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Area Fruft School
Convenes Friday In:
Sperryville School
Pinal arrangments have been made for the Area Fruit School to be held in Sperryville Elementary School auditorium tomorrow (Friday) and the following program has been planned.
February 25, 1955, beginning at IQ a.m., with W. H. Lyne, County Agent, presiding.
10 a.m.—Production and Market Trends for Your Area: (1) Fruit Prospects, 1955, (2) Future Production, (3) Market Outlets; Dr. Howard A. Rollins, Associate Horticulturist, Winchester ' Field Lab.
10:30 a.m.—Orchard Management, 1055. (1) New Plantings, (2) Pruning, (3) Fertilizers and
?Cultivation, (4) Thinning, (5) Irrigation Fred R. Dreiling, VP • I, Moderator; Ned Johns an, of Sperryville, Ben Lacy of Frdnt •Royal, Elvin Graves of Syria, Gene Wood of Sperryville, J. A. Waller, Jr., Ag. Eng., VPI.
11:30 ajn. — New Plantings, Apples and Peaches; (1) Sites and. Soils, (2) New Varieties, (3) Pollination; Dr. W. P. Judkins, Head Dept, of Horfc, VPI.
12 noon—Lunch.
1:15 p.m.—New Developmnets in Mouse Control, Dr. Frank Horsfall, VPI
1.-45 p.m.—Fungicides to Improve Set, Yield and Finish, Dr. A. B. Groves, Pathologist, Winchester Field Lab.,
2:15 pjn.—Insect Control in ■ 1955, (1) Insect Situation, (2) New Insecticides, (3) Tuning Insect Sprays; Dr. M. L Bobb, Entomologist, Piedmont Field Lab. ^
2:45 p.m.—The 1955 Spray Program, A. H. Teske, VPI.
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