FACULTY VACANCY FILLED BY DR. DUANE W. GREENE 



Frank! i n 

 Department of 



W. Southwick, Head' 

 Plant and Soil Sciences 



Dr. Duane W. Greene has been appointed as an Assistant Pro- 

 fessor, effective September 1, 1969, in the Department of Plant 

 and Soil Sciences. He is filling the vacancy which arose follow- 

 the untimely death of W.D. "Squire" Weeks in July, 1968. 



Dr. Greene is a young man who has just completed his Ph.D. 



program in the Horticulture Department at Michigan State University 



He is a native of Albany, New York and did his undergraduate work 

 in Botany at Colgate University. 



While at Michigan State University, Dr. Greene did research 

 under the guidance of Dr. M.J. Bukovac, on foliar absorption of 

 naphthalene acetic acid in pear leaves. Duane Greene is well 

 trained and has a strong interest in the general area of growth 

 regulators and will be able to provide us with considerable addi- 

 tional expertise at both the practical and fundamental level. He 

 will be intimately involved with our research programs at the Hor- 

 ticultural Research Center, Belchertown, so we shall have added 

 research support for our deciduous tree fruit program within the 

 state. 



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EFFECTS OF WAXING ON APPLES 



Michael R. Shipway and William J. Bramlage 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



A great deal of interest and controversy has arisen in recent 

 years among fruit growers over the question of whether or not to 

 wax apples. The trend today is toward waxing. It has become a wide- 

 spread practice among Western apple packers, and it is being adopted 

 by a growing number in the East. In response to questions about 

 the post-harvest effects of waxing on Eastern apples, we conducted 

 the following tests with commercially-waxed fruits during the 1968- 

 69 storage season. 



Samples of 'Mcintosh,' 'Richared Delicious,' and 'Golden Deli- 

 cious' apples were coated with Johnson "Primafresh 31" wax in the 

 commercial operation at Hawbuck Orchards, Harvard, Massachusetts. 

 The system was applying wax at the rate of about 3 gallons per thou- 

 sand bushels. Some of the fruit were then evaluated immediately by 

 placing them at 75 F and 45% R.H. and examining them at 3-day inter- 

 vals. Other samples were stored at 32 F and 90-95% R.H. for several 

 months before evaluation at 75 . These conditions were chosen to 



