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OCTOBER 1952 VOL. 72 No. 10

CONTENTS

The cluster of grapes on ur cover is of the Cardinal variety, an early red table grape which was originated by the USDA and introduced commercially in October, 1946

. Letters to the Editor Quality Control in Grapes

Try Planting 100 Dwarf Fruit Trees By H. B. Tukey

Your Young Orchard By Jonas Howard

Behold! The Lychee By Eldon S. Banta

10 Ways to Check Rodent Damage By W. D. Fitzwater, Jr

State News Fruit Pest Handbook

Washington Fruit Letter By Larston D. Farrar

Michigan Fruit Tree and Vineyard Removal Programs

The Question Box Do Your Apples Pass the Taste Panel? A Marketing Idea America’s Oldest Apple Tree Calendar of Coming Events The Orchard Home Editorial Page aa

AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER Published Monthly by AMERICAN FRUIT GROWER PUBLISHING CO Willoughby, Ohio E. G. K. MEISTER Publisher Editorial Staff R. T. MEISTER H. B. TUKEY —E. K. GOULD ELDON 5S. BANTA M. A. FRAZIER Washington Correspondent LARSTON D. FARRAR

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TRY PLANTING 100 DWARF FRUIT TREES

Enterprising growers are planting Clark and Malling stocks which are now available from nurserymen. For thorough testing and trial every fruit grower should make a trial planting.

By H. B. TUKEY Michigan State College

HERE must be some itior till the bottleneck of fruit ary thinking ( me real in tion omed; ?

lay, someone will the apple industry is t mech al harvesters for

agination hold its own in the fac rthet mpetition will torce us competition today Wi over 125 the kinds and the forms that lend different fruits and vegetables being themselves to this thinking

offered for sale, wit of them ay Of the many suggestions made to pearing in carload

eration and frozen food

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3 a , 4 . ee stock fruited early at two years of age. Delicious tree is dwarfed by use of stem

piece from the “Clork dwarf" stock. carjy fruiting such as Jonathan,

Gallia. Rome, Cortland, and the like

the apple industry to meet this chal Fruit breeders have never been Semi-dwarf Cortiand on Malling IX is lenge, one is the planting of small, asked to put their minds to the task a possibility for commercial plantings. controlled apple trees—the so-called = of breeding for these tree characters

dwarf” trees as well they might. The breeding maxing it possible to provide Mrs hese trees are of tw ty programs of the past have been Housewife wit! u ‘ ( per namely, 1) varieties that ; inh weer and better” while those of ishable products ever ' tl ently small in stature, sux " the future mav turn towards “smal

I land and Gallia; and, < ree ler and better

controlled in size and productiv But for the immediate future |

yy the rootstock upon which they necessary to use what

are propagated, as the Malli 00 available. Since a fruit tree 1 demand for labor is in all-time stocks, and by the use of an inte individuals (stock and scion) peak. The crop of new ng lahe mediate stem piece, « 1e lar] ing together as one, it is possible to now appearing ts ft é birth dwarf.” use the stock portion to markedly rate of the dep Xn ie fi these (the » of alter the performance of the scion decad will s befor } wa , small-growing varieties) is variety , babi . ] } |

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trees of which are smallish and (Continued

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Earnest Downing, New Madison, Ohio, Lorn Doud, Wabash, Ind., cuts down old finds corn cob mulch ideal Each apple trees and sets new ones ap- tree receives up to a ton a year proximately 18 inches from the stumps.

ORCHARD

contro! weeds and conserve moisture.

By JONAS HOWARD

Your investment in young trees will pay dividends according tc management practices. Here are methods growers find successful.

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When looking at a young orchard roperh dressed am manicures

feeling of pleasure and Let's keep our orchards

r profit Pur |

Irrigation is necessary in arid re- nent gions, as shown here in Colorado. Birdsfoot

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to judge a orchard sod are a heavy top which will hold up under spray equipment, relatively is not to compete moisture and op growth which with a culti-cutter on-bearing orchard s a mimmum \ dormant

wl ere s¢ ak

Ladino clover makes ideal cover for young orchard as it comes into bearing. Growers claim » «= it one of the best per- | manent orchard covers.

‘Ay A cover crop of oats and Ladino A young orchard of Phil Johnson's, re- clover is used by Ivan Rockwell, Mt. ceiving a heavy deposit of rye-hairy

Vernon, Ohio. He gives cover crop vetch mixture. When mature the growth fairly heavy fertilization when sown. is worked down into the top soil.

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Planting an orchard on terraced land is one ‘ “os way to halt erosion on hilly land. Here . : ml . " _* Sua are sod remains between terraces. Eventually ) sa ; . , p

entire area will be in permanent sod £ be, 4 ; agai «ES = + ae A Te

By cultivating a narrow strip where trees are to be set, the problem of erosion can be eliminated on a hillside, as in this Maryland orchard. Permanent sod remains be- tween rows. It is then possible to cultivate young trees and conserve moisture.

Left, above—Delicious tree near bearing age

has had little pruning. Right, above—Same J. W. Mason, Shenandoah Junction, W. Earl Byers, Vincennes, ind., sets trees tree after pruning. Light pruning now, Va, mulches cherry trees (above) with in permanent sod. Two-year old tree heavier pruning later means more profit. manure. Each tree receives 100 pounds. above has about 12 inches of growth.

OCTOBER, 1952 Py

THE LYCHEE

By ELDON S. BANTA

A fabulous future is predicted for this ancient Oriental fruit

now making its debut on the

U. S. fruit growing horizon.

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Mrs. Walter Summers, right, and Mrs. Banta, the author's wife, standing beside a 12-year-old Lychee tree that produced 308 pounds of salable fruit last year.

Office and salesroom situated along the highway near Laurel, Fia., of the famous Lychee Orchards, Inc., which was owned by the late Col. William R. Grove.

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Late Col. William R. Grove, spirit

behind the Florida Lychee industry, Three-year-old tree shows blossom clus- Limbs up to four inches in diameter, such shows some of his fruit at Lychee ters at branch terminals. Most are broken as this one, can be successfully air-lay- Orchards, Inc. Photo by Steinmetz. out to keep tree from bearing too young. ered on Lychee trees. Roots can be seen OCTOBER, 1952 W

lO WAYS TO CHECK

RODENT DAMAGE

By W. D. FITZWATER, JR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Place or inspect individual tree

guards f nm wire

No need for this damage. Note rabbit- stripped bark from lower limbs. Reced- ing snow reveals mouse damage to trunk

oncentration

Cinders, sand, or gravel smother the vegetation around the tree trunks. This will help reduce damage done by mice

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Mice move from field borders into orchards. Treat these borders with poisoned bait. (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service photos.)

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(SEVENTEENTH OF A SERIES) CHERRY FRUIT FLY

HE cherry fruit fly is a native Amer y oad insect whose maggots may infest one-quarter to three-quarters of the ripen ing cherries in some orchards in the north eastern states adjoining areas in Canada and in the northern tier of states from New England west to Washington and Oregon

The maggots feed in the cherries, first around the pit and later in the flesh. The outside of infested fruit usually appears perfectly normal until the maggot is about full grown, when sunken spots may appear and the cherry begins to shrivel on one side. Usually there is only one maggot in a fruit but sometimes there may be two or more

The adult is a bright-colored fly about two-thirds as large as the common house fly. It has dusky bands or markings on the wings and a series of distinct white cross bands on the abdomen or rear end. In most localities the flies begin to appear early in June and emerge over 4 period of five to six weeks After feeding on moisture and honeydew that may be pres ent on any trees in the vicinity for seven to 10 days they lay eqqs just under the skin of the cherries. The eggs hatch in about a week or less and the maggots feed in the cherries for about two weeks

Upon reeching maturity the maggots leave the fruit, drop to the ground, enter the soil, and form a puparium resembling @ grain of wheat. They remain in this

View

Adult cherry fruit fly is about two thirds as large as common house fly.

form two or three inches below the sur face of the ground for about 10 months There is but one generation a year, and most specimens complete the life cycle in @ year

A closely related species, the black cherry fruit fly (R. fousta O. $.), occurs along with the cherry fruit fly in most of the infested area but is of secondary im portance. The two species are very similar in their habits, life history, and the charac ter of their injury. The black cherry fruit fly has a black abdomen and its wing markings differ from those of the cherry fruit fly

Contro/. \f the cherries are to be used for canning, spray or dust with lead arse nate. In the East use two pounds of lead

(Continued on page 27)

STATE NEWS WASHINGTON FRUIT LETTER

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By LARSTON D. FARRAR Washington Correspondent, American Fruit Grower

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The accompanying story on the lychee was prepared by the author, Eildon S. Banta, shortly after he and Mrs. Banta visited Col. William R. Grove, founder of the Florida lychee industry. Colonel Grove passed away on August 6, 1952, at the age of 80.

A fine tribute was paid the “Colo- nel," as he was known to his many friends, by Mrs. Walter Summers, horticultural propagator for Lychee Orchards, Inc., when she stated, “It's a pity a man of his brilliance and achievements could not have lived forever.”

Colonel Grove's son, Col. William R. Grove, Jr., now at Fort Bragg, N.C, plans to handle the business end of Lychee Orchards, Inc., upon retire- ment from active army duty in the near future. Mrs. Summers will con- tinue in her capacity as horticultural propagator.

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OCTOBER, 1952

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