FRUIT NOTES 



Prepared by Pomology StoH 

 Department of Horticulture 

 University of Massachusetts 

 Amherst 



JULY - AUGUST 1961 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Dr. French Retires 



Facts for Farm Readers 



Pear Ripening 



Storage of Peaches 



"There's No Doubt About It" 



Mcintosh Apples for CA Rooms 



Pomologicol Paragraphs 



Effect of Frost on Fruit Size 



Preharvest Drop Control of Apples for 1961 



Notes on Strawberry Varieties 



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Issued by the Cooperative Extension Service, Fred P. Jeffrey, Acting 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. 44. 



