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. 46 No. 1 

 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1981 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Calyx-End Rot of Apples in Massachusetts 



Disease Results for the 1980 Integrated Pest 



Management Program for Apples in Massachusetts 

 Research in Progress 



I. Scion/rootstock and interstem effects on 



growth and fruiting of apple trees. 

 II. Effect of rootstocks and stempiece/ 

 rootstock combinations on the tree 

 performance and fruit quality of Mcintosh 

 and Delicious strains 



III. Fruit variety evaluation at the Horticultural 

 Research Center 



IV. Adaptability of apple tree rootstocks to 

 representative orchard soils in Massachusetts 



V. Effect of soil water and depth to hardpan 

 on rootstocks 



An Update on Fruit Trees Injured in 1978-79 

 Alternate vs. Every Middle Spraying for Apple Pests: 

 1980 Results for Arthropod Pests and 5-year Trends 



