. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WEATHER (continued from page 14) have winter injury to many perennial plants come next spring. WASHINGTON Precipitation continued light for the month of December with a total of only inches. The average is The total for the year was The average is The greatest storm for December brought inches in a 24 hour period prior to 8 on the 9th. The records at the Coastal Wash- ington Research and Extension Unit record only one December with less precipitation and that was in 1976- a drough


. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WEATHER (continued from page 14) have winter injury to many perennial plants come next spring. WASHINGTON Precipitation continued light for the month of December with a total of only inches. The average is The total for the year was The average is The greatest storm for December brought inches in a 24 hour period prior to 8 on the 9th. The records at the Coastal Wash- ington Research and Extension Unit record only one December with less precipitation and that was in 1976- a drought year. Basically, the temperature remained mild also, with a high of 53 degrees registered at 8 on the 14th. The low for the month was 12 degrees on the 31st. liiNiiuiiiiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniiiiiig I regional | I news I i notes I IfUmckieiU By IRVING DEMORANVILLE The cranberry insect, disease, weed and fertilizer charts have been revised and will be at the printer's shortly. The Massachusetts Cranberry Station will mail them by the middle of March. The state labels for Guthion and Diazinon 14G will be included with the charts. Anyone not receiving these materials or needing additional copies may contact the Cranberry Station. Bogs with green scum in the flood should be treated with copper sulfate as outUned in the 1978 weed chart. Silvex in oil is excellent for control- ling small woody species around the bog, such as poison ivy, maple sprouts, bull brier, scrub oak, pitch pine, etc. Also, if sprayed on stubs and stumps of larger trees, it will stop re-sprouting. Dr. Robert Devlin and this author attended the annual meeting of the Northeastern Weed Science Society in Boston on Jan. 3-5. Bob presented two papers at the meeting. Prof. Stan Norton attended the annual meeting of the Technical Committee of NE-93 in Morgantown, W. Va., Jan. 8-10. This is a north- eastern regional project on mechanical harvesting of fruits and vegetables. Stan is the Ma


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