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 



Volume 50 No. 1 

 WINTER ISSUE, 1985 



Table of Contents 



Fruit Notes Subscription 



The Tree-Fruit Industry in the United Kingdom: 

 Changing to Survive 



Pomological Paragraph- 

 Performance of I nterstem Trees 



A Report on the 1984 Apple IPM Program 



Pomological Paragraph— 



Spur-type Trees Can Reduce Pruning Time by 60% 



Reducing Winter Injury to Tree Fruits 



Variables Influencing Size of Apple Trees, 

 and Suggested Tree Spacings 



Bud Blast, Canker, and Dieback of 

 Young Apple Trees in Massachusetts: 

 A Progress Report 



issued by the Cooperative Extension Service, E. Bruce MacDougall, Dean, in further- 

 ance of the Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914; United States Department of Agriculture 

 and County Extension Services cooperating. The Cooperative Extension Service offers 

 equal opportunity in programs and employment. 



