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Show Use Hormone Sprays to Stop Apple Dropping APple growers 01' Utah can greatly great-ly recmce losses lrom cuoppuig and nuioiaiis on tail and winter ap-P'M ap-P'M By spraying with the new "onnone srays, i: M. Coe, research relate proiessor of horticulture f tne Utah State Agricultural wuege Experiment Station de-uaxes. de-uaxes. hi view of the need lor maximum maxi-mum production oi lall and winter Vpies, growers should take every luie precaution to avoid loss utt Wastage iroin dropping whicn ''tucnes serious proportions in many varieties," Proiessor Coe said. athaieiie actio acid and naph-aleue naph-aleue actaimde are the most el-tecuve el-tecuve slop drop spray ana while luese chemcials are rather expensive ex-pensive very low dilution are need-ei. need-ei. Oiuy one naif pound of the "wnioiie in powder form needed P 100 galons of water. The hor-mae hor-mae sprays are sold by orchard suPply houses under various trade "auies, Professor Coe explained. 1'ke hormone delays formation of the abscission layer where the frmt stem joins the spur which causes the attachment to loosen the fruit to fall. |