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 



Volume 50 No. 2 

 SPRING ISSUE, 1985 



Table of Contents 



Bill Lord Retires 



A Clean Crop of Apples with Only Two Sprays 



Green Fruitworm Resistance to Guthion in 

 Western Massachusetts 



Some Comments on Apple Tree Nutrition 



Suggestions for Fertilization of Peach Trees 



Understanding Effects of Weather on Apples 



Recommendations for Use of Calcium Sprays 



Apple Cover Sprays Unaffected by the 

 Addition of Calcium Chloride 



Effect of Calcium Chloride Addition on 

 Solution pH and Hydrolysis of Certain 

 Pesticides 



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. 



