12- 



May/June - Vol. 43(3) 



Apple Pollination Comments (1-3) 



Factors Affecting Shape of Apples and Increasing Their 



Length with Promalin* (4-7) 

 Nutritional Problems and Suggestions for Fertilization of 



Apple Trees in 1978 (7-13) 

 Naphthaleneacetic Acid (NAA) for Tree Training (13-15) 

 Alternate vs. Every Middle Spraying for Apple Pests in 



1977 (15-19) 



July/ August - Vol. 43(4) 



Factors Affecting Nutrient Content of Apple Foliage (1) 



Late Summer Fertilization of Strawberries (2) 



New Herbicide for Blueberries (3) 



Use of Creosote to Prevent Deer Damage in Orchards (4) 



Influence of Pesticides on Spider Mite and Predator 



Abundance in Massachusetts Apple Orchards -- 1977 



Results (5-8) 

 Apple Tree Response to Summer Pruning (8-12) 

 The Effect of Summer Pruning of Mcintosh Apple Trees on the 



Calcium Nutrition and Postharvest Quality of the Apples 



(13-14) 



September/October - Vol. 43(5) 



Harvesting and Storing Apples: A Time for Observing Details 



(1-5) 

 Bruising of Apples After Packing (5-7) 



Controlled Atmosphere Storage Safety Precautions (8-10) 

 Chokecherries : How to Recognize and Get Rid of Them (11-13) 

 Miscellaneous Information on Orchard Mouse Control (13-14) 

 Laboratory Toxicity of Pesticides and Growth Regulators to 



Amblyseius fallacis , An Important Spider Mite Predator 



in Massachusetts Apple Orchards (14-18) 



November/December - Vol. 43(6) 



Winter Trunk Injury to Apples (1-5) 



Evaluation of Alar and Ethrel on the Cold Hardiness of 



'Mcintosh' and 'Delicious' Apple Trees (6-7) 

 Quince Rust on Apple (7-8) 

 Spider Mite Substances Influencing Searching Behavior of 



the Mite Predator, Amblyseius fallacis , on Apples (8-11) 



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