FRUIT 

 NOTES 



PREPARED BY 

 DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES 



COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, 

 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED 

 STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND 

 COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICES COOPERATING. 



EDITORS 

 W. J. LORD AND W. J. BRAMLAGE 



VOL. 39 (No. 4) 

 JULY-AUGUST 1974 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Suggestions for the Use of Ethephon (Ethrel*) 

 for Promoting Uniform Ripening and Red 

 Coloring on Apple Trees 



Report on Apple Maggot Conference 



Chemical Control of Sprouts Around Apple Trees 



Beneficial Orchard Insects 



Issued by the Cooperative Extension Service, A. A. Spielinan, 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. 



