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tions of several research and commercial harvesting machines and 

 aids; pre- and post-harvest effects of alar; watercore; time-shared 

 automatic control for CA storages; and new concepts of storage and 

 handling facilities. Papers included reflect knowledge of commer- 

 cial organizations and educational institution research as well as 

 grower experience and provide representation from New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Michigan, Washington, Canada and Virginia as well as the New 

 England area. 



Copies of the Proceedings may be ordered at $4.00 per copy by 

 writing for Publication No. 35, "New England Apple Harvesting and 

 Storage Symposium Proceedings" to: 



R.G. Light, Associate Professor 

 Agricultural Engineering Building 

 University of Massachusetts 

 Amherst, Massachusetts 01002 



Please enclose payment with your order, making checks or money 

 orders payable to the University of Massachusetts. 



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FALL PLANTING OF FRUIT TREES 



J.F. Anderson 

 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences 



At a recent twilight meeting, the question arose about the 

 feasibility of fall planting of apple trees in Massachusetts. Fall 

 planting of fruit trees has not been recommended for Massachusetts 

 because of the high probability of winter injury to the trees. 

 Furthermore, in many years it is not possible to secure trees which 

 are fully dormant in time to plant before the ground freezes. 



In a very limited comparison of fall vs. spring planting, con- 

 ducted over a period of 2 years in Amherst, the following was noted: 

 (1) 20% of the Delicious trees set November 7, 1958, were winter- 

 killed to within 3 inches of the bud union during the winter of 

 1958-59; (2) Delicious trees set in April, 1959, did not show any 

 winter injury during their first winter (1959-60) in the orchard; 

 (3) Delicious trees set October 14, 1959, showed considerable winter 

 killing, several to within 12 inches of the bud union during their 

 first winter (1959-60); (4) spring-planted trees (April, 1960) showed 

 no winter injury during their first winter in the orchard; (5) there 

 was an indication that the fall-planted trees not winter-injured 

 were somewhat larger in trunk circumference after the first year in 

 the orchard. Unfortunately, these trees sustained mechanical and 

 mouse damage in 1961, and further records were not taken. 



