

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 



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B'OLOGfCAL 



^^'^^ 1 7 1989 



Volume 54, Number 4 

 FALL ISSUE, 1989 



Table of Contents 



The Use of Soil Applications of Gypsum to 

 Increase Calcium Content of Apples 



Comparison of Slender Spindle and 

 Vertical Axis Tree Training 



News from Other Areas 



Trends in the New England Apple Industry 



Advancements in Second-stage Apple IPM: Improving 

 the Attractiveness of Baited Red Spheres 



