‘   5 lll€ ltmglll of gl`OWlll llldlll?€§l lll lll€ in opposite directions. For in- eh
  3 wp Sh.<><>tS·_ The growth induced Stance, as mana-ity is appt-t3aeit.».i. to
. 9 ‘ it  by heavy llltlale *lPPll€—°lU0llS, €0lll· quality increases as long as the it
.jir··   i l>l¤€€l Wliill ll€aVY Pllllllllgy l`€Sllll$ fruit hangs on the tree. On the tg
ill K A   ii lll 3 llllck lol) Wlllcll always other hand, the carrying ability of ° 1-0
;‘ ·.i»-   lllalllles llle flllll lal€· Wh€l€"€l` the fruit drops vary materially a~ be
  Q1 the Sel ls ll€aVY, llOW€V€l`» llle ripening comes on. Growers are
  °[_   Exllelillllellls $ll0“’ tllaii the tree (tal? tempted to take into consideration l
is   ti   not SlZ€_l;lP all €_X0€$$l"€ load Wllillf a large number of factors at har-
j_   Out llllllllllg ll»_lll Pall at l€a$l» by vest time, and hindsight, unfor- l>¤`
    Pllllllllg Oli lllllllllllg Ullclel llc tunately, is always better than Sl
  1;;.;; conditions is it possible to size up foresight it is a temptation to D;
  _"t-`   - 8 tlll€lllY €lll$l€l`€€l Sel- pick early while the price may be
  I it i   number of very interesting good and tl1e carrying quality dc
   T l` ‘ ,. things have come out of the thin- highly satisfactory; at the same eil
      v_ ning investigations. For instance, time, the fruit is enlarging as long l
5   i; -_ in the growth studies of the fruit, as it hangs on the tree. And we at
· ‘ I . it was found that the cells ceased must always 1·cckon with thc pos- al
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hed sibility of bad weather or unfavor- h ?T·t€0T8¢i/fl Ig Shel sssssulss Ysfv I
_ .   · o, eoveroae ree wi rpen
mh f?bl3.“?gtI£i?r it }1;iu€btfU:Fé‘_ Ou; first. At the University this year the
ent stu 18** m ma B flat 8   UDP 0 Gage variety about ten days before _
iiiii peaches may build up lll volume harvest, dropped one-third to one-half
,0i at thc rate of hve to ten bushels of lhs ¢¤‘0D 011 the uulbiuued. Over-
I in per acre per duy’ depending upon lozgiifelstfoffi What is the after effect Q
l of t¥€t§rOwth colfdwfiis *3* the floss of the overloaded tree as to hardiness?  
·_ o e season. ll e ie vo ume Dr. Dorsey: The hardiness of the .
‘_., li increases by waiting until the back- tree and buds is reduced. l S
bm ground color changes from a green- ang““"°"° W; fain? pst ';‘°'° {aime { D
r · . . . mon n =
.i; ish w a yellowish cast. much is time l...§’.,?. thinilig 2222nZi aftmi .
fwd also gained from the standpoint of you think? Q
LW quality. Our tests show too that Dir Dorsey: After the June dwp Q
- dsonn shipments can Safely be uisis msrbs s lst sf sxssss b·‘s¤ssss· é
ger d _.ti ti _ _i _ft ‘ th some bearing and some not bearing. .
I my ma Q “' I lc pedfl d sr _ C Joe Hale and I tried shoot thinning in i _
iw ground VOIOY 8$$Um€$ 6 Y€llU“'1$h relation to fruit thinning, and we found Z
ii cast that ln about four or five minutes,
li".; r`s¤‘*¤·¤s*s*>’» ssms sf Us   2I}?'.§"l‘.5§.§°§..§.‘3.$.$’2’,}";‘l;.".i£*..°§3}f‘St? Q ·
l(ll't‘ reulnt St.udl€S’ by DI" Lloyd and tribute those left to good advantage.  
imp his associates on precooling, point Quesiion, At what Stage was the  
` the way out of the difficulties we cutting done? l_
[iii may encounter by later picking. D"- Défseyf Vgsbuut Ugiuliiug tiréie.   A
. l`hese studies begin where the tlnn- Q“°’°"°"· l at *S { B 3****** ate e »
· · . . . . . ‘ J l · ‘ t‘llh .
Hili nin investi ations leave off. lt m u Y that wil can thu} and S I avg i
wig f   _ I Hg tl t {1 ti no decrease in the value of your ·
__ _ I`lll IS C OH l€ 1`€€ uu] IQ [hinning?   » '
  background color takes 011 a yel— Dr. Dorsey.- Thin about three or j  
Thi lowish cast, advantage can be taken Eimrf Wiggs sftsr rriwdggaegrggh *223    
~ , - , ie ur r you go, i .
t be to   greater extfnt Ot the `olume take advantage of the injured and I - ‘
which comes during the hnal swell, Smaii fruits and at me Same time i I
and at the same time fruit of leave the larger ones on more easily. §¤ i
ll H s hi¢··her t ualitv and of a much II1OI‘€ Ouesflduf HOW about 8 m0¤th   ·‘’‘ e i
· ° ·l ` b for lravest" ‘
kms attractive a earance can be put *2 E 1 ‘ . . ig; _
pp , . . Dr. Dorsey: That is still good. The s ,
and on the market. l`h1s is about where (me has Hammiiy Started to make    
IUIQS we stand on the problem of tree Some of [hg fruits larger and run  
JOHN conditioning the fruit. \Ve know advantage can be taken of that fact.  
111- enough of the various factors in- MQ}“?~°’iI°"* _'Th€ Juss drop IS use _j4;isi’
zhetl. volvetl to place before the consumer ‘B’_t‘;)0;‘;‘;/·_ it comes about in May gig';
th`) if Pwqucl which- will bs mush more in the southern part of the state, six I f 
Thr 1 tempting and which will 11Ht11l‘3ll)‘ to seven weeks after bloom, and it  
IY ui, result in an ever-increasin num- varies with the set. The heavier the  
E .
W- ii. bei. Oi- repeat Orders set, the earlier it starts and the heavier ;,y {sg
" ' the drop. };'YQ.Zj
L lll`t` ;i;é’;_·,j
iiiiiii DISCUSSION FOLLOWING TALK _""‘_"  
llill`- b Question: Cglnediioinil zion might REVISION QF STATE FAIR  
f i-. ring out in t e eaye iinnmg is Ima  
liiilm that, thinning after the June drop, leaf PREMI LIST _  
‘U hoppers and the worm bitten fruits can The attention of all the fruit  
il: bi begemgved to axgreater ffiigmérs can g1‘0\\‘crS who have exhibited in the  
_' * r. orsey.- een-eye nun _ ._ _ _ eggs
lalitv do a lot in picking off the bad fruits hfutlfultmil d€PH1?m€ut of the  
.. `. and leaving the good ones. Quite often kentucky btate Fa1r is called to  
Stllllt _ _ _ . , ;7Fi».
iiiiin th‘2)i“j;{"€d ‘r}r€rStlr“`° °:“S;€"€;{€mg€ certain changes in the premium _ 
= ues ion.- iose re s ‘ 2 · · ,  
ii WU {li)0l1t   p9IlCll€S, will they lHHt.lU`€ EStS` q;th€rh_f)1T;11g g§O`;§rS    
pos- ahead of a 2,000-peach tree very much? ave no ex 1 1 e a e L`; +3*
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 I · Fair previously are also invited to class of competition is being offered api
read these changes and are encour- in single bushel baskets of apples. pla
aged to enter the competition. The varieties listed in this class Hm
There are no deep secrets or mys- are Delicious, Golden Delicious. Pm
teries or complications connected Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Rome elm
o with fruit exhibits other than hard Beauty, Stayman, `Winesap, and S“'(
‘ work. Each grower now exhibiting best bush_el of any other variety. f
. » had to have a first time. There In each variety the1·e are premiums lm'?
_ are no entry charges and there is of $5.00, $3.00, $2.00 for first. mc
$570.00 of premium money to be second, and third prizes. In judgi em
_ divided among those exhibiting. ing the bushel basket class, appear- dph
I  · The new 03»t8.l0gl1€S will be OH the ance and firmness of pack will be UO]
i p1‘eSS in the Hear f11'¤111`€. Tl10S€ considered. The fruit will be QOH
- wishing one een reeeive e copy by judged on the same basis as in ine
· I Writing the Kentucky Statfi Fall`, other exhibits. The twenty tray tm`
° ; Louisville, Kentucky. and twenty plate apple class is mo?
I This discussion does not attempt being strengthened and five premi. l€‘>’
, I to list all the classes or exhibit sec- 111118 of $40.00, $30.00, $20.00, lle
tions but is intended to call atten- $15.00, and $10.00 are being Ea?
Q tion to the changes in order that offered instead of the former CON
by exhibitors can make their plans premium of $35.00, $20.00, and PW
accordingly. $15.00. mc
These changes were suggested The large forty tray and forty plc
after discussions with Fair officials, plate class of apples is being dis- PIE
judges, a number of exhibitors, continued and in its place an Indi- IS, _
and after careful study of State vidual Growers Exhibit is being il'}
Fair and fruit exhibit premium started. This type of Individual a.
= I lists of Kentucky’s neighboring Grower Exhibit has become quite Of]
. M and near-by states. It is hoped popular at several of the neighbor. im)
    these changes will be an improve- ing State Fairs and fruit shows Its
’ Z; ment. recently. It gives the individual il
-   I In the apple exhibit, the Yellow en 0PP0l`l5ll¤ltY to fixlllblt tll€ dif- Cla:
—   . . Transparent, Wolf River, Arknn_ ferent varieties and types of fruit 00*
., I   sas, and Arkansas Black Varieties grown on his farm in the different bee
      have been romovod from plate Com- l·yl)€S of COl1t3l110I‘S in \Vl.IlCll tll(Z}` and
V     and the Turley variety are IIl3.I`l{€t€(l HS \V€l].·3.S 1}] trays  
I f  has been added because of its in- and Plates- _ Tll€ Pmmlulns 0ll€l`<`d will
I _   creasing commercial possibilities OH tllls exlllblt am $35-00, $25-00· dla
      e _, for K€¤t_ucky_ Also, at class is   and   for first, S€COlld. “vlt
    bging added for Red Bud Sports thlrq, and f0l1I`tl1_&\VE11‘dS.‘ IH tllfll
  K , of Delicious in the plate class. In thl$_l$ the first X€·°U‘ of HHS t§'P€ of BR
g e __;: the tray Class, the Poiiy Eadss is exhibit, there will be a number of
Q ,   being dropped because it is past problems and questions in regard
·   it its prime at Fair iims_ Grimes to its preparation. Assistance and
.     Golden, Paducah, Roms Beauty, suggestions will be available from rf
  v   Staymany and Wvinogap are being the Superintendent, Mr. \Villiam tio;
r _' .   added to tho Single tray class   iF€g€Ilbl]Sh I of Bll€Cll€l and tllOS0 (BHS
  ,   _ already inoludosz Delicious, Golden 3.SSlSl.1I`lg \Vltl1 lQll€ ffllll`,   l3.I`
      · Delicious, and Jonathan. There In addition to the above men- are
r - g ·’ _ are. three premiums for each tioned changes, there will be a ON
{ .   ·· variety of $3.00, $2.00, and $1.00 sweepstakes award odered for the doi
* ` · V for first, second, and third. A new best bushel of apples, best tray of l
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 1 apples, best plate of apples, best of 1938, several Kentucky growers
,, plate of grapes, best plate of pears, reported very satisfactory results
S and best plate of peaches. Each of hand type rotary dusters in con-
, package or entry of fruit in any trolling this disease in small
é class will also be eligible for the orchards. With agood duster, itis
d sweepstakes award in that class. surprising how the dust can be
,_ A part of the grape exhibit has foggcd nl) through the trccs and .
S been discontinued. This portion also how fast ono can rnovc down a ·
, included the time mage display rw Good results with thls type o
,3 crates of twelve containers each. st dnatcr have been rcportcd by
{_ Also, the twenty variety collec- Mr- Fritz Beyer, Paducah;
,0 tions. Because of their lack of MnJohnFcgcnbn$l¤»Bnccnc1§and -
,c commercial importance, the follow- Mr- L- A- Taplb Harrodsbnrg ‘
H ing varieties have been discon- The material for use on brown
Y tinued in plate competition: Dia- rot of peaches and plums is sulfur
ig mond, Duchess, Pocklington, Lind- dust.
i_ ley·,l\\'oo<§t1§/utfi \Vyor{1i1&g, Blarliiy, —- 
Her vert, 'i ter ant amp e ’s ,
L; Early. This reduction still leaves LATE SEASON SPRAYS  
Q'; considerable money in the grape By the time this issue of Ken- _
[d premiums. With this fruit, Ken- tut-ky Fruit Notes reaches you,
tucky still offers more premiums in many apple growers will have com- j
_`_ proportion to the total amount of ph-rad their early season Sprays ‘ i
  premium money for all fruits than and wil] have stopped spraying for _
,,_ is onnrcd ln any stliqr ncar·b}' the season. Many good fruit grow- .
U state. In the peach exhibit, South (sys {york on the p]aii Of doing a ;
{5 Haven has been removed because very thorough jab Of the early , V
QQ sf its sarlmsss sud "bsst p1¤t€"$>f season sprays and controlling the .
TV filly Oill€l` V3I`lCl}` 1S bélllg Zlddéd IT] first brood Of codling moth Wgrms  
VS its place. with these sprays and then do not i g
,,1 The four quart climax basket spray. any for the second brood. ,
,f_ classes of Hales and Elbertas have lf tl11s can be done,_1t 1S fine. It   .
lit been eliminated and one class of is not always possible, however.   Q
nt best four quart climax basket of Then too, there 1S danger from  
9,- any variety has been substituted. bitter rot in the late summer and i  
{S The premiums on pears and mis- from brown rot on the ripening lr
éd cellaneous fruits have been un- peaches.  
,0 changed with the exception of the The Second broad eodling moth   Q
td, “'nlnira“`al of rlninccs- adults usually start appearing in S   Q
at j.—.- the southern part of thehstate agoijit f. - - T
f the middle of June. T ese w` e i'  
gf BROWN ROT CONTROL on quite numerous if the first brood  
ai PEACHES WITH HAND was mt controlled and are the dues  
iid DUSTERS that cause the wormy fruit late in    
im The effectiveness of dust applica- the summer. Oriental fruit moths    
nn tions in controlling many fruit dis- usually start infesting the peach   _;·;
ise eases is generally recognized. For fruits a bit before harvest also.  
large Orchards, expensive duSt€1‘S The Insectaries of the Spray  
m_ 3.I`€ Off€l1 `l1S€d to gfiii OVGF tht? SG1-yjge will bg in 0p€1·g_tjgD {0  
a orchard more Quickly than can bs study and report this late summer  
he donc with a $PraYcr· insect and disease activity to the  
of During the bad brown rot season fruit growers.  
 

  
  '{ A NEW FRUIT CIRGULAR. type of fruit as its parent tree,
_. Fruit growers in Kentucky Wm Grafting is usually done during Ve
. be interested to know that 8 new the late winter or early spring, ...
; publication entitled "Tree Fruit Bmh buds {md. grafts um S°?°m`°]l
Varieties for Kentucky" has been mapped OY hed and guiits Zim
i 4 prepared by the Department of usually waxed about the union with
I t ' Horticulture and will be ready for gmttlug wax _
L ’ distribution within a few weeks. T};<·§1‘€l{H`€ m8ilb’fT¤¥¥Y~’i_i1 Y€3¥‘l 011
. This ublication describes the tree Prac 108 Y €V€¥`Y ml Mm “' Wu
I and Ifruit characteristics of the budding and gwfiiue could profit- pea
. _ _ Standard varieties of apples, élllly be (lOIl€ by tll€ 0\\'I`l€I‘ if lw
_ y  ‘ peaches, pears, cherries, plums, knew how. Most every grower ha.
j i and neetariues, adapted to Ken- 8 few t;€€§ llc \\'Olll(l llike '(0 l·lZl\'•,‘ D
·· ' tuck conditions, and in addition top gra te to some ot ier variety.
- disegsses the merits of several new l\I8!1y pltlllilllgs of (l€liCl0lls and O!
` ; varieties of diiereut fruits winesap need some other variety DMC
¤ e » In preparing the bulletin, the grafted into a portion of the trees tree
· y author has had in mind both the to furnish cross-pollination. Many Mw
; . eommereigl grower and home g‘I‘O\\’€1’S l18\’€ 8 peach, plum, pear, mos
I orchardist and it is hoped that this or apple tree of unknown variety ¤ Y6
L, V will fill a long felt need for a pub- that bears heavily and regularly i¤J¤
  · lieation of this nature, To for them. These could easily be Emu
_ , receive a copy when it comes from budded on to other trees. ball
  i the press, address your request to X\'hile it is most satisfactory iu me
V y lSh€ D€P3I`tm€¤t of H0i`ti0\1ltU1`€ at most cases to purchase young trees to bi
. L€Xi¤§t0¤· from reliable nurserymen, some  
""_" orrowers take rrreat ride in bud- ‘
=, I _ SUMMER BI_;%!%I&G OF FRUIT {ding some nufsery sllock of their ix;
  *§ own. The late Mr. Mark Ligon.
    The Operation of fruit tree bud- fruit grower of Sedaliia in Graves 22;
j i   ding is Very Simple, and is easy to County, was deeply interested in me
{ V ~   perform_ Budding) along yvith budding and taught several group~ L_
  ;_ ,· — grafting is used by our nurseries of 4-H club boys how to do _tlu~ bm;
  _y.   in propogating practically all of ‘{'0I`k· S€"€g3l   “`h0m h8}'€l SW`; mes
  ig em- fruit tl-eeS_ The art Of grefe cone consi era e commercia worr rk
    ing is also easy to master. In iuthisliue- - · ’°.
, `· ‘`·,   budding, We simply transfer a live The budding season is just ahead Ei?
  bud from a known variety to a of us. Instructions can be had E
    stock or seedling and when this from several U.S.D.A. bulletins M55
  v_  bud grows, it develops into the on Plant P1·opogation and from and
    i, same kind of fruit as was produced most any text on fruit growing. hm
  ·`·‘   011 the tree it was taken from. It is hoped that more growers and bore
      Budding is usually done during their sons take up this p1·actit#r. OH,
_ `',`_   " the latter part of the summer or It will make of them better fruit the
3   early fall, while the bark is "slip- growers and horticulturists. The but
  ·t `i,`   ping". In grafting we transfer a requirements are, material to work The
    _ short portion of last season’s new with, a sharp knife (any pocket reee
g. — ei, growth which contains 'several knife will do), a fair understand- as
  _`   , ‘ buds to the stock or seedling. It ing of what is to be done, and zi {eee
t ~ ll ·' then grows and produces the same willingness to practice and learn. or E
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