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Fruit Notes 



Prepared by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences. 



University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension, ' *"' ' ' ' A O O . 



United States Department of Agriculture, and Massachusetts Counties Cooperating. 



Editors: Wesley R. Autio and William J. Bramlage 



ISSN 0427-6906 



BIOLOGICAL 



OCT 06 1988 



bCltNCES LiBKAHY 



Volume 53, Number 4 

 FALL ISSUE, 1988 



Table of Contents 



Improving the Growth of Newly Planted Apple Trees 



The Effects of Travel Speed, Nozzle Arrangement, 



and Application Volume on Pesticide 



Distribution in Apple Trees 



Biological Control of Apple Blotch Leafminers 

 in Massachusetts Apple Orchards 



Controlling Spider Mites in Massachusetts Apple 

 Orchards Through Conservation of Predator Mites 



Comparing Costs of Rubigan^^ and Conventional Fungicides 



Apple Bruising. I. Evaluating Grading Lines 



An Assessment of CA Storage Operations in Massachusetts 



A User-built System for Automated Monitoring 

 and Controlling of CA Apple Storages 



