. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Bill NEWS. NOTA SCOTIA The mean temperature in degrees for the month of March was ° above the 50-year average of So far, the rponth of April has been cold. Snow came on the night of April 11 and it was cold again on the night of the 12th. Recently we had a paper on the post harvest physiology of the cran- berry published in HortScience. Upon request, we would be glad to send anyone a reprint. A recent item in the press indi- cates that lowbush blueberry grow- ers in Nova Scotia will probably have the opportunity to join in
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Bill NEWS. NOTA SCOTIA The mean temperature in degrees for the month of March was ° above the 50-year average of So far, the rponth of April has been cold. Snow came on the night of April 11 and it was cold again on the night of the 12th. Recently we had a paper on the post harvest physiology of the cran- berry published in HortScience. Upon request, we would be glad to send anyone a reprint. A recent item in the press indi- cates that lowbush blueberry grow- ers in Nova Scotia will probably have the opportunity to join in a cost sharing crop insurance scheme. This is something for our cranberry growers to consider. WASBINGfON ?41111 mum li******** Field Day at the Coastal Wash- ington Unit will be June 30. This will mark 50 years in operation for cranberry research on the Long Beach Peninsula and Washington State cranberry growers. Some spe- cial features are planned and an open invitation is extended to all to join the celebration. Arlen Davison, Extension Plant Pathologist from the Puyallup Cen- ter spoke for the growers meetings, March 7 at Grayland Community Hall, and March 9 at Long Beach. His topic "How to Cope with Fungus ; Azmi Shawa attended the South- west Washington Weed Association meeting March 22, held at the Ford's Prairie Grange Hall, Cen- tralia. On March 29th he attended a seminar on latest procedures used in neutron activation analyses by Dr. Lee Van Nice of Washington State University, at Puyallup Center. The February warm spell dropped off for a mean of ° during March, the high of 56° came on the 25th. The mean low was ° with a low of 31° on the 8th, 11th, 24th and 29th. Precipitation for the month totaled inches with the greatest amount on the 19th of inches. Another bulletin of interest to cranberry growers, and all those interested in pollination for com- mercial crops, 3473 "How to Reduce Poisoning of Bees from Pesti
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