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. 45, No. 4 



JULY /AUGUST 1980 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 Progress Report: 



Scion/Rootstock and Interstem Effects on Apple Tree 



Growth and Fruiting 



Soil, Tree, and Fruit Response to Lime and Type of 

 Nitrogenous Fertilizer Applied at Two Timings Under 

 Sturdeespur Delicious Trees 



How Ethephon is Being Used to Advance the Maturity of 

 Apples in Massachusetts 



Excessive Apple Bud Abscission in 1980: 

 Was It Caused by Tarnished Plant Bug Feeding or 

 Cold Temperatures? 



