FRUIT 

 NOTES 



PREPARED BY 

 DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES 



COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED 

 STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND 

 COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICES COOPERATING. 



EDITORS 

 W. J. LORD AND W. J. BRAMLAGE 



Vol. 48, No. 4 

 FALL ISSUE, 1983 



Table of Contents: 



Cycling Fans in Apple Cold Storage Rooms 

 Can Be a Good Way to Conserve Energy 



Effects of Mineral Nutrition on Keeping Quality 

 of Massachusetts Mcintosh: Results of a 

 Four-Year Survey 



The Apple Markets from 1967 through 1982, 

 Locally and Nationally 



Cider Notes 



Pomological Paragraph: What Are Genetic Dwarfs? 



The Starch Test Guide for Apple Maturity 



Pomological Paragraph: Storage Temperature 

 for Mcintosh in CA 



Postharvest Calcium Chloride Treatment 



Acid Rain Affects Apple Maggot Fly Egglaying 



New Publications Available 



FRUIT NOTES Index for 1983 



issued by the Cooperative Extension Service in furtherance 



of the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914; United States Department of Agriculture and 

 County Extension Services cooperating. The Cooperative Extension Service offers equal 

 opportunity in programs and employment. 



