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Fruit Notes 



Prepared by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. 



University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, 



United States Department of Agriculture, and Massachusetts Counties Cooperating. 



Editors: Wesley R. Autio and William J. Bramlage 



ISSN 0427-6906 



BIOLOGICAL 



JUL 15 1988 



Volume 53, Number 3 

 SUMMER ISSUE, 1988 



Table of Contents 



The Economic Benefits of Summer Pruning 



Effects of Rootstock and Interstock on the 



Growth, Productivity, and Anchorage of a 



Spur and Standard Strain of DeUcious 



Prospects for Greater Use of Biological Control 

 Agents Against Pests of Apple in Massachusetts 



Peach Brown Rot Fungicide Trial, 1987 



Mauget Microinjection for Peach X-Disease Therapy 



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Reevaluation of NAA as a Preharvest 

 Drop Controlling Chemical for Mcintosh 



Postharvest Apple Rots: Dr. Rosenberger's Approach 



Electric Lift Trucks in Refrigerated Facilities 



Potential for Explosions in CA Storage Facilities 



An "Expert System" for CA Storage of Mcintosh 



