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New Fruit Varieties Described
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Nine new peach varieties were des
cribed by members of the Texas
Agricultural Experiment Station
dui’ing the annual Texas Peach and
Plum Growers Association meeting
here yesterday.
The outstanding performers,
tested at stations in Texas fruit
production regions, were Cardinal,
Dixie Red, Ranger, Comanche, Red
Globe, Coronet, Loring, So Good
and Keystone.
Working with the varieties were
Harry F. Morris, Tom E. Denman,
U. A. Randolph and Dr. J. B.
Storey.
The conference was sponsored
by the growers association in co
operation with the Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service.
Peach scab, peach bacterial
blight and plum rust, three of the
major diseases affecting commer
cial orchards in Texas, weye dis
cussed by Dr. Curtis Mason, plant
pathologist with the Niagara
Chemical Company at Middleport,
N. Y.
Scab, he said, has increased in
recent years since lead arsenate
use has apparently declined. How
ever, sulfur is still acceptable and
effective if properly applied.
The disease spreads by spores
and has a wide germination tem
perature of from 37 to 95 degrees,
the scientist said. Scab is most
often found in low areas of an
orchard.
Mason has found that peaches
are susceptible from the time the
shuck splits, when control mea
sures should be started, until the
fruit is fully formed.
Bacterial blight, often confused
Drum Majors Brown, Bailey and Arnold
. . Aggie Band prepares for Cougar tilt Saturday
Southern California is repre
sented on the New York Giant
football team by Frank Gifford,
Lindon Crow and A1 Barry.
Aggie Band
Takes Field
For First Time
The Texas Aggie Band, under
the direction of Lt. Col. E. V. Ad
ams, will take the field for the
first time this season when they
appear during half-time of the
A&M-University of Houston foot
ball game in College Station Sat
urday night.
In its first public appearance,
the famed band will include new
maneuvers and a new monogram-
type spelling in its salute to the
University of Houston, Colonel
Adams said.
The band, 255 pieces strong, is
the largest of recent years and
compares with last year’s 240
pieces. Although the total num
ber in the band is 264, also one
of the largest in the College’s his
tory, only 255 are in the marching
unit, with nine members serving
as alternates to fill in for emer
gencies and illnesses. Of the to
tal number,-112 are freshman stu
dents, which is also near the all-
time high number for that class
in the band.
• Col. Adams reports that the band
members are from the states of
Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas,
Virginia, California, Oklahoma,
South Carolina,’Nevada and even
one from Cuba.
Head drum major is David H.
Arnold of Galveston. Other stu
dent leaders of the band are as
follws: James F. Bailey of San
Antonio, who is drum major of
the Maroon Band; Olin W. Brown
of Dallas, who is drum major of
of the White Band. The combined
marching band] is under the lead
ership of Cadet Lt. Col. Ralph E.
Petersen of Danevang; while the
commanding officer of the Maroon
Band is Cadet Capt. Billy B. Eitel
of Big Sandy; and the commanding
officer for the White Band is Ca
det Capt. Robert B. McJohnson of
San Antonio.
The band has not had the oppor
tunity to make a public appearance
at any of the first three football
games this season since the games
were played out of town.
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2. Add brake fluid if necessary.
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with scab when it invades the
peach fruit, starts on twigs and
is spread to leaves by blowing
rains *and mechanical abrasion.
Tree defoliation can result if the
disease is not stopped, Mason said.
He recommended copper sulfate
and lime to control bacterial
blight and sulfur or Zineb for plum
rust.
Discussing plum research in
Texas, Dr. Storey said seed pro
duction is now Underway from the
Bruce variety crossed with Stark-
ing Delicious, Methley, Wickson,
Beauty, Flaming Delicious, Santa
Rosa, Elephant Heart and Augus-
tifolia and Methley with Methley.
The objective, he said, is to find
late blooming and early ripening
types which will pollinate the
Bruce.
In rootstock research, Storey
told the group that Bruce trees on
peach rootstock survived well, at
tained the largest size and pro
duced the most and largest fruit.
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