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. 5 

 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1980 



Table o£ Contents 



Progress Report: Pruning Effects 

 on Tree Growth and Fruiting 

 of Spartan Apple 



Do Calcium Chloride Sprays Affect 

 Apple Maggot Fly Egglaying? 



Causes of Defects on Mcintosh 

 Apples at Packing Sheds and 

 Their Effects on Returns 



Controlling Orchard Mice 



