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Ollie Fincham ahd I had the pleasure of attending the Four* State Fruit Growers meeting at - Paw Paw, West Virginia last Friday. The Consolidated Orchard Companies plant was the most impressive throougbout, however, the most significant or impressive- observation! were:
1. The white-skinned apples (Lodis) that can be picked and handled without bruising.
2. That good orchard cover and excellent trees and apples ean be produced on a chirt soil, which impressed me as being the equivalent of .ballast covered by a 2/3 inch layer' of humus and topped by a carpet of bluegrase and clover in the mature orchards or Ladina Clover in the young orchards. There is an abundance of moisture from rainfall and snow as there is no runoff and porous clay lies beneath the ballast size chirt.
8. Five, F-I-V-E, sprays were applied to the orchard as a PROTECTION AGAINST DEER. (Upon hearing this statement from ' Mr. Henry Miller over the P. A. System, a. crack came from the side lines, u—and lead from, a shot gun is the most effective material you can use.")
Anyone interested in a more detailed description of Consolidateds’ storage and packing plant, the orchards, nr spray program, drop by the office and you can look over my coppies of the poop handed out. Also wb.have a copy of Fred Burrows preliminary apple crop report for the I.A.A.
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Next Rappahannock Fruit Growers Meeting: FRIDAY, July 27th; 8:00 p.m. at the Court House. Jack
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