DIRTY NEEDLES!

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September/October 1989
 
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Metered melons. USDA scientists have invented a device to measure the sweetness of melons without cutting them open. The machine measures how much near-infrared light the fruit absorbs—the more, the sweeter.

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Stimulating sludge. Because municipal sludge can be high in heavy metals and other hazardous substances, most gardeners won't risk applying it heavily to food crops. Now, however, Arizona University researchers have discovered that some sludge contains plant growth stimulators (similar to natural cytokinins) that are effective at very low application rates. No one knows how they end up in sludge.

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The 366-page Fruit, Berry, and Nut Inventory ($19 postpaid from the Seed Savers Exchange, R.R. 3, Box 239, Decorah, IA 52101) describes over 4,000 cultivars currently available from 248 mail-order nurseries in the U.S. . . . Planning to try market gardening? Backyard Cash Crops ($16.95 postpaid from Homestead Design, Inc., P.O. Box 988, Friday Harbor, WA 98250) is full of ideas on growing and selling many kinds of specialty crops .... An excellent introduction to hobby greenhouses is given in Greenhouses & Garden Rooms ($5.75 postpaid from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225) . . . . Deluxe fruit-picking baskets are available from Friend Manufacturing Corporation, P.O. Box A, Gasport, NY 14067 (write for a price list).

Greg and Pat Williams raise most of their food on a small farm and publish Hort-Ideas, a fine newsletter on gardening research and products ($15 a year from G.& P. Williams, Rte. 1, Box 302, Gravel Switch, KY 40328).

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