FRUIT NOTES 



Preporod by Pomology Staff 

 Department of Horticulture 

 University of Massachusetts 

 Amherst 



APRIL 15, 1959 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Chemical Thinning of Apples 



Effects of Pesticides on Honey Bees 



Strawberry Variety Notes 



Red Stele: Number One Menace of the Strawberry 



Darrow — A New Blackberry 



Growth Studies of the Cultivated Blueberries 



Factors to Consider in the Control of Brown Rot 

 of Peach and Other Stone Fruits 



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Issued by the Cooperative Eitenalon Service, Dale H. Siellng, Dean and Director, in furtherance o( the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914; 

 University of Massachusetts, United States Department of Agriculture and County Extension Services cooperatuig. 

 Publication approved by Bernard Solomon, State Purchasing Agent, No. 19. 



