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. 46 No. 2 

 SPRING ISSUE 1981 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Nectarine Varieties 



Erratum in January.'February 1981 issue 



Root System Distribution of Highbush Blueberry 



Under a Sawdust Mulch 

 Pomological Paragraph 

 Considerations in Establishing Grower-Owned 



IPM Organinzations in Massachusetts 

 Pomological Paragraph 

 A Chemical Bird Repellent for Highbush 



Blueberries 



Research in Progress 



Fruit Research in Plant Pathology 

 Control of Water Sprouts and Suckers with 



Tree-Hold" 



