Table of Contents 



Volume 66, 2001 



On the Origin of the Edible Apple 



W. Bramlage 1 



Twenty Years of Apple Production Under an Ecological Approach to Pest Management 



R. Prokopy 3 



Do Lepidopteran Pests of Apples in Commercial Orchards of Massachusetts Increase Under 

 Multi-year Absence of Summer Insecticide Sprays? 



R. Prokopy, S. Wright. J. Mason, and J. Black 11 



Comparison of Avaunt versus Guthion in Every-row versus Perimeter-row Sprays Against 

 Key Apple Insect Pests: 2001 Results 



R. Prokopy, A. Baj, J. Clements, A. Tuttle, and B. Chandler 14 



Cultivar Preferences Affect Apple Maggot Fly Distribution in Orchards 



J. RullandR. Prokopy 19 



Apple Maggot Fly Ovipositional Preferences for Fruit of Different Apple Cultivars 



J. Rull andR. Prokopy 22 



Improvement of Sugar-delivery Systems for Rain-activated, Pesticide-treated Spheres 



S. Wright, B. Chandler, andR. Prokopy 25 



Commercial Orchard Evaluation of Pesticide-treated Spheres for Apple Maggot Control in 2001 



R. Prokopy, B. Chandler, S. Dynok, P. Appleton. and S. Becker 30 



Residual Activity of Insecticide on Wooden and Plastic Pesticide-treated Spheres 



B. Chandler and R. Prokopy 35 



Do Sugar Caps Atop Wooden Pesticide-treated Spheres Affect Apple Maggot Fly Attraction to Spheres? 



G. Lafleur,J. Rull,and R. Prokopy 37 



Private Property Rights, A Look at Its History and Future 



T. McEvoy 40 



Regulating Fruit Set and Maturity of Macoun Apples 



J. Schupp 43 



Improving the Growth of Newly Planted Apple Trees 



J. Schupp 45 



Sorting Out the Family from the Business 



V. Bitsch 47 



Rootstock Effects on Ginger Gold Apple Trees 



W. Autio and J. Krupa 50 



