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POMOLOGY DEPARTMENT 

 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST 



MAY 15, 1956 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Are You "Selecting for Resistance?" 



Curing Magnesium Deficiency in Cultivated 

 Blueberries 



Observations in California 



Soil Analyses for Determining Fertilizer 

 Needs of Fruit Trees 



Pomological Research 



When Do Apples Require Thinning? 



Dates to Remember 



Shoreham Cooperative Cold Storage 



Fruit Tree Survey Coming Up 



Unusual Type of Winter Injury 



Bird Damage to Fruit Crops 



Apple Powdery Mildew 



Issued by the Cooperative Extension Service, James W, Dayton, Associate Dean and Director, 



in furtherance of the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 19 14; University of Massachusetts, United 



States Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services Cooperating, 



Publication Approved by George J. CrorUn, State Purchasing Agent, No. 19, 



