FRUIT NOTES 



Prepared by Pomology Staff 

 Department of Horticulture 

 University of Massachusetts 

 Amherst 



NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1959 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Winter Fruit Meetings 



Analysis of Preharvest Drop Control 



Methods for 1959 

 Performance of Hardy Rootstocks in Quebec 



Revised Apple Grading Law - 



A Help to the Industry 

 Fertilizer Recommendations Should be Made 



in Terms of Actual Nutrients 



Excerpts From the Pear Survey 

 Grade Terms For Consumers 

 A Red "Twist" For Tuesday! 



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Issued by the Cooperative Extension Service, Dale H. Slellng, Dean and Director, in furtherance of the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, 

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

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



