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. 42 (No. 2) 

 MARCH/ APRIL 1977 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



The Use of a Pressure Tester to Measure Firmness of Apples 

 Apple Trees on M.26 



Mite Predator Studies in Massachusetts Apple Orchards in 1976 

 Pomological Paragraphs 



Selecting the best spacing for the variety, rootstock and 

 soil 



Early heavy cropping 



