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V Controlled Solution to Quality Controlled atmosphere stor age may be the most logical solution to the problem of maintaining the quality of D'Anjou pears in storage and to meet any late season for eign competition, according to Professor Henry Hartman, horticulturist with Oregon State college. . As it is now, the professor told the audience at the an nual pear. meeting here, the quality of the pears after March 15 In storage cannot be guaranteed. Competition comes from a number of foreign sources. One of those presenting the most serious threat is Argen tina. Since their seasons are the reverse of ours their fresh pears hit the peak of the qual ity in late March and April The main problem in Argen tina has been lack of cold storage. However, the county now has a half a million box capacity and cold storage fa cilities are now under con struction to provide a total capacity of 1,188,000 boxes, the professor said. Consider Angles "We cannot rush into this - controlled atmosphere stor age pell mell," Professor Hartman said. "A number of angles must be considered A common practice in this type of storage is to line the packing house room with sheet metal to provide an air tight storage, .Hartman ex plained. However, this costly method may be replaced with a plastic material. "We don't have all the angles or the exact procedure worked out. It takes about five yeas to be sure of recom mendations for the carbon dioxide content for this type of storage," he added. "We still don't know what the fi nal recommendations will be even though we have been working on this type of thing a little over three years." Net Sit Idle "Meanwhile, I do think we have to go into this form of storage in self-defense," the professor commented. "While we are waiting for the final recommenda tions to be worked out we should not sit idle. We should push all ex periments along this line. A pilot plant also is needed so the costs can be figured out for the adoption of this type of storage on a commercial basis." The professor indicated the present experiment being con ducted at Root Brothers pack M EM WESTINGHOUSE COMBINATION WASHER-DRYER I i', --" 3S3JI 3Q7ZJtJf' 1 Washes Cleaner! RertjTinj Agitator fats clothes cleaner, rinses better, dam itself. The identical Revolving Agitator ased in every Westinghouse washer made. WEIGHING DOOR WATER SAVER FLEXIBLE CONTROL DOOR SAFETY SWITCH TRANSMISSION GUARANTEED 5 YEARS you caw be sureipit's Wcstinhouse Trowbridge & Flynn Elec. Co Atmosphere May Be ing plant here is a step in the right direction. Meanwhile, pear storage facilities should be constructed so they can be converted to atmospheric storage." The professor pointed out that the pear industry should not expect to see the same striking results from the new type of storage as experienced in the eastern apple industry. There the marketability of the Macintosh apple was greatly increased by prolong ing the shelf life of the fruit and maintaining a high level of quality late in the season. Drainage Problem Marvin Shearer, irrigation specialist, Oregon State col lege, told the audience of growers and shippers, "Most of you have a long ways to go in applying water effici ently. The drainage problem you now have is very small compared with what you are going to have." Shearer said something can be done about it. Proper irri gation also depends on how a neighbor uses water. Na turally, Shearer said, a grower must first become aware of what the problem means to him financially be fore he starts to do something about it. Shearer related how dry and wet plot experiments were set up and the results from each. The wet plot re sulted in 26 per cent increase in the dry matter and 43 per cent increase in the amount of water in the fruit, he said Reports Good Control L. G. Gentner, entomologist at the Southern Oregon branch experiment station, reported good control of San Jose scale in the dormant period with a combination of either lime sulphur and oil or Poly Sulphide compund and oil emulsion. Parathion applied at the rate of one pound per 100 gallons of wa ter also give good control of scale in the pink stage or later. San Jose scale consists of a tiny circular blackish to gray ish scale found on the wood, the entomologist explained. Underneath the insect remains stationary and continues to suck the sap from the branch es to devitalize the tree and kill some of the smaller branches. This means a loss of fruit. The young may settle on the., fruit and cause red spots which also may cause It to be culled. The young appear about the LOT Problem first part of June. Lately In this area another brood has appeared about the last of September up to the middle of October. Disease Abundant This tree disease has been abundant recently because the natural enemies have apparnt ly disappeared. This is main lythe parasytic wasp which lays eggs in the scale. A delayed dormant applica tion of a combination of lime sulphur or Poly Sulphide compound and oil has given good control of the psylla adults and killed most of the numphs as they were crawl ing, Gentner stated. He also pointed out that the wet plot in 1932 showed a 30 per cent increase in vol ume of it and 1936 showed a 32 per cent Increase in fruit volume. Of course, these ex perimental results depended on the type of weather hot or cold and good root de velopment. Shearer suggested growers smooth their orchards so wa ter will not stand in pockets. Use of cross ditches is valu able to proper drainage, he said. There is no such thing as partially wetting the soil, he added. Pear Blight C. B. Cory, county horti cultural agent, discussed pear blight and its control. The blight has become a problem in this area during the last two years, he com mented. During the winter it lives in cankers. Oozing of the sap or sugar from the cankers in the spring draws ants, beet les and flies who spread it through the tree. Bees spread it from blos som, to blossom. However, af ter. they go back to their hive they will not bring it back out again. First thing to do is to cut the hold-over cankers before the trees go Into bloom, the horticulturist advised. A hundred per cent of the continued infection results from short cuts, Cordy said. Bacteria in about 50 per cent of the small cankers winter over. A solution of streptomycene and copper should be applied to the trees in spray form when 30 per cent of the blos soms are open, he said. Spray should be applied again when the blossoms are in full bloom. Also, trees should be sprayed again if there are any late clutches of blossoms. Comparatively little of the PRICE Faster Drying? Direct Air Row Dry ing dries dotbes faster, fteffier, thrifti er. Saves current because it dries faster. AUTOMATIC DRY DIAL DAMP SETTINGS FOR IRONING SAVES SPACE 32" WIDE DRIES FASTER -SAVES MONEY CONGRATULATIONS GIVEN Harold son County Fruit Growers league, and Shel- Holmes (left) president of Medford Pear by Tuttle, manager of Southern Oregon Shippers, congratulates Prof. Henry Hart- Sales, add their congratulations. The award man, Oregon State college horticulturist, was presented by Tuttle. while Lyle Kinney, president of the Jack- pear blight Infection Is spread by tools. However, these can be dipped in a solution of bichloride of mercury and cyonide of merchury. Pear Decline Dr. S. B. Apple, head of the department of horticulture of Oregon State college, said considerable work on pear de cline is going on in this area. The problem is being ap AMCC! I JltflA f I Combint BOTH enjoyment and a helping hand to the Med- it l 111 Vi 1 MM A ford Kiwanis Club's new Dental Cliniel Tickets NOW ON J JPEBO JORGENSEN'S JW . and AFTER proached from the angle of the soil specialist, plant path ologist and horticulturist. Test plots have been set out in five orchards in this area, he said. The work in Oregon is mak ing use of what has already been learned by the agricul tural scientists working in Washington on the pear de cline problem there, he said. AAedford Senior High Feb. 26, 27, 28-March i Show starts 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Starts at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday I T CW C3IISIC! TVV, BEST ACTS y V S T0P TALENT y Don't Forget That Tasty SHOW:iYREAT The meeting concluded with the presentation of the Wild er metal by Shelby' Tuttle, manager of Souther Oregon Sales to Prof. Henry Hartman for his work in advancing the pear industry. It has been estimated that 20 pounds of uranium could provide the power to light 25 thousand homes for a year. "PATE" MOW! Another Big. . . UVJ 2.F0LL HOURS OF DELIGHTFUL Sunday, February 16, 1958 Assessors Have Meeting On Commission Rules Salem (ffl An advisory committee of county assessors met with the State Tax com mission valuation division here Friday to talk over com mission regulations. Chief Valuation Engineer Harry Loggan said the asses sors had 'some complaints about the commission's log valuation regulations, especi ally in eastern Oregon. Some eastern Oregon asses sors feel that log values should be lowered about $5 from last year due to the de cline in the lumber market. The commission has ordered the log values kept up. Loggan said there might be some appeals from the log regulations which were mail ed out last week. The advisory committee suggested that the state's three tax commissioners should meet with county as sessors at least once a year to iron out differences of opinion. Loggan said some minor changes in log regulations suggested by the . advisory committee would be studied. Present for the meeting were John Gault, Harney counnty assessor and presi dent of the County Assessor's URGE' YOU TO.. sma w MEDFORD (OREGON) association; Ray Schumacher, Jackson county assessor; Bob Klein, Lincoln county; Fred Muhs, Yamhill; Glen Horn, Jefferson; Clair Balzer, SheT man; and John Koopman, Malheur. Dental Equipment Ready For Clinic Equipment for the new den tal clinic in the county court house has arrived and will be installed in a room which was vacated last week, Dr. Silly Blackstone, Kiwanis club den tal clinic chairman, has an nounced. The clinic will open about March 1 and will operate on a permanent basis during the school for needy youngsters. School nurses will determine youngsters eligible. Income from the Kiwanis Kapers on Feb. 26, 27 and 28 and March 1 will be used to finance the countywide clinic. Dentists in the county will serve without fee for the project. Nathan Hale was executed as a spy by the British, on Sept. 22, 1776. It's a BENEFIT SHOW! MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Are Movong from 227 E. 6th IS? Must Reduced Stock by Wt believe we can give better service and continue our policy of offering the best Floorcovering values in the valley by consolidating our stocks. However, our location at 1228 N. River side is not large enough to handle our present inven tories. CLOSING OUT 15 ROLLS of quality Broadloom Garpei at GreStly Reduced Prices! ALL WOOL WILTONS Reg. 11.9S-13.9S Clos Out at Just $95,,. AXMINSTERS Reg. 7.95 to 9.9S Close Out at Just 5695vS: X X Tuft Woven WOOLS Reg. 9.95 to 12.95 2T $l95 3 sq-yd. at just X Stain Preof AVISCO Reg. 6.95 Close Out 1 sq. yd. ROLL ENDS REMNANTS ir THROW RUGS SHARP Have Pencil . . . Will Figure! 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