FRUITpr 

 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, 3) 

 MAY/ JUNE 1977 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Suggestions for Fertilization of Apple Trees in 1977 



A One-Two Punch for Weeds in Strawberries 



Reasons for Deformed Strawberry Fruits 



Why Irrigation for Strawberries? 



Alternate Row Spraying for Apple Pests 



Supplement — 



Establishment and Management of Compact Apple 

 Trees - Part IV (4 pages) 



