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. 44 (No. 4) 

 JULY/ AUGUST 1979 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Brown-Line Decline of Apple 



Poor Apple Growth Disease in Massachusetts 



Coating the Trunks of Fruit Trees to Reduce 



Winter Injury 

 Photographs of Nutrient Deficiences 

 Further Observations of Tree Performance on M.26 

 Use of Ethephon to Promote Color and Ripening 



of Apples in Massachusetts 

 Pomological Paragraph 



