14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27. 1961 Prices are maintained we
Z. . . may be in trouble later in
, . ~ the season, he said. The pros
soms come to maturity over f
a period of a week or more. Kghoutlhe country.
He reported some winter in
jury on small trees that were Bittper referred again to
pruned early. controlled - atmosphere stor-
The specialist encouraged a B e when he Said at present
growers to try to keep early Pennsylvania State Umver
apple prices high because of sity has cut recommendations
the prospects of a heavy from 10 varieties to five,
crop in the Virginia apple With this type of storage,
growing area and the carry- Ihc day may come when we
over of 1960 season apples will plant only one variety
in controlled - atmosphere °f a PPi® for the y ear round
storage. Unless., early crop market, he said.
• Peach Damage
(From page 1j
keepers and orchardists, as
sembled in the basement of
the Brossman home, that
peach trees pruned early and
hard were hardest hit by the
cold weather. He pointed out
that food supplies are stored
in the small branches and the
tree is called upon to use
these stores after a hard
Winter. If the tree has been
pruned hard and early, there
is no icserve strength to push
blossoms and set fruit.
' Bittner said he has ob
served a large amount of
splitting of the trunk of
peach trees and in some cas
es the bark has come loose;.
He told orchardists if they
have seen that kind of dam
age, they should make ar
rangements with the nursery
man for replacements. Tiees
with such damage W-ll strug
gle along for awhJe, he said
but will eventually die.
Bittner, as well as county
growers, seemed cautious in
predicting the status of the
apple crop. Reports indicate
the cherry crop will be very
spotty It ’is almost too early
to tell whether apple bloom
set fru t, Bittner said. Bee
activity has been very limit
ed this spring, he pointed
out, and while the entire
peach crop can be pollinated
in a few’ hours of warm,
sunny weather, apple blos-
• Lancaster Poultry
(From page 31
20 Parke K. Herr, 425 WVC
12-6. Marvin Sweigart, 22
21 Garden Spot Broilers
(Jacob C TTerr), 3645 WVX.
9-2, NO SALE 13 5 ttd; 22
Sam Q . 3935 WVX, 92. NO
SALE. 13 5 bid; 23. Same,
4066 WVX 9-2, NO SALE,
13 5 b'd- 24. Mark Myer,
2600 WVC, 13-2, H. W.
Longacre, I”C, 22 5; 25 Sa
me 2300 WVC, 13-2 W C
Melhnger & Son, 22.5.
26. N W. Kreider & Sons
8000 WV 8, NO SALE, 14
bid: 27 (Fred Sher
ick), 800 WVP, Daniel K
Good. 22 4; 28. Same, Carl
B. Bissei- 22 3;-29. Same,
Roy E R°am, 22 5 • 30 Same*
Carl B Risser, 22 3.
31. Ivan Z Hoover, 1300
WV, 10 1 Martin Brendle,
151; 32 Conan F Kopo,
5000 WV, 8-5, H. W. Long
acre, Inc , 14 1; 33 Floyd L.
Hershey 500 WRF, 15 mo.,
NO SALE, 14 3.
• FFA
(From page 16)
of vocal lonal agriculture at
Elizabethtown will
pany Gary Kreiner, Live
stock Judging, Paul Wolge
muth. Poult, y Judging, and
Willis Hackman, Dairy Judg
ing
Rounding out the picture
will be Warwick with James
Boose as county delegate to
the convention; Wilbur Gray
bill, Farm Mechanics; David
Sheref, Dairy Judging, and
Jerry Ehrhart, Livestock
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